Originally Published AllIn at @allinwithchrisMSNBC. All In With Chris Hayes The academic school year ended early for the 435 public school students of Buena Vista School District in Saginaw, Michigan. As the district’s slow-burning budget crisis came to a head, its three schools have been shut down [...]
By Laurie Bennett | Originally Published at Muckety. May 7, 2013 at 11:11am The Mapping billionaires and charter schools relationship map [below] is interactive. Click around to explore relations in the map. The map shows billionaires at the center who have funded school choice efforts. (The map [...]
'System challengers' get growing share By Sarah D. Sparks | Published Online: at Education Week May 7, 2013 | Published in Print at Education Week: May 8, 2013, as Studies Find Funders Giving More to Fewer Groups San Francisco - As more and more foundation money floods [...]
Sunday Dialogue: A Talent for Teaching Readers discuss what goes into making a gifted teacher. Originally Published in The New York Times, May 4, 2013 Readers React As a former teacher, I could not agree more with Mr. Greene. There is a dangerous myth [...]
No significant learning can occur without a significant relationship." ~ Dr. James Comer [Leave No Child Behind: Preparing Today's Youth for Tomorrow's World, 2004 ] All learning is understanding relationships." ~ George Washington Carver. [American Scientist, Botanist, Educator, and Inventor] To teach we must be taught. Our [...]
Orchard Gardens, a school in Roxbury, Mass., had been plagued by bad test scores and violence -- but one principal's idea to fire the security guards and hire art teachers is helping turn it around. NBC's Katy Tur reports. By Katy Tur | Originally Published at NBC [...]
By David Greene | Originally Published in The New York Times, April 30, 2013 To the Editor: What makes a great teacher? Not every college graduate is cut out to teach, regardless of his or her innate intelligence, G.P.A. or previous career success. Only those with specific [...]
Originally Published by Deb Meier on April 28, 2013 Friends, The continued existence of democracy, much less an even stronger one, is what is in a crisis. The “school crisis”, along with many others, is a distraction. Just a symptom of the more serious crisis we face. [...]
