Policy & Reform
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Pass or Fail: Horace Mann – An American Public School Pioneer
In this multi-part series, I provide a dissection of the phenomenon of retention and social promotion. Also, I describe the many different methods that ... -
The U.S. Education System is Under-performing and Here’s Why
The U.S. public school system was originally established to educate America’s youth. More specifically, it was created to teach children basic skills, and to ... -
How to Implement a Year Round Schooling System
Do you feel year-round schools would be a good choice for your district? The article that follows offers information on how to transition to ... -
18 Reasons the U.S. Education System is Failing
Once upon a time, enthusiasts designed a formal education system to meet the economic demands of the industrial revolution. Fast forward to today and, ... -
Are wealthy donors influencing the public school agenda?
This article was written by Rebecca Jacobsen, Jeffrey Henig, and Sarah Reckhow School boards have often been portrayed as old-fashioned and dysfunctional, so much so that ... -
Global academic collaboration: a new form of colonisation?
Hanne Kirstine Adriansen, Aarhus University Higher education in Africa is as old as the pyramids in Egypt. But the continent’s ancient institutions have long ... -
Time to Reboot the Safety Lecture
When we play the perennial favorite game of Blaming Other Generations, we tend to focus on relative merits and deficiencies: which generation is more ... -
How companies learn what children secretly want
Faith Boninger, University of Colorado and Alex Molnar, University of Colorado If you have children, you are likely to worry about their safety – ... -
Ineffective assessments, part VII: Better cultural and learning understanding
Click here to read all of the articles in our Ineffective Assessments series. Not all students are natural-born test takers. Any educator who has ... -
Ineffective assessments, part VI: More digital access needed
Click here to read all of the articles in our Ineffective Assessments series. All facets of education are being impacted by the rapid evolution ...