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April 4, 2016 Bullying and bemusement, Student engagement, Opt-out justice, Teacher turnover, Startup charters, Choice policies, Public funding, Common core, Chicago strike, Effects of choice, National opt-out, Kids cast, Schools on grit, Grit response, Why Finland?, Secrets of hiring, Outstanding books, and Better questions.
March 28, 2016 Deeper learning, Not public, School conditions, Educational injustices, Grassroots revolt, Residents positive, ALEC cashes in, Test results, Corporate privatization, School leadership, Leaders in the middle, Innovations, Pluralism, All children, Longer school day, Superintendents learning, Implementing RTI, Concussion research, Quietest students, Researchers blast CC, and Interview questions.
March 21, 2016 Workers or citizens, Superintendents leaving, Next interview, Playground time, Presenting data, Three trends, Emotion vs. logic, turnaround districts, Firing teachers, Blaming teachers, Teacher rights, After school activities, Teaching students, Voucher hammer, and McCleary crime scene.
March 14, 2016 Achievement gaps, Reporting abuse,Why private schools, Future of public schools, Teacher education, Charter schools, Leadership and change, ALEC education, Fixing Charter funding, Lopez v. Schwartz, Literate nation, Teaching career, Constitutional objections, Replace teachers, School start time, Teaching math, and Debating school choice.
March 7, 2016 Poverty and kids, Debating choice, Charter poll, State accountability, Teaching effectiveness, Teacher characteristics, Best teachers, Profitship schools, Motivational habits, Deeper learning, Interactive annual report, Flawed reform, Finland brakes rules, Don’t fail Idaho, Inaccurate Idaho, Innovations and the world, Introverted teachers, high-tech helmets and Opting-out PTA
February 29, 2016 Bumkum award, Perfect team, Teaching math, Delaware PTA, Kid chores, Late blooming, C students, Those who understand, Impact on poverty, Get rich, Charter schools, Achievement gap, Homework and Rural schools
February 22, 2016 Reflecting on reform, Education politics, Houston’s VAM, Urban teaching, Low income, Examples backfire, Best practices, Horace Mann tweets, Democratic education, Charters and subprime, California’s charters, Wealthy elites, District defies odds, Public education for sale, Black hole, Charter brand, Abusive teacher, Kindergarten inequities, Integrating charters, Common core, Outside play, Biggest regrets, Walk-ins, Indentured student-athletes and Corporate reformers.
February 15, 2015 HML highlights, Reform ideas, Women in leadership, Technology funding, Changing world, Outstanding educators, Nation’s finest, Superintendent and media, High stakes testing, Teacher data, School choice, Value of education, Charters unconstitutional, Kids needs and Physical education.
February 8, 2016 Annual Mtg Registration, Horace Mann tweets, School and creativity, Gates’ machine, Fantasy campaign, Technology musings, Charter chains, Organized minority, Virtual reality, Opting out, Letter grades, State report cards, Big money, Spirit lives on, CC obituary, Teacher shortage, Beginning teachers, Testing opt out, Voucher supporters,and small town success.
February 1, 2016 Annual Mtg Registration, Four takeaways, Creative children, Teacher observations Evaluating teachers, Motivating teachers, Machiavelli’s wisdom, Choice week, Billionaire takeover, Kids overworked, Teacher preparation, Business as usual, Child poverty, Public pays twice, Rethink choice, School communications, Spending on education, School startups, Wall Street’s image, Ten No choice, Sex education, and Superintendent’s quotes.
January 25, 2016 Annual Mtg Registration, ESSA end-game, Graduation data, Best and worst cities, Understanding poverty, No excuse charters, Vouchers and achievement, Kindergarten tramas, Teacher shortage, Whose dollar matters, E-days for snow, Teacher greatness, Professional learning, Secret to happiness, Teacher source solutions, District teacher preparation, Charter slowdown, Measurement fails doctors, Building effective teams, and Rethinking adminssions
January 18, 2016 Outstanding educators, HML Annual Meeting, Charter cheerleading, Board takeover, Achievement gaps,Teasing and computers, Youth violence, Charter schools, Union fees, Freeloaders, Teacher unions, Hope and schooling, and Your influence.
