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What English classes should look like in Common Core era
The recent controversy over how much fiction and non-fiction high school students are supposed to read under the Common Core State Standards begged the question of where the 70 percent…
Five key questions about the Common Core standards
The Common Core State Standards are inexorably coming to the 46 states and the District of Columbia, which have approved them, the Washington Post reports.…
What U.S. schools can learn from Russia
There is a tendency to beat up on our public schools based on the performance of American students on international tests. The impression that is created is that our schools…
Column: Why schools used to be better
It’s one of the ironies of education reform that despite wave after wave, schools are seen by many as in worse shape as before all the changes, says the Washington…
Watch: Are schools to blame for America’s obesity epidemic?
To borrow a line from Kermit the frog, it's not easy being green -- or, eating green, the Huffington Post reports.…
Stupid in America: Why we, and this viral video, are to blame
English rapper-poet Suli Breaks is out with a video that's taking the internet by storm, and young people are loving it, the Huffington Post reports. …
Op-Ed: It’s time we ditched the college admissions tests
Parents, high school students, and college counselors, listen up. I’ve got good news about those dreaded and bank-account-draining college admission tests and test prep programs, Takepart.com reports.…
Op-Ed: For students, ‘zip code does not define destiny’
As the founder and Executive Director of KIPP Delta Public Schools—a network of four college-preparatory public charter schools in Helena and Blytheville, Arkansas—I have dedicated my career to preparing some…
Op-Ed: True reform means ‘freeing educators of bureaucratic constraints’
At Rocketship Education, a public K-5 charter school system for low-income students, our mission is to close the achievement gap within our lifetimes, Takepart.com reports. …