By Paul L. Thomas, Ed.D. | Originally Published at The Becoming Radical. December 5, 2013 While film critics have offered mostly negative reviews of This Is 40, I have watched all and then parts of the film multiple times during its run on cable TV because I [...]
Photograph; Kelly Fischer says she visited three New Orleans charter schools, and all told her that they couldn't provide services to her disabled son, Noah. Rush Jagoe for The Wall Street Journal By Kari Harden | Originally Published at Louisana Weekly. December 2, 2013 When Kelly Fisher [...]
By Randi Weingarten, President, American Federation of Teachers, and Nancy Carlsson-Paige, Professor Emerita of Early Childhood Education, Lesley University | Originally Published at AFT American Teacher Federation November 17, 2013 | Download pdf Early childhood education is “in” these days—from the bipartisan bill introduced in Congress this [...]
By Becky Schlikerman | Originally Published at Sun Times. November 7, 2013 5:52PM The Chicago Teachers Union Thursday urged its members and parents to take a stand against standardized tests. CTU President Karen Lewis announced the “Let us Teach” campaign in Chicago as similar measures were rolled [...]
Annie Murphy Paul | Originally Published at MindShift November 4, 2013 In recent years researchers have begun to build a science of interest, investigating what interest is, how interest develops, what makes things interesting, and how we can cultivate interest in ourselves and others. They are finding [...]
A proposal under consideration by Michigan legislators would not allow students to be promoted to fourth grade if they are not proficient in reading. (MLive File photo) The literature is, was, and likely will long be available. There is "Evidence of Negative Outcomes of Retention." Studies consistently [...]
Eva Hu-Stiles virtually interacts with her grandmother. iPad assist by Elise Hu-Stiles. John W. Poole/NPR By Elise Hu i | Originally Published at National Public Radio. October 28, 2013 | To Listen or Listen Below This week, we're exploring the tech frontier through the eyes of our [...]
By Jason Stanley and John W. Krakauer | Originally Published at The New York Times. THE STONE October 27, 2013, 7:00 pm In the frequent debates over the merits of science and philosophy, or the humanities in general, it is often assumed that the factual grounding and [...]
The question of truth, consequences, punishment and principles come together under the guise of a "no excuses" policy. Who do we retain, why, and when are questions we ask in society writ-large. When these same queries show up in our schools what do we do? We might [...]