January 11, 2016 HML Annual Meeting, Reform cycles, Better choices, Privatization, Restoration, Privatizing schools, Charter schools, Standardized tests, Charter schools, Education journalism, Families choose, Online charters, Privatizers, Future of schools, Corporations, Media failures, For profit colleges, Integration anomaly, Readers like, VAM Michigan, Education 2015, Courts and charters, Fixing schools, Rural schools, and Quality counts.
January 4, 2016 Happy New Year, HML Annual Meeting, Accountability for Golf and Dentistry and Football and Farming, Opting out, Children and stress, Testocracy, Education 2015, Computers, Teachers, Change, K-12 trends, Politics, and Lessons learned.
December 28, 2015 (Happy New Year, ALEC and education, Best and worst news, Privatization, Drug use, Charter schools, Professional development, Teaching creationism, Charter proponents, After court ruling, Ten trends, Crushing kids, VAM and teacher education, Praying in school, Creativity and testing, School choice, and Parenting in America.)
December 21, 2015 (Merry Christmas, Annual meeting, Policy fiasco, Supposed experts, Graduation rates, Charters and Court, Vulnerable kids, Real relationships, School boards, Twitter chats, Engaging students, Teacher evaluation, 80/20 rule, and AASA finalist.)
December 14, 2015 (Gentrification neighborhoods, Lasting gains, Restore kindergarten, Fisher v. U. of Texas, Affirmative action, Rhino in classroom, 5 year-olds coding, Priorities for success, Leaders on Twitter, Privatization and profiteering, Charter schools, American superintendent, HML Notes, Why it matters, Mass shootings, Education paradigm, Kids and football, Student testing myth, Wrong about testing, HML Annual Meeting, Sponsor a member, and the Weekly cartoon)
December 7, 2015 ( Math education, Long Shadow, Teacher shortages, Debunking myths, Great speakers, Teacher prep., Academic standards, Principals’ survey, Online schools, Students’ eyes, Flipping classroom, Teacher evaluation, Leaders to learn, Finnish lessons, Our profession, Privatizing education, and HML Annual Meeting.)
November 30, 2015 (Future economy, Conversations with supts, Strengths exposed, Equity issues, Funding charters, Charter exchange, Best TED talks, Rural education, Downside of choices, February film, Fully funding, ESSA information, Supts fo the year, and Never say this.)
November 23, 2015 (Teacher education, Redundant testing, Effective teaching, Farewell NCLB, Charters unconstitutional, Anti-bullying policy, Charters recall, Testing time, Football’s future, Education reformers, Reformers darkside, Boycotting penalty, Hedge funders, Retaining students, Build and support, Speaking skills, Supts of the Year, and Ohio University award
November 16, 2015 (HML Annual Mtg., Better schools, Charter chains, VAM/AERA, Charter schools, Teacher evaluation, Protest spreads, Technology evangelists, Child poverty, Peer influence, Corporate attacks, Institutional culture, Educational leadership, Reformers’ language, Germs kill, and Bad presentations )
November 9, 2015 (Early learning, Teachers, 21st Century, Meritocracy, Resignation letter, Argue your point, Race to top, Differentiation, Football, School vs. society, Iceberg effect, Financial woes, Gates foundation, Private schools, Chronic absences, Behavior change, Teacher wants, Diversity, Common core, Becoming a teacher, Corporate reform, and Model policy)
November 2, 2015 (Parents’ dilemma, Teachers or technology, PISA rankings, State comparisons, Workaholic rules, Pre K gains, Homeschooling, Charter spending, Charters got-to-go, Too many tests, Teacher collaboration, Teacher shortage, New standards, Ed-tech usage, School choice, Trail blazing, Acceptance, Teacher training, Praying coach, 2020 vision, Charter schools, and Bullying)
October 26, 2015 (Illusionary charters, WSU-COE Advocate award, Science standards, Test scores, 12th graders, Compassionate schools, Bullying prevention, Transforming education, Suspension academy, Organizational leadership, Industrial complex, Prayer in school, and Progressive education)
October 19, 2015 (Teachers deserve, Principals matter, Test score priority, Myths and Lies, Motivational takeaways, School leaders, Insanity in education, Common core effectiveness, Small vocabulary, Word gap, Corporate reformers, Kindergarten testing, Must read books, and Older college faculty.)
