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21st Century Schools That Work
A new brief by David Osborne and Emily Langhorne titled, Fighting Inequality by Reinventing America’s Schools, discusses what 21st Century school systems should look like: Responsive, choices, accountability, innovation, decentralized. This is the argument for the charter school movement. I’m in in. I can see that it works. JoeCheif Stoic
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The Importance of Supporting Teachers With Curriculum
DECEMBER 4, 2014 AT 9:00 AM By Joe Semsar | Contributor Joe Semsar, a former Teach for America corps member and staff member, is an organization-transformation consultant in Deloitte’s federal government human capital practice. Last June I attended a debate between the Republican candidates for South Carolina superintendent of education. The two-hour debate featured six candidates vying to…
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What’s Not On The Test. The Golden Rule.
Every great idea has a spark, a moment where it smacks you over the head and you can’t believe you missed the forest through the trees. For me, that moment had to do with the role of schools and what education is supposed to achieve. One of our Directors started an informal discussion about what…
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The Wisdom Of A Third Grade Drop Out. Rick Grisby Speech.
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Medium.com What The Founders Thought About the Value of a Classical Education
Hillsdale College Oct 31, 2016 · 6 min read By Dr. Richard M. Gamble This article was originally published by The Daily Signal. The generation that produced the U.S. Constitution lived at a time when liberal education was being rethought, redefined, stretched, and challenged. The Founders lined up on different sides of that debate. They argued over whether or not…