Category : “Current Affairs”

How Do Ya Like Them Apples? (And Oranges?)

May 19, 2011Mike Lee Current Affairs, Education Policy

Here’s a quiz for you. Who was a better player: Michael Jordan or Babe Ruth? Joe Montana or Wayne Gretzky? Ali or Pele? I’m sure this would be a fantastic discussion starter at your local sports bar, particularly if

Heroes

March 28, 2011Jen Robinson Current Affairs, National Board Certification

With all the bad looming around education today, I chose to acknowledge the teachers in my district, across the state and across the country, who are preparing to submit their portfolios for National Board certification. About two weeks ago my

Connecting Policy to Practice, But What’s Connected to the Policy?

February 26, 2011Mike Lee Current Affairs, Education, Education Policy, Professional Development

I had the good fortune to be one of over 2,000 faces in the room at the Phoenix Convention Center this week for the Professional Learning Communities Summit. How was it? Invigorating. Energizing. Engaging. Affirming. But, also frustrating. Disappointing.

A New Metric System

February 26, 2011Eve Rifkin Assessment, Books, Current Affairs, Education, Education Policy, Life in the Classroom

Ravitch believes that as long as charters are working strictly with at-risk kids who are on the verge of dropping out of school, that is just fine. But as soon as charters start to attract the “regular” kids, they become the enemies of the public education system.

Road to Nowhere

February 16, 2011Jen Robinson Assessment, Current Affairs, Education, Teacher Leadership

I have been thinking about what this post would look like for some time, now. Last spring I was on my way to a conference and I happened to tune into an interview with Diane Ravitch. At the time she

The Damning of Intellectualism

February 13, 2011Mike Lee Current Affairs, Education, Education Policy, Social Issues

Can we continue to hear the voices of our Founding Fathers, or will they forever be drowned out by the clang and clamor of the Damnation of Intellectualism?

The Heart of Teaching

February 7, 2011Alaina Adams Assessment, Current Affairs, Education, Life in the Classroom, Parent Involvment, Professional Development, Social Issues, Teacher Leadership

February brings many flutters and shudders for teachers. The flutters are connected to the chocolate, Sweetheart candy, and wonderfully-sappy cards that tell us how we’re the best teachers ever. The shudders come from a month full of test-prep and the emergence of

When can we teach?

January 20, 2011Jen Robinson Current Affairs, Education

I was talking with a friend over the weekend and our conversation went to school and instruction. Her district went back to half-day kindergarten this year. So she is feeling the pressure of how to fit everything into a shorter

Is Arizona Next?

January 17, 2011Mike Lee Current Affairs

Michele McNeil's article in Education Week on January 14th was a fascinating look at a near miss in California. She writes about newly-elected Jerry Brown's immediate revamping of the education agenda, only days after taking office and says: "(His) education shake-up

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