Who controls the market?
According to the National Center for Education Statistics (2020), local, state, and federal...
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Tag: October 2020
Phyllis L. Fagell recommends The Gift of Failure
The Gift of Failure: How to Step Back and Let Your Child Succeed by Jessica Lahey (HarperCollins,...
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Mind the kinder-gap: New data on children’s math and reading skills as they enter kindergarten
Data on children’s academic preparation at kindergarten entry tell a story of both declining...
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Education + Money = Freedom
The impact of COVID-19 on school systems and communities seems like a story with no end in sight....
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The commercial transformation of America’s schools
Private corporations have long found ways to market themselves to students. Digital technology has...
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The big business of school meals
Big corporations and food service companies are making millions of dollars from public school meal programs, often to the detriment of students and their health.
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The historic Bostock opinion and LGBTQ rights in schools
Given the pandemic and the protests of recent months, it is perhaps unsurprising that the media...
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Alex Molnar recommends an Urban Review piece
The person in the curriculum The Urban Review, 8 (3), 191-201. September 1975. By James...
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A teaching-and-learning approach to principal supervision
Providing equitable and effective instruction for all students will require principal supervisors...
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Dog breath
The medium is scratchboard, a material that can be scratched into to reveal a white surface. I...
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An unexpected goodbye
On the beautiful Wednesday morning of March 11, 2020, the day before our school dismissed for a...
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Science standards: The authors respond
We appreciate the response to our Kappan article, “Lessons from the pandemic about science...
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