World War II Vets Return To College I found a blog by Don Clark on Bloom’s revised taxonomy of educational objectives. I was familiar with the old taxonomy but not the revised one, so I began to research the history of … Continued
A Box Of Photos Lt. General Mark Hertling was on CNN remembering his fallen fellow soldiers by making a box and putting the pictures of his lost friends in it. Over this memorial day weekend he will be spending an … Continued
Does Education Lead to Poverty or Success? In the two graphics presented below, the success of educational attainment is contrasted with the class system currently in place in the United States. High School or Beyond? What I find interesting about … Continued
Poverty in Education I have been writing recently about the cost of poverty to children’s learning. How can we expect schools to do their best when more than half of the students who attend these schools are on free and … Continued
Accountability for Numbers Standardized testing in K-12 schools has a twenty-year history of being the one and only way that we hold students, teachers, principals, schools, districts and states accountable for public education. The problem with them is that they … Continued
In the last blog, I tried to link poverty, education and arts integration, by arguing that education can help the condition of poverty and arts integration can help students in poverty to excel in traditional curriculums and assessments. I will … Continued
A Student In Poverty A child wanders into a classroom, slides through rows of desks, looks around her and slouches down in her seat. It would be easy to say that she is devoid of purpose, lacks motivation and needs … Continued
New York City welcomes the American Education Research Association back for its annual conference, “Dreams, Possibilities and Necessity of Public Education” Thousands of researchers from around the country are gathering to listen, review, feedback and pushback on the latest research … Continued
I have been invited to this congressional briefing this Thursday and want to share the details with you! Congressional Briefing Remarks by Senator Maggie Hassan (D-NH) Thursday, April 12, 2018 11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. (ET) 216 Hart Senate Building, Washington, … Continued
Introduction I thought it would be interesting to post the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts’ definition of arts integration. The JFK Center for the Performing Arts is one of the nation’s largest users of this type of … Continued