Guest Post by Anthony Cody This post was originally published on Anthony's blog Living in Dialog. Follow him on Twitter at @AnthonyCod. The election of 2012 was a tough one for some who consider themselves "reformers" of education. Michael Petrilli, of...
Guest Post by Anthony Cody This post was originally published on Anthony's blog Living in Dialog. Follow him on Twitter at @AnthonyCod. The election of 2012 was a tough one for some who consider themselves "reformers" of education. Michael Petrilli, of...
This is a letter of Thank You to the teachers of Chicago from the Teaching Georgia Writing Collective. The letter was initially posted on Maureen Downey's Get Schooled website on the Atlanta Journal Constitution. The Teaching Georgia Writing...
"It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of Light, it was the season of Darkness, it was the spring of hope, it was the...
¿Is it not possible that if teachers were chartered to design curriculum and assessment methods geared to their own students they might provide an education that is closer to the lived experiences of their student? ¿Is is possible that by enabling teachers to carry...
In a recent article in Scientific American, it was suggested that the U.S. should adopt higher standards in science, and that all 50 states should adopt them. When you check the literature on science standards, the main reason for aiming for higher standards (raising...
