MUST WATCH: What we could have if we had more time for divergent, deep learning, via John Hunter's World Peace Game. Imagine what these youngsters will do when they mature and take over the world after having engaged with the kind of learning thro…
20 years ago, LA Youth gave teens a voice after the riots http://bit.ly/JQBtoW. Today, it will close without a massive infusion of funding a.s.a.p. #SaveLAYouth Donate at the link–> http://layouth.com/donateHow Do We Prevent Another L.A. Riot? Give…
The Open Courseware movement: reduce the cost of college textbooks, & crack open one part of higher ed affordability? Free and open source — could be a game-changer as the possibility to disintermediate (eliminate costly middle men) textbook publi…
Via Prof. Mark Naison: "In elementary schools, parents will be the ones taking the lead against Corporate School Reform; in high schools it will be the students." Unrest & dissatisfaction with teach to the test, poor college prospects, en…
Incremental differences in children's ability to score well on standardized tests are hardly the broad claims of "progress" or "failure" that NYC uses to then close schools. Both city education departments and NCLB measures of …
March and rally in support of undocumented youth & families, downtown Los Angeles, May 1st, 4:00 pm. Sponsored by UTLA.Wall Photos
Detroit public high school students face suspension for protesting for a better, high-quality education. They're protesting school closures and will be opening their own Freedom School across from their current school, one of many to be closed or …
Brilliant example of project-based learning that engages all the students' senses at an IL public school, including the instinct for social justice. See what can happen in spite of teach to the test? Why aren't we pushing tests to the sidelin…
Biggest unreported story of the week: closure of 64 Philadelphia public schools, handed over to private interests to run (charter management organizations & other entities). Parent leader Helen Gym describes the outrage perpetrated by the SRC, Phil…
Many "ed reform" solutions favored by lawmakers lack any evidence of effectiveness. These include "charter schools, cyberschools, private school vouchers, teacher merit pay, evaluation of teacher merit based on students' test scores…