October 12, 2015 (Standardized testing, Professional capital, Innovative schools, Iowa’s superintendent, Corporatization of higher ed., Pandora’s box, Charter scandal, Charter nonsense, Ugly war, Data-driven teaching, Lessons on leaving, Early childhood, Kindergarteners truant, Private actors, Socially engages, Perfect teacher, and Visual content.)
October 5, 2015 (Duncan’s resignation, New secretary, Principals quit, Charter schools, Start a speech, Unethical businessmen, Common core, Teacher quality, Social entrepreneurs, College athletics, Becoming a teacher, Cutting football, Effective schools, Teaching special needs, Accountability, Spending matters, Great leaders, and Pre-kindergarten)
September 28, 2015 (Tom Sobol, Opt-out, Opt-out forward, Standing ovations, ALEC Privatization, School principal, Refresh standards, Powerful infographics, Charter funding, Charter ruling, Gates partnership, Philanthropy, Facets of PISA, Principal effectiveness, Structural racism, Failing schools, Reject funding, Force accountability, Least stressed cities, and Inspiring teachers)
September 21, 2015 (Bunkum awards, Bad students, Generation Z, Raising funds, Teacher evaluation, Learning communities, Amicus brief, Neighborhood schools, Teacher evaluation, Disenfranchisement, Funding lawsuit, and Good leaders)
September 15, 2015 (Andy Hargreaves, Gene Glass, Bunkum awards, History, Reformers, Privatization, Failed strategy, Census data, Testing bombardment, Homeschooling, Corporate taxes, Accountability, Unconstitutional, Pennsylvania, Uncommon schools, Charter ruling, Indoctrination, Life explained, Wayne Dyer, Kindergarten, and The Prize )
September 7, 2015 (Defies measurement, Educational politics, Charters unconstitutional, Focus on learning, Motivation tough times, Thomas Sobol, Leadership types, Lose of Leaders, Teach for America, ALEC private schools, Common core, Finland model, VAM map, Patrons’ Tour, Football siege, Coaching quotes, and Standardized testing)
August 31, 2015 (Gallup poll, Year-round, Teacher prep, Test taking, Reforming again, 10 Reasons, Opt-out dues, Teacher shortage, Smarter balanced, Prevent bullying, Truancy costs, Disliked policies, Opt-out, School takeovers, Testing standards, Rewrite history, Opt-out movement, waiver politics, Urban teachers, Testing changes, and School choice)
August 24, 2015 (School starts, The Prize, Mindset traps, Unethical Opt-out, Perfect storm, Teacher shortage, Charter schools, Measurement, Teacher as talent, Tipping point, GOP K-12, Professional development, Improving communities, Racial mismatch, Big ideas, VAM flaw, Buying behavior, Share ideas, Education problems, and On the Art of Teaching)
August 17, 2015 (Art of teaching, Education under bus, Money and polticis, Teacher evaluations, Health barriers, Teacher shortages, Kindergarten testing, Thinking critically, Indiana problems, Complicated politics, Legislature fined, Old chestnut, Starting time, Accountability costs, Students opt-out, Parents’s perspective, and North Carolina charters.)
August 10, 2015 (Art of teaching, Common core, Public school, VAM effectiveness, Evaluation apprehensions, Principal involvement, Elitist parents, 10 lists, Urban superintendents, Privatization, Assault on schools, Teachers teach, Teacher shortage, and Student performance)
August 3, 2015 (Brain development, Education reform, Privatizing education, Bullying and self, Extended vacations, Virtual schools, Heal our schools, Highest bidder, Superintendent shortage, Annual testing, Test moratorium, Deadbeat corporations, Teachers as pro athletes, NY testing, Assault on education, Early childhood education, and habits )
July 27, 2015 (White people, High turnover, 4-day week, Kindergarten study, Golf accountability, Charter unions, Accountability coalitions, Path least taken, Court and vouchers, Long-term success, New reforms, Social skills, Tech industry, Student drop-outs, Later start time, and Political system.)
July 20, 2015 (Senate floor, Senate approval, Inequity and poverty, Instructional time, Education quotes, Value added, Social competence, Kindergarten sharing, Exceptional leaders, Child’s statements, Monumental flop, Race to the top, Run a meeting, and Highly successful leaders.)
