Getting a Teaching Job: When All Else Fails by Larry Aronstein

         “I’ve done everything I can think of; now it’s the summer, and I still don’t have a job. What should I do now?” Well, this calls for extraordinary measures. Basketball coaches motivate their players as the game draws to an end and the score is still close by telling them, “Leave everything you’ve got on the court.” This means exhaust all possibilities. Most school leaders are on vacation during July and…

OR Students Can Now Take 'Mental Health Days' Home From School

Oregon will allow students to take “mental health days” just as they would sick days, expanding the reasons for excused school absences to include mental or behavioral health…

A lot of things once thought crucial in K-12 classrooms are nowadays kicked out on the street.

The very essence of education, and you change this at your peril, is learning that certain people did certain things at certain times for certain reasons. Now, our Education Establishment can play games all day but as you get rid of various elements in that equation, you have lost History, for one…

The Demotivating Effect (and Unintended Message) of Awards

44 Pages Posted: 25 Jul 2018 Last revised: 13 Feb 2019…

A thesis for years is that our public schools use inferior methods. These methods are subtle and complicated, so that the ordinary person does not see the deception. Teachers may not see the deception.

One of the fun parts of studying education is you get to look at these anomalies and decide hey, this is a clunker. It should be eliminated. 

It's tedious to…

This CA High School Aims to Guide All of Its First-Generation Students Into Professional Careers. It’s Getting Close.

Nationally, just 11% of first-generation students from low-income families complete college. In contrast, 80% of Eastside College Preparatory…

To support every student in their intellectual and personal growth every day.  This, I believe, is the purpose of public education. Students will struggle to "grow" in either area if mental health issues prevent them from developing the cognitive regulation, emotional regulation, and social/interpersonal skills appropriate for their developmental stage. June 30, 2019, Sunday edition of the New York Times featured an article titled, What You…