December 22, 2014 (Season’s greetings, Annual meeting, Children in poverty, PISA scores, Reform collapsing, Class around the clock, Renaissance in assessment, Failed school reform, Climate denial, Whole child accountability, Rural schools, Charter on probation, and webinar on International indicators
December 15, 2014 (Annual awards, Students avoid help, Education gifts, Free-market education, Nonprofits, Free market, Cashing in, Bad things happen, Testing resistance, Strength in numbers, Kids won’t quit, 7 mega-trends, Big district pressures, Leadership, and accountability, Becoming a theocracy, Charter in disarray, Lockdowns, Higher education enrollment, and an Interview with Jack Jennings
December 8, 2014 (John Goodlad, Berliner on teacher education, Students and poverty, Poverty and achievement, Standardized testing, Cheating on tests, Computers and the classroom, Teacher education, Greed and privatization, NCLB waivers, and Separate boy and girls
December 1, 2014 (Education experts? High stakes testing, Liquidating public schools, Teacher education, Church & State, Poverty of a few, School reform, Value added, Physicians and VAM, VAM and NASSP, Diversity explosion, 140 years of success, No obligation in MI, Student engagement, Graduation speech, and Demographics and performance
November 24, 2014 (Inspire action, Teacher licensure, School reform, Broken schools, Immigration plan, Politics, and Pre K, Save the schools, Texas textbooks, Student aid, World’s children, Death of common school, Compulsory dues, ALEC and elections, Character factor, Standards for learning, teaching is hard work, Education magazine, History of public education
November 17, 2014 (Common core contracts, Personalized learning, High achieving teacher, Election implications, Bullying and Cyberspace, Teaching matters, Reaction to Time article, Testing and parents, Guns and youth, Calendar backlash, Job interview mistakes, High stakes testing, Cellphone ban, Doubt science and history, and the Court and harassment
November 10, 2014 (School finance, Walk a mile, Urban Supts, Education base, Dropout butterflies, Losing our way, Chinese super schools, Private employees, Church and State, War within, Online teaching, Teachers, Parents and kindness, ALEC report card, Typical shooter, and Ten worst cities
November 3, 2014 (Teacher shortage, School shootings, Starting time, Tablets and teaching, Teacher education, Union myths, Leadership and learning, Attacking public schools, Supt’s shelf live, Urban superintendent award, Teacher union, Time for change, Higher education, FBI incidents, Principal turnover, Searching devices, Silver bullets, Opportunity states, and Presentation tips.
October 27, 2014 (Tenure laws, Sports concussions, Common core, Remarketing inequity, Kindness, and bullying, Proselytizing efforts, Deeper learning, Bullying in the digital age, Technology and leadership, Student or device centered, Teacher prep enrollment, Accountability, Social media, Standardized testing, and latest School shooting
October 20, 2014 (Resurgence of public education, Limit to federal mandates, Crusade against children, SAT favors rich, Charter school profits, Most educated cities, History of war, Leading common core, Great leaders inspire, Causes of bullying, Common core errors, Standardized testing, Options to testing and Ban PowerPoint.
October 13, 2014 (Plot against education, Achievement, Teach for America, Teacher evaluation, State standards, Protest Common Core, Superintendents and Common Core, Education law, Vergara ruling, Interview questions, Accountability, Education myths, Test cheating, and a TED Talk
October 6, 2014 (Childhood adversity, Charters and facts, Charter rip-offs, Common Core, Charter accountability, Widening inequities, Teachers trapped, Charter con-artistry, Rural poverty, Teachers not enemy, Presentation mistakes, Charter effects, Microsoft failure, Manufactured emergency, Father’s education, and Souring on Common Core
September 29, 2014 (Homeless children, Education reformers, Teacher certification, Delaying start time, Ten qualities, PDK poll, Efficiency report, Educated states, Nine qualities, Mooch states, Cyber danger, Body language, and For-profit colleges )
September 22, 2014 (Teacher data, Gratification myth, Excessive testing, National standards, Back to school, Get it right, Kansas education, Charters, Learning for leadership, Teacher rights, Becoming Alabama, and Classroom observations)
September 15, 2014 (Inundated with tests, School superintendent, Uncommon cause, Common core tests, Barely literate, History class, Education and income, Myth of the superstar, and More time in the classroom.)
