Tag: education reform
-
Disengaged Students, Part 3: The Role of Nationalism
In this 20-part series, I explore the root causes and effects of academic disengagement in K-12 learners and explore the factors driving American society ever closer ... -
Disengaged Students, Part 2: The Anti-Intellectualism of Thomas Jefferson
In this 20-part series, I explore the root causes and effects of academic disengagement in K-12 learners and explore the factors driving American society ever closer ... -
Disengaged Students, Part 1: How did American Anti-Intellectualism Begin?
In this 20-part series, I explore the root causes and effects of academic disengagement in K-12 learners and explore the factors driving American society ever closer ... -
Expansion is no longer the answer to improving the Australian education system
This article was written by Dean Ashenden, University of Melbourne For 50 years, Australia’s policymakers have been persuaded that growth at every level of the education system ... -
Does wearing a school uniform improve student behavior?
Todd A DeMitchell, University of New Hampshire In a growing number of school districts across the nation, students must wear a uniform. This is not the ... -
Ask An Expert: Disrupting the School-to-Prison Cycle
Question: Dr. Lynch, I am a youth counselor in Philadelphia, PA. Everyday I witness the public school system fail our children. The end result is that ... -
Why The US Education System is Failing: Part IV
In thinking about the future of education in this great nation, we are inspired by innovation and simultaneously dejected by the slow implementation in many K-12 ... -
The Power of Parents: A Primer on Parental Involvement
Parents play a powerful role in the success of each generation of K-12 students. But these days there are many factors that prevent parents from getting ... -
Why The US Education System is Failing: Part III
Public education in America is a paradox in the global perspective, a system that congratulates itself from within while failing to measure up to the achievements ... -
Accountability versus Gaming the P-12 System
I’ve recently delved into The Death and Life of the Great American School by Diane Ravitch. It has been on my reading list for some time ...
