Billionaire philanthropist Bill Gates London June 13, 2011. | Reuters/Paul Hackett The billionaire's latest little fixation is catching hell on all sides. Here's why he's better off simply moving on By Michael P. Mazenko | Originally Published at Salon. July 7, 2014 It’s hard to envision Bill [...]
What happens in each state reminds us that we are all connected. Politicians vie for elected positions and education school officials take advantageous stands. To be for or against Common Core State Standards is ever-changing. How much of this depends on who makes decisions? Is it a [...]
The Limits of Reading Rainbow By Adrienne Raphel | Originally Published at The New Yorker. July 2, 2014 On May 28th, the people behind Reading Rainbow launched a Kickstarter campaign to “Bring Reading Rainbow Back for Every Child, Everywhere.” They gave themselves thirty-five days to [...]
Illustration; Shutterstock By Yong Zhao | Originally Published at Zhao Learning.. July 2, 2014 Last year when my son graduated from college, I asked the question “can you stay out of my basement?” as I believe an important outcome of education is the ability to live out [...]
Dear Dr. Kovacs, It’s nice to “meet” you! I cannot wait to have your son in my class this year. There is no need for you to apologize for being “that” parent. I will take an engaged, interested, hands-on parent over a “no show” any [...]
Image; Seattle Municipal Archives/Flickr With thanks to my parents who often practiced as they preached. Mom and Dad reflected, in raising a child you need to think – Does my tone of voice, body language, and facial expression, all together, communicate what I believe? If as a [...]
Are we measuring basic facts about children? Or basic facts about rich kids? Developmental Psychology’s Weird Problem Courtesy of Shutterstock By Jane Hu | Originally Published at Slate. June 25, 2014 7:09 AM Living in the San Francisco Bay Area for the past few years, I’ve gotten [...]
Photograph; Stan Gutiontov, a student at Northwestern University’s Feinberg/Chicago Tribune By Times Editorial | Originally Published at Tampa Bay Times. Friday, June 21, 2013 5:30am The humanities and social sciences have been under attack by Gov. Rick Scott and other politicians who are insisting on a more [...]
By Paul L. Thomas, Ed.D. | Originally Published at The Becoming Radical. June 19, 2014 Few things are worse than mainstream media coverage of education. Except for that sentence above, which stretches hyperbole beyond credibility. But that is exactly where the mainstream media finds itself when covering [...]
