While shrinking class size can be a good thing (after all, what parent wants their child in larger classes with fewer teachers?), research suggests it’s no quick fix for struggling schools.
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In this oldie-but-goodie, Lewis Solmon asks why nobody is protesting the dismal state of California schools.
Read more »In 1983, A Nation At Risk: The Imperative for Educational Reform was released. This report from the U.S. Department of Education highlighted a number of troubling findings on the state of education in the U.S.
On March 22 the Missouri State Board of Education voted to remove the Saint Louis Public Schools’ provisional accreditation.
We should not kid students about the need for serious reading and academic expository writing, and when we do, we are not educating them, we are cheating them.
Read more »Why are teachers outraged over a website that lets students rate their performance?
Read more »In my ideal world of school reform, all the adults could put their personal agendas aside and focus their efforts on meeting the needs of kids to be prepared for college and work in their futures. I think we're a long, long way from my idea world, but I try my hardest to keep looking forward to that day.
Read more »The New York Legislature’s approval of more charters and the rejection of numerous anti-charter proposals mean that charters are here to stay as a major part of the statewide educational landscape.
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