Stories

Personalized Learning Can Empower Kids With Special Needs When Done Right

Twenty-first century learning calls on adults in the classroom to move from a position of power to a position of empowerment. How and whether we empower all students determines our success in driving...

student achievement

Here’s Why It’s Hard for Schools to Pick Good Curricula

In a recent blog post, Michael Petrilli asked an excellent question wondering why more districts aren’t picking highly rated curricula. I’m glad Petrilli got hold of the EdWeek Market Brief, which...

Achievement Gap

Molly Cole on Opening Brooke East Boston Charter School and Becoming One of the Top Schools in the State

Molly Cole, founding principal of Brooke East Boston Charter School, was honored this school year with the Ryan Award for exceptional school leadership, a national award that honors urban principals...

Teaching

I’ll Celebrate the Fourth. Not for Who We Are. But for Who We Can Be.

I’ve never been the flag waving type. Patriotism, to me, was just one step down the road from nationalism, and my European-Jewish heritage knew enough to be wary of nationalistic tendencies. As we...

School Funding

After Janus, Unions Need to Give Teachers a Reason to Opt In and I Hope They Give Them One

I embraced education reform to strengthen schools, not to weaken unions, so I am not especially happy about the Supreme Court’s ruling in Janus vs. AFSCME. The net effect of the ruling will be to...

Teaching

I May Not Like Teachers Unions' Politics But I Respect How They Hold Teachers Down

Outrage: Teachers Already Deal With Enough Right after the Janus decision dropped, I had this conversation with an associate who’s an educator: “I had to resign because the pressures of leading a...

AI In The Classroom: What A Year Has Taught Us

Personalized Learning Can Empower Kids With Special Needs When Done Right

Here’s Why It’s Hard for Schools to Pick Good Curricula

Molly Cole on Opening Brooke East Boston Charter School and Becoming One of the Top Schools in the State

I’ll Celebrate the Fourth. Not for Who We Are. But for Who We Can Be.

After Janus, Unions Need to Give Teachers a Reason to Opt In and I Hope They Give Them One

I May Not Like Teachers Unions' Politics But I Respect How They Hold Teachers Down