Recent Posts from EdSpeak
We Need to Unify
If there is one thing that still resonates from September 11, it is the fear that we all felt, and the hope that we could pull together to fight this fear. The unity... READ MORE
A Workingman’s Holiday Turns into Labor Day
How did this Labor Day get started? No one person is responsible but several events lead up to President Grover Cleveland’s signing a law in 1894 to memorialize this workingman’s day. The conditions... READ MORE
Promote Collaborative Teacher Training
In order to disrupt the inequitable process of education that, for example, produces only a third of our students who read on grade level by third grade, we need ideas that improve teacher... READ MORE
Evidence is Critical to Survival
We are continuing our fight against the COVID 19 virus, but evidence from science continues to be questioned, when on the contrary, the real problem is not the science, but the acceptance of... READ MORE
Schools Are Losing Students
As the pandemic took hold, more than 1 million children did not enroll in local schools. Many of them were the most vulnerable: 5-year-olds in low-income neighborhoods. New York Times, August 7, 2021... READ MORE
Who Wants to Start a School?
Whenever some teacher approaches me to ask about starting a school, I always ask them three questions: Who Wants to Start A School? Most educators have had the thought about starting a school.... READ MORE
