Charter Schools: Are They Different?
Charter schools made their way onto the public education scene in the early 1990s. Their popularity increased gradually, but we’ve heard more in the last
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Needed: More Critical Readers & Thinkers
If there’s anything that my engagement on social media has shown me, it’s the vastness of adult Americans who lack critical reading and thinking abilities. Initially, I wanted
Designing Your Student’s Curriculum
You’re responsible for teaching your student or child a particular concept, but you’re finding that the curriculum (workbooks, internet resources, district-provided tools, etc.) isn’t meeting the
3 Costs of Considering Student Voice
The world, in general, has very antiquated views of childhood and student capabilities. Despite the research supporting children’s ability to understand complex ideas with proper scaffolding
3 Reasons Why Public School Students are Internet Deprived
Today I watched an interview in which Susan Patrick, President and CEO of the International Association for K-12 Online Learning, cited a startling statistic. She
Basic: The US Standard
The Reading: “Data: Student Achievement in the Era of Accountability” published by Education Week on December 30, 2015 Nearly 15 years after the inception of President Bush’s
Advocating for Parents
I’ve been flipping through the rolodex of ideas in my brain trying to identify key areas on which I should focus in order to be the biggest
Funding Failure in Education
The Reading: “Schools Unsure of Effectiveness of New Common Core Materials” published by U.S. News & World Report on October 15, 2015 Who cares if the textbooks we
