Tag: parents

Most of us focus on how vouchers will help public school parents pay for private school, but there’s another option out there in the learning stratosphere – microschools. Why shouldn’t a single mom with three children have the option to send her kids to a well-run microschool instead of the traditional private? Last week, The…

America’s public school system has a problem with listening to student voice. Most schools form student input groups, like student councils, class officers, and other student-led organizations, but don’t really listen to what those groups have to say about what they are learning, how they are learning, and what should be done when they aren’t…

A friend of mine wrote this piece recently. He writes, “In my principalship days, the role was incredibly challenging. After leading a small high school that I helped found, I became the principal of a new and very large comprehensive high school. I served for three years, and then it all caught up to me.…

Sometimes we don’t know what we don’t know. But just like we want our young learners to be lifelong pursuers of knowledge and skill, as adult learning leaders, we must demonstrate the drive to learn from our past so it informs our future. Take for example the article Sarah Ruth Morris wrote for EducationWeek online…

Our public school system is in trouble. It continues to lose market share when it comes to American families choosing it as their preferred option when it comes to their children’s learning. And it’s biggest competition isn’t private school, or even charters – it’s homeschooling. Just this week, The Washington Post reported, “Home schooling has…

I’m a big fan of The Texas Tribune, an online news organization, focused on everything about Texas. For those who haven’t been paying attention, the Texas Legislature is in special session, trying to figure out school vouchers, along with other issues associated with the state’s public education system. Today The Trib hosted a panel event…

The learner-centered movement seems to be growing in Columbus, Ohio. According to a recent article printed in the Education Reimagined online newsletter, “The elements of a learner-centered ecosystem are emerging in Columbus, Ohio. For the last 20 years, the PAST Foundation has been offering learners access to hands-on learning opportunities as global businesses planted roots…

Schools have never figured out how to use social media well. Whether it’s banning cell phones, banning ChatGPT, or failing at providing a quality virtual learning environment during the COVID-19 pandemic, it’s clear the traditional public school system hasn’t made it into the 21st century. And now 41 states have decided to sue Mark Zuckerberg’s…

In the last Friday News Roundup, I shared news from Education Reimagined that they intend to launch a $20 million research and development project intended to create and enact a new design for a modern public education system that aligns more directly with the needs of learners, their communities and our economy. I said Friday…