“We’re really lucky here. We have it better than most. Our parents are a force to be reckoned with.” That’s what my co-workers said to…
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100 Percent Is Overrated. People labeled “smart” at a young age don’t deal well with being wrong. Life grows stagnant. At whatever age smart people…
From an article published in Informed Residents of Reading as a guide to help teachers deal with problem school administrators, these insights are equally useful…
Marin Voice, 11/9/2019 Editors Note: This Marin Voice article was taken down by the IJ after less than one day, and is not referenced any…
“…The staff report on Red Hill was not clear on what funding source the district has identified to pay for the renovations, except to say…
It doesn’t have to be this way. Middle school. The very memory of it prompts disgust. Here’s a thing no one’s thinking: Geez, I wish I…
Education is filled with talk of “innovation.” The term gets indiscriminately attached to whatever school model, professional-development strategy, or community program is being pushed at…
There’s a not-so-secret tension that separates frontline educators from ed reformers, policymakers, and even district office poobahs. This tension, and the cost of top-down initiatives…
Classes in Chicago’s public schools were canceled starting Oct. 17 as more than 25,000 teachers in the nation’s third-largest school district went on strike in what they’re…
Over the past 30 to 40 years, enrollment in our local public schools has been a roller coaster. After years of seemingly building new schools…