Published Articles & Media
Book Reviews
Charter Schools and Their Enemies
At 90, Thomas Sowell reminds charter schools how to fight. And why.
Blog
About a Teacher
A new film written and directed by a teacher comes closer to capturing the feel of classroom life than most of its big budget predecessors.
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The Metric That Matters Most: Ask Kids, “Are You In?”
The first and most important relationship most children have with a civic institution is with a school.
Charter Schools
Come to Jesus
Effort parties, data walls, reading logs, and “warm/strict” — a look inside Success Academy
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How Socrates Invented Social and Emotional Learning
What used to be called character education is unlikely to be effective if it is divorced from its moral and religious foundations.
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“Most of What You Believe About Poverty Is Wrong”
What the work of Mauricio “Lim” Miller, an Oakland, California-based social services pioneer and MacArthur “Genius” fellowship recipient, means for education.
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Don’t Dismiss That 30 Million-Word Gap Quite So Fast
Differences in the early language environments of children do have a significant impact.
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If Education Advocacy Were More Like Pharmaceutical Ads
Imagine the disclaimers and warnings about potentially harmful side effects of today's promising practices and reform initiatives.
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AFT Misses a Chance to Demand that Teachers Get Support They Need
Teachers are angry about inadequate training and poor curricula.