Despite years of government desegregation efforts and the proven benefits of integrated schools, our recently published research shows that U.S. school segregation is higher than it has been in decades, even if there are no longer overt laws requiring racially segregated schools.
Read MoreAs I visit schools these days, I worry that the trusting relationship between supervisors and teachers is being undermined by policies that encourage a “gotcha” mentality, rather than a growth mentality.
Read MoreState standards, state high-stakes testing, school choice, charter schools—these policies have been reframed repeatedly. Instead of misguided education reform beneath misleading political rhetoric, SC should take a different path, one shifting not only policies but also ideologies.
Read MoreIf Hanauer and President Obama and other wealthy citizens who have impacted public education in a negative way through corporate reform want to right the wrongs of such reform here are some ways they can do it.
Read MoreThe explanation that phonics and related basic reading skills in the early grades is the answer for overcoming the impact of deficient socio-economic conditions on students’ academic achievement is an old story that begins in the post-World War II years.
Read MoreThere is a certain karmic irony to the rise of public intellectuals who start to drive outside their lane—actually who take over all the lanes—only to prove that, in fact, they do not know everything.
Read MoreI work in a little suburban school district just outside of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, that is slowly being destroyed by privatization. It’s charter schools, voucher schools and the pro-corporate policies that enable them to pocket tax dollars meant to educate kids and then blame us for the shortfall.
Read MoreIn this talk author and singer Barry Lane shows how songs can create a greater degree of self-awareness that helps students and schools move past a compliance model of kindness, to one where students are encouraged to act from a place of intrinsic nobility.
Read MoreWhen you want an expert on health, you go to a doctor. When you want an expert on law, you go to a lawyer. So why is it that when the news media wants an expert on education they go to themselves?
Read MoreHumanities professors wading into the public debate and their “dull litanies of fact” are simply not the problem facing us today.
Read MoreIt was interesting to see in last week’s Tory leadership voting that both you and your schools minister Nick Gibb had backed Michael Gove to be prime minister.
Read MoreLead affects children’s brain development and results in reduced “intelligence quotient,” or IQ. It also leads to behavioral changes, such as shortening of attention span, restlessness, conduct disorders, aggression and reduced educational attainment.
Read MorePrivatized schools are sometimes great at boosting standardized test scores, but when it comes to authentic indicators of student learning, they often fall well behind their traditional public school counterparts.
Read MoreNext time you see an article with a negative title about teachers and their education schools, skim through the report and see if you can spot the corporate fingerprints.
Read MorePennsylvania's legislature is currently having Version 2,433,672,127 of the same argument that emerges every five minutes in the places where charter schools and public schools bump up against each other.
Read MoreSo here I sit again, writing over and over that the media are getting reading wrong, that scapegoating teacher education is missing the real problem. How many years will it take until I see articles “discovering” these facts as if no one with experience and expertise ever raised the issue?
Read MoreThe College Board recently revealed a new “adversity score” that it plans to use as part of the SAT in order to reflect students’ social and economic background. The mere fact that the College Board sees a need for an “adversity score” is a tacit admission that the SAT isn’t fair for all students.
Read MoreGiven all the political interest in vouchers, it pays to revisit how there came to be such as disconnect between what the research shows about the negative impacts of vouchers and their popularity with policymakers.
Read MoreThe program includes 13 key program components designed to provide academic, social and professional support to equip students for STEM graduate programs. These components include advising and counseling, tutoring, quality research experience and mentorship.
Read MoreIt’s time we stopped making excuses for failing policies and got back to the best thing that works. People.
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