Tag: students

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…

This article is about trust. I used to be a big fan of The Education Trust, a Washington D.C.-think tank led for many years by Kati Haycock. According to their mission, The Education Trust’s is “committed to advancing policies and practices to dismantle the racial and economic barriers embedded in the American education system.” I…

Libraries are under attack these days, and so you might say learning is under attack too. Part of what I try to do in this column is to emphasize the importance of building learners who can define, plan, execute, and evaluate their own learning. Libraries, along with other centers of academic and social capital, assist…

I’ve written about grading practice problems before. Even though so much is tied to grading – class rank, scholarships received, college admissions – the practice is filled with error. I read with interest a recent article published in Edutopia, the online newsletter sponsored by the George Lucas Educational Foundation. The article begins with, “Let us…

Catching Up in Learning Doesn’t Make Sense Last month, EducationWeek online ran an article titled “Is This the Year Students Finally Catch Up From the Pandemic? Educators Think So.” The article states that, “Educators are optimistic that this could be the year that students make up the academic ground lost during the pandemic.” What does…