July 13, 2015 (Charter failings, Duncan ‘s tenure, Charters and fraud, Textbook swindle, Reduce your stress, Students and SBAC, Testing, Kindergarten teachers, Revitalize America, Strategic communications, High court rulings, Cases for educators, Graduate schools, Career patterns, Screen addiction, Workaholism, and Educational leadership.)
July 6, 2015 (Colorado’s charters, Educating for future, Politics of fear, Losing talent, Teacher unions, Infographics, Privatization primer, Survive and prevail, Truths about VAM, Charter schools, Fixing schools and Mocking teachers.)
June 29, 2015 (Leaving on vacation, Teacher protests, Digital youth, Inspirational quotes, National moratorium, Beyond the bubble, Five questions, Anti testing, Common core, Public vs Private, Prayer break, Voucher expansion, Conservative solutions, Power of MOOCs, College quality, Standardized testing, and Corporatization.)
June 22, 2015 (Money Corrupting, Opposes right, About learning, Art of enthusiasm, Technology won’t, Five minute habits, Differences between, War against union, and Mocking teachers.)
June 15, 2015 (2nd Generation segregation, Sleeper civil rights, Fast-cheap-good, Value added, Cyberbullying, Nationwide reforms, Hype-harm-hope, Shoe button complex, Charter movement, Ethical challenge, private schoolers, Intellectual dishonesty, Retain teachers, and Some mocks a teacher.)
June 8, 2015 (Psychological findings, Success oriented, Extremem claims, Bible as science, High tech devices, Stark inequities, Crony capitalism, Vergara backers, Graduation gap, Stop-look-listen, War of attrition, Misspend millions, 5 myth of testing, Teen pregnancy, Mocking teachers.)
June 1, 2015 (School reform, Education Assassins, Defending the USED, China fantasyland, School turnaround, Annual testing, Teaching profession, Competition, Re-imaging accountability, Common core, Gates funding, and Myths of failing schools.)
May 25, 2015 (ALEC legislation, New bullying, Unfair burden, Warring on Christianity, Homeschooling, Fraudulent civil rights, Charter flexibility, Severe Trauma, Buying social studies, Passing grades, Reject myths, Survey to tell, Wrong things measured, Rethinking ESEA, Tuition tax credits, and Servant leadership. )
May 18, 2015 (Public school teachers, Teacher retention, Charters, Strangely incurious, Teachers stressed, Education realists, Cancel the tests, No to SBAC, School ready leaders, Against abstinence-only, Audacity of hope, Below the iceberg, Body language, Power of introverts, Stellar award,and Inspirational quotes.)
May 11, 2015 (Teacher appreciation, Creativity in schools, Opt-out movement, Charter vulnerabilities, John Oliver on HBO, Parents oppose, Urban charter success, Shoddy research, Civil and human rights, Testing students, Teacher librarians, Education does not need, Urban Superintendent Academy, and Bullying by peers )
May 4, 2015 (Politics of testing, Cost of CC, Corporate profits, Liberal education, Trusting our judgment, Draw Your Future, Casualties of CC, What matters, and About bullying. )
April 27, 2015 (District’s pulse, Education wars, US and Finland, Fraud City, Partnerships for scholarships, Millions for lobbying, Leadership and reform, Teaching brain, Creative classroom, Cancelling electives, Longer school day, Market model, Education scandal, Silence on testing, and Principals matter )April 20, 2015 (Child poverty, Common Core consequences, Schooling for tomorrow, White parents using charters, Opting out, Public good, Leaders failing, Emotionally intelligent, Not taking test, Testing meltdown, Cheating scandal, Appreciate common core, Heatbreaking notes, Teacher quality, Change process, Team optimizing, the HML, and Superintendent vacancies.
April 13, 2015 (Four in ten, Atlanta’s scandal, Spark learning, Metaphor reconsidered, Sex and drugs, Charters and politics, Teacher pushback, Every child achieves, NCLB overview, Obama’s opt out, Cut at the knees, and Escape education
April 6, 2015 (Opt out push, Under siege, Technology good, Finland schools, STEM education, Truths ignored, Teachers aren’t failing, PISA scores, Lost purpose, Campbell’s law, Publishing evaluations, Education justice, Schools aren’t failing, Video: William Cala on No Longer Remaining Silent, Video: Linda Darling Hammond on Teacher Evaluation, and Resolution on Testing.
