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Are turnaround districts the answer for America’s worst schools?

October 21, 2015 -

The Hechinger Report's article by Emmanuel Felton "Are turnaround districts the answer for America's worst schools?" chronicles the rise and potential/probability of this...

Voiceless

October 04, 2015 -

I lost my voice last week. Some of you may have experienced losing your voice before. I never have. My voice became hoarse after an all day meeting followed by a...

Philanthropy 101

September 28, 2015 -

Philanthropy. Wikipedia describes the word etymologically means "love of humanity" in the sense of caring, nourishing, developing and enhancing "what it is to be human" on...

Running for President

September 21, 2015 -

I cannot help but think the most recent televised Republican Party Presidential debates resembled a high school student election more than one for the leadership of our...

First Day

September 09, 2015 - Sajan George

If you work for schools, there’s something magical about the First Day. Like the opening night of a Broadway show or the first game of the football season,...

Remembering Hurricane Katrina: Some Memories 10 years later.

August 31, 2015 - Sajan George

Remembering Katrina. Some Memories - 10 years later. Ten years ago I was in New Orleans with a team of colleagues working to turn around the Orleans Parish School District,...

Desegregation Debate

August 26, 2015 - Sajan George

Recently the weekly public radio show “This American Life” broadcast a two-part series called “The Problem We All Live With” that has gone viral within...

Nudges

August 14, 2015 - Sajan George

Cheaply Nudging towards Better Incentives in Public Education Back to school. Those 3 dreaded words that mark the end of summer for millions of students and teachers...

Don’t Throw the Baby Out with the Bathwater: National Assessments and Standards

August 05, 2015 - Dr. Amy Swann

“Don’t Throw the Baby Out with the Bathwater!” Fears of What’s to Follow as States Receive Assessment Results Remember the old adage,...

Trends & Strategy

August 02, 2015 - Sajan George

Last week I wrote two blogs on two seemingly unrelated trends in K-12 public education in America. Both however relate to each other because they intersect at the heart of...