Carolyn Sharette, the Director of a Utah charter school, the American Preparatory Academy, has been a thoughtful and frequent commentator on this blog. Yesterday, in response to my post about alternative certification and the changing face of the teaching profession, … Continue reading»

I have talked before about alternative routes to certification – I followed them myself to enter teaching in my mid-forties. So I was intrigued to see the following report from the National Center for Education Information, as reported in Education … Continue reading»

I just heard from a young man who attended (West) high school with my two daughters. Benjamin Pacini is now a Teach for America teacher in Baltimore, and he had some interesting thoughts about the National Educational Association’s criticisms of … Continue reading»

I mentioned a few days ago that I would be posting an article written by two teachers whom I know well. They defend the much-maligned the No Child Left Behind law for exposing how poorly our educational system serves poor … Continue reading»

I had planned to post this link over the Fourth of July weekend, but the NEA convention distracted me. Since we’re just ending the month’s second big patriotic holiday weekend (in Utah, at least), I’m returning to the theme of … Continue reading»

Since I’ve blogged about both the Teach for America program and the National Education Association convention, I thought I’d post this article about the NEA’s criticisms of Teach for America, and the TFA response. Readers of this blog know that … Continue reading»

Yesterday I published a somewhat upbeat report from Stanford University/Hoover Institution Research Fellow Michael Petrilli. Here’s a much more pessimistic reply, from his colleague and long-time education expert Chester Finn. His bottom line:“Almost all the major trend lines are flat–at … Continue reading»

Stanford University/Hoover Institution Research Fellow Michael Petrilli offers the following perspective on the recent National Assessment of Educational Progress social studies scores (civics, U.S. history, and now geography): “You wouldn’t know it from the “we’re all going to hell in … Continue reading»

Sigh. You may be tired of reading discouraging reports from the National Assessment for Education Progress. I know I am. But here’s another one. From Education Week: “The National Center for Education Statistics, which administers the test, released results midmorning … Continue reading»

As promised, here is a second posting from Heather Staker of the Innosight Institute. Although this touches only tangentially on online education, I think her observations about children’s media make great sense. “Let’s look at children’s media use with our … Continue reading»