The online journal Aeon posted (6 October, 2016) “The Examined Life,” by John Taylor, director of Learning, Teaching and Innovation at Cranleigh boarding school in Surrey (U.K.). https://aeon.co/essays/can-school-today-teach-anything-more-t…
Some years ago, during the heat of a presidential campaign I assembled some policy-relevant and time-sensitive research on the top education policy topic of the day. I could have published […]
The old adage “If it walks like a duck…” comes to mind when you look at what the Springfield Public School Board is deciding to adopt for their “new’ math […]
Here in Missouri we know their names well. Emmet McGroarty, Jane Robbins and Erin Tuttle of the American Principles Project have published a book, Deconstructing the Administrative State: The Fight […]
Betsy DeVos recently declared there is no more Common Core. Tell that to the parents in 46 states/territories who still have common core standards, and still have the common […]
The above is a promoted tweet showing up on my feed. The responses are quite funny (some not suitable for work) and you can find them here. Why spend money […]
Is your child’s school experience like this? Joyful and creative? Or like this? Is creativity stifled in the quest for common expectations? An insightful short film on the effects of […]
Achieve the Core recently held a conference in Denver where #coreadvoactes tweeted their support of Common Core and NGO directed educational policy. From a sampling of the tweets, Common […]
Witnessed at a restaurant this past week: a child less than 2 years old entertaining herself the entire time while three adults conversed before dinner, and then the two […]
When everybody is supposed to go to college, what happens to college standards? Chester Finn seems quite surprised to understand the cause and effect of the Common Core State […]
Parents and grandparents who want only to have a say in their children’s education, to control how their data is collected and profiled, are made fun of yet again […]
The question (*posted by a British educational provider) was answered and debated on twitter recently. Tom Bennett started an interesting twitter conversation on this question. There were several answers […]
As Republicans and conservatives across the country rejoice in the “by the skin of their teeth, confirmation of Betsy De Vos as America’s new Department […]