We Need Changes Beyond School, Too
Meier: We apparently have settled for closing the test-score gaps between the poor and rich on at least math and reading tests.
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April 03, 2014
April 01, 2014
Is School Reform Needed or Not?
Pondiscio: In my very first post here, I suggested that the education reform movement needs what I called a 'Nixon to China' moment. I lamented the unfortunate effects of our polarized education climate.
March 27, 2014
Choice: For Shareholders or Stakeholders?
Meier: Neighborhood schools have some important advantages in terms of political democracy, precisely by encouraging people to talk across class and race. Alas, not many contain such mixtures!
March 25, 2014
Choice Is Messy. So Be It.
Pondiscio: Belief in creationism troubles me less than a belief in learning styles, for which there is roughly equal scientific support.
February 25, 2014
We 'Choose' for Poor Children Every Day
Meier: You and I-or some other somebodies-are deciding the future of "other people's children" unless we provide ways for "them" to have a voice, a vote, and the resources to decide their own future.
February 20, 2014
Running the Wrong Race
Pondiscio: I resist the facile temptation to conflate testing with all that is wrong with American education. Testing did not destroy schooling. It revealed the rot and complacency within too many schools.
February 18, 2014
Thoughts From Detroit About Schools
Meier: Our schools are a symptom of something that affects all our institutions. It neither starts at school nor can end there.
February 13, 2014
Schools 'Where Everybody Knows Your Name'
Pondiscio: I would argue that the most important thing for educators to get right is school tone and culture.
February 11, 2014
When 'Pretty Good' Schools Aren't Enough
Meier: I believe the cards are so stacked against children in poverty and children of color that "pretty good" or "good enough for my own kids" will not make it for them.
January 23, 2014
If Not College, Then What?
Pondiscio: You don't like "college prep," but how do you feel about "work prep?" About independence prep?
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