Today’s narrative of systemic racism is an insult to the black Americans who lived through the Jim Crow South. At least, that’s how Sheila Qualls sees it. Her father, born at the end of the 1920s, experienced the brunt of prejudice leading up to the Civil Rights movement. He was intimately familiar with the
If you're like us here at the NWEF office, we love grabbing a good audiobook or podcast to take along on the work commutes, grocery store runs, road trips, and around-the-house activities that keep us busy. That's why we've launched not one, but TWO podcasts to help you stay current with
Sleeping is “the physical act that takes up one-third of our lives,” says Janan Ganesh, reflecting on his conversation with renowned sleep expert Matthew Walker. In 2017, Walker published a book called Why We Sleep to shed some light on the importance of sleep—probably because most people don’t take it seriously for themselves and their
“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
You know you have good ideas and you’ve always wanted to use them to help other people. Maybe you want to run for political office or roll up your sleeves in your local school. Perhaps you have a way with words and you want to offer up petitions and letters to the editor about issues
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
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
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
We all want our kids to receive a good quality education and be prepared for their future, right? If you send your child to public school, chances are you’re mainly relying on a handful of teachers to prepare your child for adulthood by teaching them fundamental academics and skills. You expect your kids to be
