Today's post #1001 is a bit anti-climatic after my 1000th post yesterday. If a two years ago someone had told me I'd be sitting in the same room with someone from the Walton Family Foundation and working with them to create better educational options, I would have laughed. I would have thought that our causes … Continue reading It Really Takes All Of Us Coming Together
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Choice Matters
I have long espoused that one of the problems I see with our current education system is that it operates as a one size fits all ideology. This is also the problem with many teacher education programs. One size fits all is a fallacy. We all aren't the same. Our kids aren't all the same. … Continue reading Choice Matters
Rich Kids Get Taught, Poor Kids Get Tested
This idea has been rumbling around my head for years. As I continue the preliminary work on my dissertation, mentor urban high school teachers and work with charter schools, I find this to be more and more true. Testing has become the new "reform" movement in urban education. And not just annual testing--but every 6 … Continue reading Rich Kids Get Taught, Poor Kids Get Tested
