A Better Path to Learning

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  • Today’s Summer School Is Different

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    I worked in and around our K-12 system for 35 years. During that time, summer school was usually reserved for kids who were behind in their skills, whether it be reading, writing, or problem-solving. I never really understood that. Why weren’t all young learners invited to learn between June and August? Maybe times are changing.…

  • Eating Houston Crow

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    I’ve been critical of Mike Moses, current superintendent of the Houston Independent School District, in the past. But now, I think it’s time to eat a little crow. In July, The 74 reported that, “Superintendent Mike Miles wants you to hear the good news from Houston.” “The chief of America’s eighth-largest school district was appointed…

  • Rethinking Special Education

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    It is Monday, August 4th, and I have returned from a long absence. Personalized learning gives us the opportunity to offer learning accommodation to every kid, no matter whether they own a special education label or not. Recently, Khara Schonfield-Karan, a staff member at Education Reimagined, who is also a parent of a special education…

  • Advice to a School Board Member

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    A while back, I heard from a friend down in Texas that he was running for the school board – specifically the Houston school board. Yesterday, he wrote this on Facebook: “I believe in the promise of public education, and I’ve spent my career helping students and schools live up to that promise. Thirty-three years…

  • The Power of Anywhere Learning

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    When I worked in public education, I witnessed a lot of stress between young learners, basically because all those kids had to report to one place – a place called school. You had football jocks, science nerds, gay and straight kids, and a host of different racial and ethnic groups, all under one roof. We…

  • What a Mess

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    I’m back from our Minnesota lake house. Here’s hoping everyone had a restful holiday weekend. While on vacation, I ran across an article The 74 published online titled “Tiny Indiana District With Online School Worth Millions Ordered To Close.” Here are excerpts from piece: “The Union School Corporation in the tiny town of Modoc –…

  • Friday News Roundup

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    It’s Friday. Time for the Roundup. Team Teaching Reduces Turnover Compared to Going Solo, New Research Finds (EducationWeek) If you’re old enough, like I am, you’ll start to see the same news stories reappearing, trying to convince readers that the story is “new.” Witness a recent post in EducationWeek pointing to new research suggesting that…

  • Friday News Roundup

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    It’s Friday. Time for the Roundup. Pre-K Teachers Are Stressed and Say They Want to Quit (The 74) Nothing is more important to building a strong reading, writing, problem-solving, and character development foundation than early childhood learning, and nothing is more important to early childhood learning than the adult learning leader attached to those little…

  • Headed Right in the Wrong Direction

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    It’s Thursday and it’s Juneteenth. I’m a big country and western fan, and Vern Gosdin is one of my favorites. Gosdin recorded a song titled “Right in the Wrong Direction” back in 1990. It’s a song about a common country and western theme – cheating. But it could also be the title of Donald Trump’s…

  • Changing Times

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    It’s Wednesday, June 18th – I’m back from a short absence. Members of the Democratic Party have started to question whether the way our traditional K-12 system currently runs is the best way to get all kids smarter and stronger when it comes to reading, writing, problem-solving, and character development skills. Instead, the Democrats have…