It’s fine. You’re fine. Everything is O.K. Whoopsie: You completely bombed that career-making presentation, missed that deadline you could not miss or said something you…
THE MOST enduring — and unforgivable — civil rights offense in our country today is the consigning of so many poor, often minority children to…
Mastering English requires abilities that most children don’t develop until they’re pre-teens. Johnny in Topeka can’t read, but Janne in Helsinki is effortlessly finishing his…
The pressures of national academic standards have pushed character education out of the classroom. A few months ago, I presented the following scenario to my…
Extra money for our kids? Not so much! It is recommended the Board authorize staff to engage Axia Architects, to create and submit plans to…
White families “do best” for their children; when Latinos or African-Americans exercise choice, it’s called a “drain” Out of the 11.6 million new jobs created…
The Ross Valley Charter School’s plans to move into the old St. Rita’s school campus in Fairfax should go a long way toward providing a…
The endless flow of content doesn’t need to make sense to create engagement. YouTube is designed to catch you and not let go. Sometimes I…
Maybe. Improvability is a choice. You can build a society, an organization or a family with improvement in mind. Either things are static or we’re…
Next week, the National Education Association (NEA) will release State Charter Statutes: NEA Report Cards. This new report grades each state’s charter school law in relation…