Tag Archives: school reform
STAMPEDE TO THE TOP: A RACE TO RUIN
Several things happened this week that gave me pause: First I saw on CNN the story about a little fourth grader in Texas who hung himself in the school restroom. The child psychologists all attributed his death to depression and … Continue reading
MORE THAN JUST THESE THINGS, OUR LIVES CHANGE WITHOUT HAIKU- LOST IS HUMAN TOUCH
The Huffington Post includes a list of 12 common items that have become obsolete this decade. Check ‘em out. If newspapers, and landline phones, and calling, and cameras with film, and fax machines, and wires and CD’s and dial-up internet … Continue reading
Filed under public education, school reform, technology in schools
THE TURN-AROUND PLACE
Allen Odden is a professor of educational leadership and policy analysis at the University of Wisconsin-Madison who claims to know how to turn around low achieving schools. In fact he wrote a book about the topic called “Ten Strategies for Doubling Student … Continue reading
ARE YOU ENGAGED?
This past week I contributed a sort of reprise on my “My I-Phone is Smarter Than Your Kid’s Teacher” post. Still! It went up on Education Week’s “Leadertalk” site and right away one reader commented that I had articulated the … Continue reading
DANCING FOR FUNHOUSE MIRRORS
I just looked at the calendar on my IPhone and it says I am supposed to go back to work on Monday. So be it. I haven’t really left my work anyway… I have been messing with stuff for the … Continue reading
100 THINGS I AM OPTIMISTIC ABOUT ON THE 101st DAY OF THE OBAMA PRESIDENCY
…Education, Iraq, swine flu, press conferences, basketball, being American, economic recovery, green energy, housing, kids, race relations, jurisprudence, Pakistan, college costs, the White House website, Republican demise, GM, Oval Office photos, American voters, health care, health care for kids, Guantanamo, … Continue reading
WHAT’S MISSING IN THE PRESIDENT’S VISION OF SCHOOL REFORM
At this defining moment in our history, America faces few more urgent challenges than preparing our children to compete in a global economy. The decisions our leaders make about education in the coming years will shape our future for generations … Continue reading
Filed under charter schools, El Milagro, health care, President Obama, public education, resiliency
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