Tag: schools

Today the Supreme Court deadlocked 4-4 to prevent Oklahoma from approving the nation’s first religious public charter school. NBC News reported that, … “The decision by the evenly divided court means that a ruling by the Oklahoma Supreme Court that said the proposal to launch St. Isidore of Seville Catholic Virtual School violates both the…

Homa Tavangar from The Big Questions Institute wrote an interesting piece this week titled “If ‘Everyone is Cheating,’ What Questions Should We Be Asking?” Here are excerpts from Tavangar’s post: “At a recent workshop with a few dozen Heads of School at independent schools in the U.S., one of the participants expressed yet one more…

After almost a month away from the post, I’m back today. I spent the last three weeks in Turkey – specifically Izmir and Istanbul. If you are ever thinking about a place to visit that might not be tops on your list, think Turkey. The food is delicious (“lessetli” in Turkish), the people are wonderful,…

Did America make a mistake by not keeping K-12 schools open during the COVID-19 pandemic? A new book, authored by David Zweig, titled An Abundance of Caution, suggests so. But an article appearing in The New York Times last month tells us that K-12 leaders are still debating whether schools should have been closed and…

Did America make a mistake by not keeping K-12 schools open during the COVID-19 pandemic? A new book, authored by David Zweig, titled An Abundance of Caution, suggests so. Last week, The 74 posted an article highlighting the story: “Just a few weeks into the COVID pandemic, veteran New York journalist David Zweig began looking…

Today we continue to explore a new learning leaders’ program at Moravian University, led by Dr. Randy Ziegenfuss and his team. Education Reimagined recently posted a story on the Moravian Ed.D. program, of which Part 1 was shared here last Thursday. Today, Part 2: “In the Moravian Ed.D. program, these five learner-centered principles aren’t just…

How do we know young learners are learning what they are supposed to be learning? This is one of the most important questions in the learning world. In our K-12 public school system, “grades” usually make it to the top of the list asked how our traditional school districts answer the question. But grades and…

Schools are starting to fight back as the Trump administration continues its immigration enforcement throughout the country. Last week, EducationWeek reporters posted the following: “A sudden rise in absences. Elementary-aged students asking questions about immigration enforcement. A school principal publicly calling for, and later celebrating, the return of a local mother and three students detained…

Recently Linda McMahon, the new U.S. Secretary of Education, was interviewed by The 74 during the ASU+GSV conference in San Diego. Here are excerpts from that interview with The 74’s Greg Toppo: “The 74: In order to dismantle the department, you have to convince seven Democrats in the Senate to get this done. What’s the…