When Robert was born, his parents gazed lovingly into their youngest son’s tiny eyes. His little fingers fidgeted into a balled fist, snuggly tucked into his soft cheeks. A lazy yawn opened the rosy lips, and his parents’ hearts exploded with newfound love. As he grew, Robert’s parents realized that he was a bit different
“Educators in California are locked in pitched combat over a statewide model curriculum overflowing with terms like ‘hxrstories’ and ‘cisheteropatriarchy,’” reports the Manhattan Institute. I’ll give you a moment to untangle your brain from what you just read. How on earth is ‘hxrstories’ pronounced? Don’t worry, the x remains in oppressed silence, and the word
“Try to think of an education policy that 1) has been shown, in dozens of studies across multiple decades, to positively affect student outcomes; 2) has the overwhelming support of parents and voters; 3) reinforces many other policies and facilitates quality research; and 4) has been used widely at the district, state, and national levels
The Children’s Bureau paints this picture: “Maybe it’s a resource parent whom a foster child bonds with over their mutual love for beautifully illustrated fairy tales… It could be an older mentor, who takes them out to the basketball court every morning so they can shoot hoops and experience their own growth and development…” Community
Spoken word artist Prince Ea showed his audience a photo comparison of two classrooms: one from 150 years ago and one from the present day. Interestingly enough, the photos are almost identical, except one’s in color. In his compelling speech, Prince Ea reveals that our education system is modeled after Industrial revolution ideas—a model originally
California school districts recently decided to make the move to eliminate grades D and F for high school students. Los Angeles Unified, Oakland Unified, Sacramento City Unified, and San Diego Unified are some of the school districts working toward a competency-based learning method, according to a local ABS News station. This approach would assess students
Think of the first time you dropped your child off at school. What did you imagine for their future? You were probably feeling some bittersweet emotions as you realized how quickly they were growing up, but you were also excited to watch them launch into the world for the first time. You have glimpses of
Think about the first time you took a 6-year-old to the zoo or an amusement park. You notice their pure adoration for the adventurous outing, answer their infinite stream of questions, and just can’t stop smiling to yourself as you watch them soak up everything around them. Children are organic learners and they love every
“Inasmuch as the great Father has given us this year an abundant harvest … has granted us freedom to worship God according to the dictates of our own conscience. Now I … do proclaim that all ye Pilgrims, with your wives and ye little ones, do gather … on Thursday, November 29th, of the year
Does your student ever complain about their math homework? Groaning and pouting, they might even add, “I’ll never use this in real life.” Sadly, many American students have been led to believe that statement is true. Due to outsourcing of skill and manufacturing over the last 40 years, the American education system has discouraged
