The Canary in the Classroom
Ed. note: My claim to fame is that I got to co-teach American Studies with Benjamin Dow in the last century. Since then, Mr. Dow has taught English and social s...
Everyone says Arne Duncan is powerful, but if you really want to know who calls the shots about education in this country, it’s David Coleman. Mr. Colema...
By high school, most teachers don’t teach students how to read. There’s an assumption that students either know how or they don’t. If they do...
Today I was at the Oakland school, which always brings me tons of joy, and I got to read with the Kindlers during the 25-minute Sustained Silent Reading period...
I’m a bit late to this party, but I figured I would share some of my thoughts. Last week, the New York Times published “For Better Social Skills, S...