Why do those with a real choice elect for very small class sizes, highly credentialed and experienced staff, attention to the aesthetics of the environment, plenty of outdoor space, no dearth of arts of all sorts ... Read Full Post >
How do we sustain good schools so that over time there are more and more of them? I think networks of schools are a useful added component. Read Full Post >
We need a diversity of attempted solutions;mistakes must be honored, not attacked. Read Full Post >
After fighting one war after another, at great cost, for democracy, we shame ourselves when we let it slip through our fingers so fast. Read Full Post >
What and how should I respond to a student who is making another child's life miserable? Read Full Post >
I keep pounding away at this issue because I agree with you: It's not enough to criticize without offering alternatives. Read Full Post >
There simply is no way to know when and how the democratic forces will rise up, as they did here in Chi-town, and say, "Enough of that! We've got a different plan." Read Full Post >
Dear Diane, I shall miss writing to you, but count on me to respond often to your blogs. Read Full Post >
But looking for trust-proof "systems" is penny wise and pound foolish—and an endless task. We substitute the indirect evidence for the "real thing." The more we depend on such data, the more it loses its validity. Read Full Post >
Democracy rests on an agreement that disagreements are inevitable and healthy and that democracy is at its best a way to sort them out with the least harm to the weakest and least of its citizens. Read Full Post >
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