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January 17, 2014
Goodbye to More Real Public Schools in Memphis—Will Yours be Next?
There are few things sadder to me than to see small children standing in front of a microphone begging to keep their schools open. But that’s Memphis. It’s also Chicago, Philadelphia and New York and on and on. If you … Continue reading →
January 16, 2014
So Long Zero Tolerance—Now is the Time to HELP Troubled Kids—Modern Family Thinks So
With all the bad news in education, it is good to see the Obama administration taking steps to address zero tolerance http://www2.ed.gov/policy/gen/guid/sc.... They are finally attempting to put to rest the outrageous arrests and suspensions involving innocent or misguided children—looking … Continue reading →
January 14, 2014
Larger Classes Help Students with Disabilities? Who Does the Illinois Bd. of Ed. Think It’s Fooling?
The Illinois Board of Education believes larger general education classes will help children with disabilities http://action.aft.org/c/468/p/dia/act.... Restricting the size or providing self-contained classes would do them a disservice. Really? Shame on them! Who do they think they are fooling? Consider … Continue reading →
January 12, 2014
More Weird New Words for the School Reform Education Vocabulary List
Six months ago I started my website/blog and one of my posts included strange education vocabulary. Some of the words used to mean something relevant and different from their meaning today. But most of these words have been used by … Continue reading →
January 9, 2014
STEM and Common Core—How Much SCIENCE are Elementary Students Really Getting?
Even though students today, in reality, sound capable to tackle STEM jobs, what about the students of tomorrow? With the heavy push for high-stakes testing, the questionable negative rhetoric by the Obama Administration and others about STEM, and the dramatic … Continue reading →
January 7, 2014
The Vanderbilt Study about Gifted Students
My post, Shunning gifted Students in America—Isn’t it Time to Pay Attention? generated a lot of conversation. Many are worried about how to serve these students in public school. So when I ran across this research today out of Vanderbilt … Continue reading →
January 5, 2014
Common Core and Ability Grouping—Ignoring Critical Questions
Common Core does not honestly tackle a problem that should be front and center in our public schools. How do we address ability grouping? Should students with learning disabilities be educated separately or in the regular class? Do autistic children … Continue reading →
January 2, 2014
Shunning Gifted Students in America—Isn’t it Time to Pay Attention?
All children are gifted one way or another. But because labels are still used to identify children, when I say gifted you immediately know I am referring to children who have high IQs. They intellectually function ahead of their peers … Continue reading →
December 31, 2013
Misguided Education Reform
A nice thing that happened to me this past year was the publishing, back in July, of my book, Misguided Education Reform: Debating the Impact on Students, by R & L Books (Rowman & Littlefield). It covers many of the … Continue reading →
December 30, 2013
Reading Instruction—Same Old Ugly Story
A conversation on Facebook about reading became touchy yesterday, reminding me that you only need to scratch the surface to find serious differences when it comes to education and public policy. While many come together against Common Core State Standards, … Continue reading →
