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Education savings accounts are currently being used by mostly middle-class families who are interested in leaving our public school system and enrolling in available private schools. What education savings accounts should be used for is to help primarily lower class families to find learning options for their kids so that those youngsters no longer have…

Exploration is one of the best learning models available – for both young and old. Exploring usually begins with a question, and then pursuit toward answer for that question. Exploration almost always involves challenge and struggle, but with the right type of support and encouragement, most questions lead to answers which lead to learning. Last…

Elisa Villanueva Beard, CEO of Teach for America, wrote an interesting article for The 74 last week titled “Too Many Students Say School Just Isn’t Relevant. It’s Time to Listen to Them.” I’m no longer a big fan of Teach for America. Like most reform efforts, after making a big scene in their first 10…

As much as I want to get away from this story, I can’t. I promised my readers – No More Cell Phone Coverage for the Rest of the Year – but the story will never die. Now, it’s Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds making news in the Hawkeye State that she will propose a bill banning…

Many agree that America’s K-12 education system is stuck, unable to break out from the shackles that prevent too many kids from becoming strong readers, writers, and problem-solvers. But if we look at other countries around the world, their schools seem to be working better for their kids than ours. Why? Recently, Virgil Hammonds from…

I remember the day I was talking with one of my high schoolers in my office. I was the principal of an urban high school in Houston, Texas at the time. I was asking the kid how he was doing in one of his courses and he shared that he was going to do okay…

It might be fair to say that our current K-12 model works for most kids in rural and suburban settings, especially when it comes to elementary education. But our urban school districts? Most are a mess, especially when it comes to financial efficiency. Last month, Marguerite Roza and Maggie Cicco, both from Georgetown University’s Edunomics…

I can’t say I’m excited about a second presidential term for Donald J. Trump. Embarrassed might be a better description. Nevertheless, it might be a good idea to learn more about what Trump could do as our 47th president. Just after the November election, The 74’s Linda Jacobson, in an article titled “What a Second…