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I came across the following pieces this week that you might be interested in putting on a pile to read in the near future. Poll: Majority of Students Engaged, Education Week, by Evie Blad She reports on a recent Gallup Education poll that shows: “Students who strongly agree that they have at least one teacher…
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Below are some recommendations for reading that you might want to add to your list. Teachers are Losing Their Jobs, but Teach for America is expanding. What’s wrong with that?, Hechinger Report This piece explores the issue surrounding the investment by foundations and the federal government into Teach for America, while cutting back funding for…
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The divisive politics surrounding the national debate about the efficacy of the Common Core has done little to advance the reasonable and informed dialogue we need to have regarding challenging issues in K-12 education. With regard to the Common Core, we should be talking about how to implement it with fidelity and how to adequately…
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In a recent Education Week, Stephen Sawchuk wrote a piece, Tenn Teachers Union Takes Evaluation Fight Into the Courtroom, about the lawsuit that is challenging the legality of the value-added formula used in Tennessee’s teacher evaluation system. After reading the article, I was left with the question: will our fixation on teacher accountability through the use…
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Is this be a fundamental question that should guide our approach to designing 21st Century schools? If the answer to the question is students are born to be taught, then we will design school, curriculum, space and schedules, according to the needs of educators. Being taught implies that students are “passive bystanders” who pass through…
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