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I love to write about what are the top issues in education because it differs depending on where you live, if you are a

It is well understood that good teachers produce better student achievement. What is not well agreed upon is the “how, what, where, when, and

Marc Tucker is the latest educator to ask the question of educators everywhere, are we unable to provide a relevant education to students today?

In my workshop on Performance Assessment Tasks, at the World Alliance for Arts Education Summit (October 11-15, 2021), I presented performance assessment tasks to

I will be giving a workshop at The World Alliance for Arts Education Virtual Summit on October 13, 4pm! Sign up below: LIVE: Measuring

Two former Boston School Principals took issue last week with a Harvard Professor who was promoting personalization: As longtime school leaders, we’re delighted that

Performance Assessments Performance assessments are part of a high-quality assessment system. In the new K-3 Foundations School, only the state exams given to third

If there is one thing that still resonates from September 11, it is the fear that we all felt, and the hope that we

How did this Labor Day get started? No one person is responsible but several events lead up to President Grover Cleveland’s signing a law

In order to disrupt the inequitable process of education that, for example, produces only a third of our students who read on grade level

We are continuing our fight against the COVID 19 virus, but evidence from science continues to be questioned, when on the contrary, the real

As the pandemic took hold, more than 1 million children did not enroll in local schools. Many of them were the most vulnerable: 5-year-olds

Problems of Practice We need to change the way teachers work in the United States. Right now we have a model for their work

The US Department of Education, in partnership with the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards and ASCD, is developing public awareness of the importance

If we are to provide an equitable education to every child, we need to disrupt current systems of education in order to restructure for

The United States enacted laws to educate Indians in boarding schools in 1819. This unfortunate use of education has developed into an international embarrassment

Saturday marked the first celebration of a new federal holiday, Juneteenth, as the official end of slavery. It would be powerful to use this

Teaching and learning have a long term relationship. For most of the time they have been together there has been a natural connection—learning looks

Education is not a stand-alone profession. It is a craft of learning practiced by dedicated professionals. When our students want to learn, it is

The arts help students learn because they offer a natural learning pathway from thinking to doing. When we use drawing to give life to

Retaining teachers in K-12 schools has become harder. In recent research (EdWeek’s Cover Story: “Retaining Great Teachers in a Time of Turmoil,” May 5,

There are so many schools that are ready to take the next step after the pandemic. They are ready to re-open, ready to receive

In the face of loss during this pandemic, another way of rising up is taking place. Educators and medical personnel are talking about what

When I was young I got help in my class work. Some students didn’t get the help I got. Everyone got some help, but