Kappan Contributor: Robert L. Hampel

Blurring the boundary between high school and college: The long view

Oct 23, 2017 | Feature Article

It may be tempting to write off the period as helter-skelter confusion, but there were benefits to the messiness of 19th-century education.

Where are the blocks?

Aug 17, 2015 | Learning on the EDge

The virtues we honor in kindergarten and encourage in sports should be front and center throughout our school days. To get more work from our students, we should let them play.

Optimism

Feb 6, 2014 | Backtalk

Undergraduates are remarkably optimistic. They think American education is getting better and better. History is a tale of relentless progress over many decades.