Moving from Race-Based to Class-Based Affirmative Action

In this New York Times column, David Brooks says the recent U.S. Supreme Court decision (Fisher v. University of Texas) is “another small signal that the era of explicitly race-based affirmative action is coming to an end.” Why? Brooks believes it’s because three things have changed:

• Economic inequality is now more important than race as a source of…

Schools that Practice Learning-Literacy

Many months ago I spoke at a leadership conference in Vancouver. When the event was over, officials with…

Should We Teach “Other People’s Kids” Differently?

by Chris Lehman

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Common Core Test Results

Source: Best Education Degrees

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Why Business Should be A Core Curriculum in all High Schools

by Alice Jenkins

In an era where 53% of college graduates are jobless or underemployed future graduates have little to look forward to with all of the education and skills they have acquired besides sitting in front of a computer and applying to low level jobs on craigslist. These people…

When I read that today was the anniversary of the bombing of Hiroshima, I was reminded of the novel, The Buddha in the Attic, by Julie Otsuka.  This Pen Faulkner award winner follows the lives of Japanese women from their journey to San Francisco to become "picture brides" for strangers, to the internment of Japanese-Americans at the onset of World War II.

A friend and I read this book for…

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The Motivation Provided by Having a Partner and Being Part of a Team

In this Harvard Business Review interview by Scott Berinato, Kansas State University kinesiology professor Brandon Irwin reports some interesting findings on motivation and coaching that may apply to K-12 schools. He had people perform abdominal “planks” (lying face down, keeping your body straight, lifting yourself up on your elbows, and holding that position as long as you…

Student achievement and teacher evaluations: The math doesn’t add up?

JULY 31, 2013 BY SCOTT MCLEOD 

My friend and mentor, Carol Varsalona sent me this interesting article on the importance of teachers reading to enhance their confidence in the classroom and their own personal well-being.  Check out other interesting teaching tidbits and facts on Carol's new blog, …

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