Published Articles & Media
Teach Students to Love America
Infusing children with a love of reading is laudable, but a love of country is indispensible.
Kids as Political Props
Sen. Dianne Feinstein revealed the hollow core of fashionable ideas about civic education and "action civics" when she refused to play along with student "activists" who confronted her.
New Evidence Bolsters the Argument for Arts Education
An arts education experiment finds measurable academic, social, and emotional outcomes, but do we really need a randomized control trial study to justify the arts as an essential part of a well-rounded education?
New ‘Knowledge Mapping’ Tool Evaluates English Language Arts Curricula
Tool allows education leaders to see the degree to which their curriculum builds critical background knowledge and aligns with their vision and priorities.
School Choice Supporters Weigh Bold Move in Florida
But some lawmakers prefer to push the choice agenda incrementally
How Researchers and Policymakers Can Support Better Practices in Schools
Shifting ed reform’s focus to improving practice is an acknowledgment that underperformance is not a failure of will, but a lack of capacity.
If You Want a Content-Rich Curriculum for All, Don’t Ignore School Choice
School choice is not a distraction from the critical work of convincing educators that all children benefit from access to rich, curricular content.
A Closer Look at Improving Student Engagement by Letting Students Choose Their Tasks
Choice and relevancy are two arrows in the teacher’s quiver to engage and push children to academic heights. But there are lots of others.
The Next British Invasion: ResearchEd Comes to the U.S.
ResearchED conferences aim at raising the research literacy of teachers and creating a community of educators dedicated to evidence-based practice.
When Teachers Drop Everything to Talk Politics
Teachers, like every American citizen, are free to express their political views in a variety of public forums like Twitter and Facebook. But a series of court decisions have made it clear that a very different standard applies inside publicly funded K–12 classrooms, where teachers have far less freedom to speak their minds.
