The Educational Power of Stories
Much has been written about the power of words, their organization into stories and the ability of listeners to remember them in story format.
January 25, 2016
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Much has been written about the power of words, their organization into stories and the ability of listeners to remember them in story format.
Today is Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, the 30th such federal holiday, and a time to reflect upon the state of the nation, the
It is a feature of the American system of education that the local school board has control of how students are educated. This local
Somewhere in our DNA, there may be a competitive gene. This gene may drive us to compete in ways that Darwin referred to as
Diane Ravitch quotes blogger Scott McLeod and I have reprinted it all for you here…check this out! What if there was a movement to kill
The Elementary and Secondary Act of 1965 was a civil rights law designed to help districts with low-income students, provided money for textbooks and
The House of Representatives passed a compromise education bill that would replace the current No Child Left Behind Act of 2001: After three failed
One of the reasons that I wanted to study the arts was that the effect on all students is powerful. I had felt the
If you think that the arts are good for you, for our children in schools, and for our humanity, then no need to read
It is with so much sadness that I comment on the death and terror in Paris. In our world, the disenfranchised are often the
Today, in Columbia, Missouri, Missou President Tim Wolfe resigned over racial tensions about inequality. Although inequality exists at all levels and all institutions of
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
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
This week I sit down with a remarkable gentleman who started in Africa and has risen to become the Headmaster of the Groton School.
There are two types of legislation that are in conflict with each other: The legislative budget (Budget2015) and the Reauthorization of the Elementary and
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.
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
Summer vacation is over and schools are back in the swing of things! The weather is just now turning a little colder and my
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
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
Testing school children is a very old tradition. At the school level, every teacher thinks about how they will know that students are learning
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
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
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