September 8, 2014 (Blame teachers, Teachers’ fault, Walton’s group, School’s black eye, School reform, Charters, Choice and inequity, Poverty, Pleasing the powerful, Gallup finding, and Email etiquette.)
September 2, 2014 (Teacher tenure, Corporate reform, War on schools, Creative innovators, Reframing core, Outpacing charters, School funding, STEM graduates, Opting out , Hype machine, and Accountability)
August 25, 2014 (Inequity theory, Commandments of education, Too much testing, Reprieve of ratings, Common core, Racism, and stupidity, Organized forgetting, Resistance, Obama’s crisis, Not a business, NCLB absurdity, Race and class size, Exit exams, War on teachers, Teacher tenure, and Corporate education plan.)
August 18, 2014 (Best/worst, Mismatch college, Teacher standards, Farewell, School improvement, Teachers vs. public, Parent involvement, Rankings and testing, 10 things about kindergarten, Target’s plans, Trenches into future, Teachers vs. Obama, Schools like business, and Adults working.)
August 11, 2014 (Teen bullying, Ranking states, Common good, Common core errors, Unequal education, Education revolution, Common core tests, Teaching about sex, Classists school, Reading wars, Kids and tests, Video games, Head Start, Tenure, Professional learning networks, Flipped classrooms, and New Jersey education.)
August 4, 2014 (Child poverty, Effective teachers, Telling a great story, U.S. Dept. of Ed., Teacher for America, Early learning, Common core, Cultural History, and Virtual education)
July 29, 2014 (Classy schools, teacher performance, Letter to the President, Value-added measures, Brilliant coaches, Staff development, Future education, Science education, and Collapse of higher education. )
July 22, 2014 (Testing and poor schools, Early education, Voucher wars, Buying minds, Standardized testing, Common Core, 10 reform challenges, Low expectations, Summer vacation, Inspirational leadership, Test Mania, 6 way to shake, Profit motive, and 7 grammar rules.)
July 14, 2014 (Kindergarten demographics, Privatized education, Head Start research, Teacher equity, Elite’s politics, NCLB waiver, Shifting teachers, Student performance, Common core, Capitalism curriculum, 3 presentation basics, 6 things to be productive, and links to other online magazines.)
July 7, 2014 (Teaching & achievement, Era of majority, Test data, High stakes testing, Creationism, Knowledge, Common core, Politics & education, Storytelling tech., Privatization, and Academy mgmt. )
June 30, 2014 (Testing flawed, Charter corruption, Testing dollars, Teacher collaboration, Preparing teachers, Vergara v. CA, Charter ratings, Classroom technology, Pediatrician guidelines, 10-20-30 rule, Speaking tips, On the Art of Teaching, and NEF grant)
June 23, 2014 (Teacher preparation, Home schoolng, Socioeconomic status, Common core, Vergara decision, Ten Phrases, Education matters, HML objectives, and Nominate a colleague)
June 16, 2014 (Nominate a colleague, Tenuous Findings (International tests), Fizzy math (Vergara), Silver lining (Vergara), Teacher tenure (Vergara), Won’t help kids (Vergara), Ten deadly phrases, Unproductive meetings, Teacher education, Public education, Religious states, Common core, and a Great Gift idea)
June 9, 2014 (Teacher education, Recruiting teachers, Core revolution, School choice, States drop core, Summer learning, 10 colossal errors, Public Education Matters, and On the Art of Teaching)
June 2, 2014 (Wrong policies, Tenuous findings, Core backlash, State accountability, One percent, Fast start, 2nd of 21 Trends, 9th Myth, Technology impact, Overweight kids, Great teachers, and On the Art of Teaching)
