A Better Path to Learning

Tag: learning

  • Let’s Admit It! We Hate Teachers.

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    Last night I was reading my hometown newspaper, the Avoca (Iowa) Journal-Herald, and came upon an article that announced the local school board’s decision to increase teacher salaries for the upcoming school year. When I saw what the beginning salary was going to be for an Avoca teacher I almost fell of the couch. The…

  • The Law to Fix Learning is 57 Years Old Today!

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    57 years ago, President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) into law. The ESEA extended our federal government’s influence into public education, which was previously reserved mostly to the individual states. The act approved federal funding to improve professional development for teachers, equip America’s classrooms with improved instructional materials, provided…