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Back in June, the Pandemic was causing concerns that students were suffering from the effects of online learning. “A separate analysis of 800,000 students

When students look at me for help, I try to smile while I try not to help them. In our business of schooling, as

Years ago the emergence of the information available on the internet seemed like a big gift to intellectual development. Suddenly in response to any

In the New York Times last Sunday, Michael Sandel, a government professor at Harvard University, wrote an article entitled “The Consequences of the Diploma

On this labor day I have been thinking about the isolation that the pandemic has caused us, and not just as individuals, but most

Who is your favorite superhero? I was never really taken with Superman because I didn’t think he was real enough. I liked Batman because

As I experience more isolation than usual, I wonder about the arts and its effect on isolation and community. I know that doing any

It seems that our expectations for when we can start school continue to be pushed back in time and down in quality. Although this

This is a really short article this week because I am just back from vacation. I was fixing the lights on my barn and

At some point in this pandemic it occured to me that what we need is a total system for caring for our school-age children.

Microschooling, homeschooling, outsourcing and pop-up schools are the hot-topics among parents today during the increasing fear of the pandemic’s effects on schools. A column

In these pandemic days, with COVID 19 cases increasing to records such as 15,000 new cases in one day in Florida, going back to

In the reading wars of 30 years ago, phonics vs. whole language, educators were forced to consider taking sides. This happens a lot in

What is Equity? It is important to realize the exact nature of what it means to be working on and reforming equity in K-12

Dear SchoolWorks Lab’s Community, Although the protests are the most visible part of pushing back against racism, the discussions that are happening are also

Black lives matter. Brown lives matter. All colors, all races, all religions and all ethnicities—their, our, all of our lives matter. In the United

There, climbing on the center island in my kitchen, is my 18-month old grandson. The lower rack on the island is full of wine

One of the most successful arts funded research programs was the arts integrated curriculum model called Picture Writing/Image Making (PW/IM). The rest of today’s

Emerging Performance Assessment Performance assessments have emerged as a school reform strategy because they collect better evidence of student learning and because they help

Today’s blog is about a literature review for the characteristics of effective professional development as researched by the The Learning Policy Institute. But I

In this new world of online learning, what evidence do we have of student learning? Teachers have heroically transitioned to online learning, produced curriculum, assigned homework,

As I was walking the dog yesterday in Florida I passed by a buffet restaurant called the Carving Station. The owner was outside cleaning

In the evaluation of a faculty in any school, we look for teacher quality. We look for how long teachers have been at the

On April 9, 2020, the New York TImes published an editorial titled: “The America We Need.” The Editors pointed to an America that still