STEM To STEAM
November 23, 2015
If you think that the arts are good for you, for our children in schools, and for our humanity, then no need to read further.
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If you think that the arts are good for you, for our children in schools, and for our humanity, then no need to read further.
It is with so much sadness that I comment on the death and terror in Paris. In our world, the disenfranchised are often the ones
Today, in Columbia, Missouri, Missou President Tim Wolfe resigned over racial tensions about inequality. Although inequality exists at all levels and all institutions of our
It seems like when you ask others what K-12 school achievement gap they are worried about, the answers are local and personal. This makes sense
On Saturday, President Obama declared an over-emphasis on testing in our nation’s schools. in a twenty-year trend of increased accountability through increased testing, the administration
This week I sit down with a remarkable gentleman who started in Africa and has risen to become the Headmaster of the Groton School. Although
There are two types of legislation that are in conflict with each other: The legislative budget (Budget2015) and the Reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary
As readers of this post may remember, the effects of arts integration on student achievement is the focus of our 8 year study in Rochester, NY. One
There is a need for schools to find ways to improve that allow the school’s “culture” to guide the improvement process. Some accreditation processes may
Summer vacation is over and schools are back in the swing of things! The weather is just now turning a little colder and my thoughts
In the last rays of the summer sun, my mind reviews the role of camps in children’s lives. For me, my uncle’s camp was our
Today I am on vacation in Montreal, Canada. So I found John Abbot’s blog about what is not going on here in Canada, and here it
Testing school children is a very old tradition. At the school level, every teacher thinks about how they will know that students are learning their
A few weeks ago, the United States Senate passed their version of the re-authroization of the “No Child Left Behind” Law (See my story on
Accountability and the Federal Role: A Third Way on ESEA by Linda Darling-Hammond, Stanford Center for Opportunity Policy in EducationPaul T. Hill, Center on Reinventing
There is a great website on the arts called Create Equity. They research and write about everything arts including the focus for today, participation in the
Last week a new education bill was passed in the United States Senate. This bill, called the Every Child Achieves Act of 2015 (ECAA, 2015)
Student-Centered The paradigm for teaching and learning is slowly shifting from teacher-centered to student-centered. The old paradigm invented in the industrial revolution included teacher directed
One of the most basic problems with education in K-12 schools is the idea that teachers tell and students learn. This one dimensional way of
Do you have a rowdy kid who gets into trouble at school and has been losing step with the learning process because of his behavior?