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In Monday’s column I wrote about Rudy Crew and Pedro Noguera’s recent article titled “What It Really Takes to Leave No Child Behind.” In the article, Crew and Noguera encourage the traditional public school system to change their ways so that all kids inside their system can receive an excellent education. Crew and Noguera use…

According to U.S. Department of Education statistics, over 2.5 million students currently attend low performing public schools across the nation. I’ve been in my share of low performing schools. Most of them aren’t nice places to be. Toxic in fact. Some raise moral and ethical questions about why we continue to expect black, brown, and…

Last week, Rudy Crew and Pedro Noguera published an article titled “What It Takes to Truly Leave No Child Behind” in the ASCD Newsletter. Rudy Crew is a professor at the Rossier School of Education at the University of Southern California and previously served as the Chancellor of New York City Schools from 1995-2000. Pedro…

When it comes to learning, providing quality feedback to the learner is most important. That feedback should focus on tasks important to the learning cycle – definition, planning, execution, and evaluation. But as important as feedback is to the learning process, many adult learning leaders struggle with providing specifics about how the young learner can…

Monday’s article focused on African-American families becoming more and more interested in forming their own learning pods and microschools post-pandemic. Yesterday we explored an article written by Kenneth B. Clark, a psychologist, professor, and social activist, writing about alternative school options as a solution to segregated schools in the late 1960’s. Today, an article in…

In 1967 Kenneth B. Clark, a psychologist, professor at the City College of New York, and a social activist, presented a paper to the National Conference on Equal Educational Opportunity in America’s Cities. Clark asserted that American public education suffered from “pervasive and persistent” inefficiency, particularly in the schools provided for African-American and other underprivileged…

Recently, I was able to watch a webinar, hosted by the Center on Reinventing Public Education, focused on black families and their increased interest in creating and launching learning pods for their children instead of sending them to their neighborhood public schools. Before Thanksgiving, Linda Jacobson, a reporter for The 74, summarized the webinar by…

Thanksgiving is right around the corner, so here is a smorgasbord of thoughts for you to enjoy with your turkey and pumpkin pie. It’s tradition in my family to start Thanksgiving morning with a delicious assortment of kolaches. We all have our favorites – sausage with cheese, fruit, or pumpkin. Kolaches are a delectable way…