May 27, 2014 (Student Debt, Sales pitch, 1st Trend, Sleepiest students, Public vs. Private, Bad Medicine, Young people leaving, New accountability, Best high schools, VAM research, and Corporations that care)
May 20, 2014 (Good Teachers, Hudge Fund Titans, ACT vs. PARCC, Brown vs. Board, Education and Politics, Value Added, Teacher Education, Education Solutions, Charter Schools, Who Graduates? and Massive Fraud)
May 12, 2014 (Church and State, Charter schools, Moral values, Testing, Learning curve, Cut scores, and Corporate reformers
May 5, 2014 (Horace Mann, Moral values, Mountain Dew, Scapegoats, #10 myth, Charters, Common Core, Teacher education, Digital conversion, Inequity, Squeezing MO, Brown v. Bd. of Ed., and Last week’s top hits
April 21, 2014 (Charter myths, Common core, Self-fulling conflict, Standards, Beyond Taylorism, Scorch earth, Creativity, Pisa Problems, Core circus, Opportunities, Testing, and VAM research.
April 14, 2014 (Effective teachers, Core cheerleader, Testing take over, Trusting Silicon Valley, Charter mania, Dropouts, Poverty, Birth of Core, Public vs. Private, Opting out, Education Writers, and Myth #6 Home Schooling.
April 7, 2014 (Common Core debate, Bullied, Kindergarten, 25 maps, Fundamentalism, Myth #5 Cyberschools, International tests, Charter-mania, and Integrated testing.
March 31, 2014 (Schools for sale, Myth #4-Charters are private schools, Teacher strikes, Rural America, Data on inequities, Creationism, NCLB waivers, and Branding schools.
March 24, 2014 (Myth #3-Charters vs. Public, Publishing, Reliability, and validity, Repeal tenure, Colorado superintendents, Common Core, Shun Gates, Public school advantages, Future jobs, and the Vergara trial.
March 17, 2014 (Myth #2-Private vs. Public, Common core, Junk science, Miracle schools, Billionaires Co-opt, Phony reformers, Preparing for jobs, Evolution, and Public universities.
March 10, 2014 (Spending the least, Test-based policies, Education in NC, Myth #1-International comparisons, Charters, Cherry plucked research, Raise the mark, Education spring, Teachers and Sisyphus, Absurd things, Accountability, and Testing wars.
March 3, 2014 (Common core and control, Highly qualified teachers, Test based reform, Retained peers, Polarization and education, False claims about education, Testing beyond the common core, The inverted curve, Tinker v. Des Moines, Kids, and failure.
February 24, 2014 (ALEC in your state, Common Core, Testing resistance, Finland schools, College rankings, Creationists, Class size, Smart ALEC, Teacher evaluations, Kids plus income
February 17, 2014 (92nd Annual Mtg., Awards, Thoughtful experiment, Student data, Disadvantaged, Rightsized, Corporate/Behaviorist, and Creation v. Evolution debate
February 10, 2014 (Student advising, VAM-a fatal flaw, Follow the money, Promise of education, Public schools, Best teachers, Poverty and fairness, Single-sex schools and the Big stories
February 3, 2014 (HML Annual Meeting, MOOCs, USDOE and Gates, Wealthy Elites, School Choice and Public Schools
January 27, 2014 (War on Poverty, Reign of Error, Private schools, State of America’s children, Wacky interview questions, Bumkum Awards, Jerry Weast, and Creationism in Texas
January 20, 2014 (Online learning and politics, Common core expenses, Flipped classroom, Adult learning theory, Flipboard for teachers, Test scores, and Homeschooling
January 13, 2014 (Charters, Inequity, Motivation, PISA, Ravitch v. Rhee, Common Core, Rise Above the Mark, Teacher Evaluation and Technology