Policy & Reform
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What’s Unschooling And Why Do We Need It?
Homeschooling, unschooling and other unconventional routes to educating children aren’t new trends, nor are they nearly as radical as our modern culture would have ... -
How Our Education System Fails Most Students
Currently, the United States has problems of all sizes, and one of the most serious problems is the crisis in the education system. Trends ... -
How Cities Can Act to Close the Achievement Gap
The achievement gap in our schools is one of the most glaring elements of our struggling educational system. With multiple policies, practices, and reforms ... -
How Education Reform Taught Teachers to Cheat
In the sea of bureaucracy in the educational system, reform has consistently served as a point of contention for politicians and educators across the ... -
For Education Accountability To Work, It Has To Evolve
Schools are being watched more closely than ever and are being held more accountable for the education of their students. But, what does this ... -
The Sad Truth About America’s Schools
The sobering truth about the U.S. education system is that it is failing and has been failing for a long time. We can look ... -
The Narrative That Today’s Teachers Oppose Education Reform Needs to Stop
There is a troubling narrative that is circulating concerning teachers and education reform. This narrative asserts that a vast majority of teachers across the ... -
Rethinking School Discipline
The days of corporal punishment in U.S. schools are over, but new discipline trends have school districts rethinking their policies, especially regarding exclusionary discipline. ... -
How to Assess Teacher Quality: What We Have Learned Over the Last Decade
There is general agreement that the key to student learning success is the quality of a teacher’s instructional skills, combined with the teacher’s ability ... -
How I Would Start To Transform Public Education
In our society, you will be hard-pressed to find a person who believes the U.S. public school system is successful. Whether a Republican or ...
