Teaching
Teachers Are Rightfully Demanding Better for Themselves, But What Are They Bringing to the Table?
Behold, the Chicago model of educator noisemaking has gone national, and now public school teachers have emerged as an indomitable political force using loud, large, theatrical swarms of red T-shirts...
Achievement Gap
Integration Is a Noble Goal, But Obsessing Over It Shouldn’t Distract Us From Improving Teaching and Learning
Another week, another headline about the urgency of jettisoning efforts to improve teaching and learning for all kids and instead laser-focusing on ending segregation in public schools. This time...
public schools
I’m a Public School Parent and I Have Every Right to Complain
When someone speaks poorly of public institutions there is probably a story there. To that point, if you read the millions of words I've written about education, you might wonder if I harbor ill will...
Achievement Gap
I Hate to Inform You, but Not Everyone Is Above Average in Wobegon
Wherever you live, there is a high probability that Minnesota is low-key superior to your state. We are the safest state in America, we have the best-rated healthcare facility in the country, the...
Achievement Gap
The Biggest Threat to Public Education Is Still Its Insidious ‘Belief Gap’
For a long time school reform seemed to be winning the public argument about the failure of schools to prepare students academically. During that run, reformers successfully stigmatized the...
Parents
The Three R’s of Parents Who Want to Raise Free Children
This week’s column has also been cross-posted over at our new sister blog, Project Forever Free. One of my favorite Gandhi quotes is, “There is no school equal to a decent home and no teacher equal...
