Central Purposes of the Standards “The central purposes of education standards are to identify the learning that we want for all of our students and to drive improvement in the system that delivers that learning. Standards, therefore, should embody the … Continued
I am aware of being caught up in history every now and again. A week ago Friday was my last day at the office and Saturday and Sunday were spent taking care of social distancing supplies and a car that … Continued
It is important today to acknowledge the spread of COVID-19 and its effect upon schools and families. Nothing like this has happened in modern times, although the spread of SARS and EBOLA are reference points. The actual outcomes of a … Continued
Last month, the state of California agreed to pay $53 million to 75 schools who have the most students in third grade attaining the lowest scores in reading literacy. The plaintiffs were students who came from three different schools because … Continued
One of the tough parts of Black History month is reviewing the damage that was done during the Tulsa Race Massacre. Starting on May 31, 1921, a White mob attacked and killed hundreds of African Americans in Tulsa, Oklahoma. The … Continued
If we think of how some of the classrooms function in our country, we notice the tension between individual vs. group learning. On the one hand, common curricula mean that students are being exposed to the same information. On the … Continued
Reading is so important to a great life. As many people have echoed, learning to read turns into reading to learn. So interestingly, we know a lot less than we should about how effective reading programs are in teaching children … Continued
Whenever I think of children’s needs, I start with Maslow. In 1943 he ordered the needs from most motivational, such as the basic need for food, to more self actualization needs such as peak experiences to become all one can … Continued
Multiple Measures of Accountability There are lots of policy issues around education to pay attention to but today I think it is important to look every so briefly at some of the indicators that the Every Student Succeeds Act requires … Continued
School Reform Models For the last 100 years, school reform models in the United States have been hotly debated. The basic premise for how schools should be designed bounces back and forth between a back to basics design and a … Continued