The current emphasis on test-based accountability requirements of the No Child Left Behind [NCLB] Law (Congress, 2001) requires educators to teach the Common Core State
This week, the United States Department of Education released rules that are meant to address the widely perceived problem of teacher preparation in the United States. Despite
The Wall Street Journal reports that a landmark repositioning is taking place this election. A change in the fundamental makeup of the of the two political
In the last eight years we have worked with the United States Department of Education under a grant called the Arts in Education Model Demonstration
Effective Educators for All: OII Announces 2016 Competitions to Strengthen Teacher Preparation and Leadership (From the website: http://innovation.ed.gov/2016/06/07/effective-educators-oii-announces-2016-competitions-strengthen-teacher-preparation-leadership/) “In recent weeks, the Office of Innovation and
I have been thinking about building schools and conditions for learning that have to do with optimizing student “flow.” This concept comes from Mihály Csíkszentmihályi who was
I flew into Washington, DC to attend what turned out to be one of the most important conferences I have been to in many years:
There are many resources at the Federal level and one to watch is the blog from the US Department of Education. I sometimes think we could
The New York Times Book Review was particularly full of articles relating to all things educational. From Jewish mother’s values to a diary of a substitute teacher
Art is Essential: In yesterdays’s Sunday Review (08/21/16) of the New York Times, Randi Weingarten, President of the American Federation of Teachers wrote about how art
Critical Impact Factors: In our seven-year, two-trial, randomized treatment and control design, research study of the effect of arts integration on student achievement in Rochester,
The Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) recently passed by the US Congress is the new education law that updates the previous law, No Child Left
What makes “change” effective? I used to ask my students this question in the School Improvement course at Teachers College. There are all kinds of
Around this time of year I look for signs of national unity. The traditions we celebrate and the way we get together. My favorite things
There is something pervasive about the surface conversations in education and more generally in our politics. They are easy to have quickly. They allow us
I often think that the most useful way to change things in education is to work on their parts, change the policy and put it
Today marks the first shipment of the SchoolWorks Lab’s ARTS IN THE BAG of fun projects and art supplies to 86 second and third graders in Rochester,
One of the books I like to read is Renaissance in the Classroom; Arts Integration and Meaningful Learning (2001), edited by Gail Burnaford, Arnold Aprill and Cythia
Today is the day that we put lilacs on the graves in our cemetery. This is a tradition in our family for well over 100
Read this (taken directly from the department website at: http://www.ed.gov/essa?src=policy) to understand the history of NCLB and The Current Legislation Policy of ESSA: History of