Our nation’s students and teachers are more than a test score
This just in: "Education officials will re-examine standardized testing in the U.S. due to growing complaints from the public. The general consensus is that students pre-kindergarten to 12th grade are...
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Why our testing crisis is creating a dystopian education for our kids
Something big--BIG--happened this week in education. Actually, it happened in politics. But it happened for education. Congressman Tim Ryan (D-Ohio), a guy I like specifically because he practices...
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In an age of “over-testing,” we all need R.E.S.T. instead
For educators, parents and children, the restoration of true learning, creativity, unbridled curiosity, simple common sense, thriving classrooms, and play, cannot come soon enough. The most recent...
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Why punishment doesn’t teach students to work harder
I know you're tired from being at work all day today. But, you have to do something now, something that is mandatory. You have no choice but to do it. After you get home, get changed, make something...
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Imagining a DREAM school for teens
We've got STEM: science, technology, engineering and math. We've got STEAM. More and more forward-thinking educators are incorporating the A for arts. What about DREAM? Let's imagine a "dream school"...
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Parenting is who we are being, not what we are doing
If parenting is a verb, it isn't what we think it is. We think of parenting as an 'ing.' Raising children. Getting things right. Making sure kids grow up a certain way. Enforcing rules. Imposing...
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