October 2024 Archives - Page 3 of 3

The network path to mastery learning

Sep 30, 2024 | Feature Article

School and district leaders can save education by working together to offer students accomplishment and relevance.

70 years later, Brown v. Board is the great American underachievement

Sep 30, 2024 | Policy Solutions

The Brown v. Board ruling may be America’s greatest underachievement.
Why have we underachieved? The racial injustices we see in our education system don’t persist because of a lack of effort.

Grade retention and the law

Sep 30, 2024 | Under The Law

As with the disproportionate suspension or expulsion of students of color or students with disabilities, it’s fair to ask: Is grade retention a civil rights issue?

Let’s get real about out-of-touch professional development

Sep 30, 2024 | Backtalk

Teacher educators should themselves some hard questions. Are we meeting the needs of today’s teacher candidates and graduate-level teacher practitioners

Always room to grow

Sep 30, 2024 | Editor's Note

Kappan’s Editor in Chief shares highlights from the October 2024 issue.

Browsing: Education for mastery

Sep 30, 2024 | Browsing

Further thoughts on the October 2024 issue theme

Book recommendation: Meditations

Sep 30, 2024 | Bookshelf

Meditations By Marcus Aurelius (Loeb Classics, 1916) Readers might be surprised to see a...

Book recommendation: Writing Without Teachers

Sep 30, 2024 | Bookshelf

Writing Without Teachers By Peter Elbow (Oxford University Press, 1973) My time in K-12...

MEMBER SPOTLIGHT

Sep 30, 2024 | PDK Connection

PDK leaders answer the questions: What inspires you to keep going in your work? EdRising student leaders say why they want to be teachers.

The limits of mastery learning

Sep 30, 2024 | Feature Article

Not all disciplines can be easily broken down into sets of straightforward skills for students to master. In writing, self-expression should be the goal.