If we think of how some of the classrooms function in our country, we notice the tension between individual vs. group learning. On the
Reading is so important to a great life. As many people have echoed, learning to read turns into reading to learn. So interestingly, we
Whenever I think of children’s needs, I start with Maslow. In 1943 he ordered the needs from most motivational, such as the basic need
Multiple Measures of Accountability There are lots of policy issues around education to pay attention to but today I think it is important to
School Reform Models For the last 100 years, school reform models in the United States have been hotly debated. The basic premise for how
Something has changed. Somehow the formula for succeeding in America shifted in ways that are easy to feel but hard to discern even for
Today is a short blog and highlights a model for elementary schools that others may want to investigate: The Opal School is partnered with a museum
The Data of Well-Being It is important to educators to understand the effect of our education process on our students. What does it mean
One of the ongoing problems for young students is the acquisition of reading proficiency. A recent piece of research that might be helpful can
Despite the emergence over the last twenty years of the computer and the access it gives us to the web, we are still not
Last night on 60 Minutes, Seattle came into sharp focus on the rise in homelessness. We learned that homelessness is the general term, but to
A recent episode of NOVA, “The Violence Paradox,” highlighted evidence of decreasing violence over the last seven centuries and yet, many communities in the United States,
When I look at the Mona Lisa painting by Leonardo DaVinci, I see a slight smile. Not much. And if I look away and
Arts integration is often defined as a teaching method, a way to build the capacity of schools, something that policymakers should take notice of,
There are always people looking for new designs for schools. The charter school movement has taken new designs and funded them through new funding
I write a lot about improving student learning, but with reading scores flat, do we need better models for learning, better models for assessing
It is important to remember that we teach humans and all humans have struggles that they are trying to overcome. “Daniel, a student at Philadelphia
There is an enduring tension between getting every student to meet a common standard and honoring their individuality in how they attain that common
Today’s blog is very important for arts in education people. If the arts are to be taken seriously, we must join the mainstream reform
In the last blog, we followed the thinking of Marc Tucker, the past head of NCEE, and his writing in Marc Tucker’s Blog. He argues
Marc Tucker, the past head of NCEE, is writing Marc Tucker’s Blog that I think we should read. In it he writes that our research in
Guest Post: Laura K. Reeder Back-to-school season is here. Students are refreshing backpacks with supplies and adjusting to new schedules. Yet, many immigrant students
Dear America, I want to invite you into my home to play some games. Let’s start with Scrabble! Let’s place all the names of
Introduction In today’s blog, I have given over the entire issue to published information from NH Department of Education, to explain the use of graduation competencies and