I went to a meeting this week about the future of a project that is about 8 years old. The project, working with teachers to organize staff and improve schools by introducing key readings, new protocols and practices, and networking with one another, is at the beginning stage of planning this year’s program. At the [...]
I was reading the newspaper this morning and I was struck by an article with the headline: Education reform could start with students written by Mitch Perlstein. I’ve thought for some time about how foolish we Americans are—how out of touch and insulated we are, how crazy our expectations, how wasteful we are of resources and [...]
N.Y. Times OpEd columnist Bob Herbert published a dandy on Saturday entitled “Hard Roads Ahead” that echoes my own thoughts: be it ignorance, laziness, or a simple choice not to do the hard work in schools, we are failing a generation of kids. We are not adequately taking care of our future by solidly preparing [...]