By Paul L. Thonas, Ed.D. | Originally Published at The Becoming Radical. April 2, 2014 children guessed (but only a few) and down they forgot as up they grew “[anyone lived in a pretty how town],” e.e. cummings In one of those early years of becoming and [...]
By Katrina Schwartz | Originally Published at MindShift. April 2, 2014 The focus on scoring well on standardized tests has wedged educators into a difficult spot. Teachers are concerned that a poor showing on the tests will jeopardize school funding, or even their jobs, and often feel [...]
Photograph; David Rapheal, Brooklyn borough assessment implementation director for New York schools, at a meeting on the opt-out movement on Tuesday | Credit Anthony Lanzilote for The New York Times By Ginia Bellafante | Originally Published at The New York Times. March 28, 2014 In the coming [...]
Photos by Sarah Wilmer By Ryan D'Agostino | Originally Published at Esquire Magazine. March 27, 2014 | Published in the April 2014 issue By the time they reach high school, nearly 20 percent of all American boys will be diagnosed with ADHD. Millions of those boys will [...]
ThinkStock By Alfie Kohn | Originally Published at The Atlantic. March 25 2014, 8:12 AM ET The case for self-esteem, success, and even an occasional participation trophy It isn't usually spelled out quite so bluntly, but an awful lot of parenting practices are based on the belief [...]
Photograph; Second grade students at Horseshoe Trails Elementary study typing in anticipation of new Common Core standards. Photo by David Jolkovski/Washington Post On the subject of Common Core State Standards [CCSS] we have heard from mothers and fathers. Teachers too weigh in. There is one agreement. Political [...]
Illustration; Credit Giacomo Bagnara A Common Core for All of Us The New York Times. March 22, 2014 I COULDN’T get a cab. A sketchy-looking guy hunkering around the entrance of the Grand Hyatt in San Diego showed me his bicycle. “Climb on, lady,” he [...]
By Kimberly Hefling and Jesse J. Holland | Originally Published at Associated Press. Yahoo News. March 21, 2014 WASHINGTON (AP) — Black students are more likely to be suspended from U.S. public schools — even as tiny preschoolers. The racial disparities in American education, from access to [...]
Graphic; Creativity by Zyari By Timothy Egan | Originally Published at The New York Times. March 21, 2014 Here’s how John Lennon wrote “Nowhere Man,” as he recalled it in an interview that ran just before he was murdered in 1980: After working five hours trying to [...]
