Kids do better when teachers know them well Two studies on how best to teach elementary schools students — one on the popular trend of…
Legal research companies are selling surveillance data and services to law enforcement agencies including ICE. Their participation in government surveillance raises ethical questions about privacy,…
The Teacher-Powered Schools Movement: Transforming Teachers From Industrial Workers To Professionals
Julie Cook was ready to leave teaching. She’d worked in both urban and suburban districts and in three different states. No matter where she taught, she…
The research of the Harvard economist Raj Chetty shows that the scale of inequality is incredibly small. In recent years, Raj Chetty has become economist-famous…
Can’t afford teachers at Wade Thomas. But $3.8 million for a shiny new house on the hill is no problem? Really? http://go.boarddocs.com/ca/rova/Board.nsf/files/BDCRXY6FE209/$file/Architect%20Agreement%20with%20Exhibits%20-%20RVSD%20District%20Office%20Remodel_Rev1.190621.pdf
A letter dated June 12, 2019, from Sharon Sagar, Board Chair of the RVC to Teri Louer with copies to the Superintendent and RVSD Board:
The president appears committed to destroying the very idea of facts. A read for our times. Like many writers I know, I’ve had a passion…
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…