March 30, 2015 (Cell phones, Gender gap, Vouchers, Blood test, Academic priorities, Killing the profession, Reform movement, Refuse testing, Finland schools, Teacher privacy, Over testing, Watching paint dry, and Gray hair support
March 23, 2015 (Testing time, Suspending testing, Supt’s message, Test resistance, Million dollar teacher, Funding inequity, Forgotten teacher, PARCC and testing, Best foot forward, Miracles spurs cheating, Practical innovations, Music programs, Shocking exploitation, America and kids, Hug a day, and Tenure position
March 16, 2015 (Over-testing, Teacher voice, Empathy vs. Criticism, Mean people, Policymakers and teachers, 5 changes, State budgets, Schools serve, 10 images for your next meeting, and Overtaking AP classes
March 9, 2015 (Research awards, Kindergarten testing, 5 trends, Public education, Opting out, Science and learning, Sports and kids, K12 Inc. problems, Charter schools and Deafening slience
March 2, 2015 (HML Annual Meeting, Parent advocates, Fact and fiction, Scarce resources, Student’s sleep in, New Directions, Health and Americans, Debt collectors, Test monsters, Hating history, Fear of education, and the Iceberg.
February 23, 2015 (Annual luncheon registration, Promoters laughing, Gains in education, Education movement, Revamping testing, Vision of the future, Classroom of the future, Corporate reformers, Predicting dyslexia, Changing confrontation, and Performance in context
February 16, 2015 (Annual luncheon Paradox of choice, Theories of motivation, Adjuncts as substitutes, Barriers to change, Politics are weird, 21st Century education, Money can fix, Tiny budget, School sales pitch, and the Iceberg Effect
February 9, 2015 (Relationship matter, Education Reform, Charter Cap & Gown, Annual testing, Choice denying, Ten things to know, Uprising against testing, Charter divide, History of happiness, Teach for America, Demographic change, Letter to Secretary, Iceberg Effect, and Comparing education
The HML Update – February (HML President’s Column: Achievement, Progress, Future
February 2, 2015 (Iceberg effect, Distributive leadership, Recess and common core, Digital textbooks, Professional conscience, Measure – pressure and punish, Charter school finance, Equity, Opposes Common core, End childhood poverty, Gates foundation, School Choice, and Evaluation backlash
January 26, 2015 (Iceberg effect, Test scores, Addiction to testing, Letter to Sen. Alexander, Charter schools, Gates Foundation, Strengths and vulnerabilities, Teacher education, Cuomo’s end game, and Safe neighborhood schools
The HML Update – January (School Performance in Context: The Iceberg Effect
January 19, 2015 (Iceberg effect, Children in poverty, Overtested kids, Myth of content, Simple nudge, Choosing school, Bullying, Public speaking, Early childhood, NCLB testing, Annual meeting
January 12, 2015 (Webinar on indicators, Annual meeting, Education scholars, Best education books, Media fails, Changing culture, Ranking states, Best and worst, Letter to reformers, Annual testing, Charter schools, Annual reports, and cartoon of the weekJanuary 5, 2015 (Webinar on indicators, Education predictions, People predictions, Rural schools, Assault on education, 7 healthy steps, Education reform, Companies in education, First grade and life, 8 myths, Exogenous variables, Over testing, Imposing VAM, Tips for fixing and the HML Annual Meeting
December 29, 2014 (Happy New Year, Webinar on education, HML annual meeting, Wealthy elites, Where have they gone? Canada’s success, 10 ways to use Pinterest, Educator’s wishlist, Where are the fans? Changing paradigm, The common good, and The global future.
HML Update -December (Annual meeting, Awards, registration)
December 22, 2014 (Seasons 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, Sport concussions, Common core, Remarketing inequity, Kindness and bullying, Proselytizing efforts, Deeper learning,Bullying in 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, Story telling 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 Sesyphus, 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 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 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 Home schooling
January 13, 2014 (Charters, Inequity, Motivation, PISA, Ravitch v. Rhee, Common Core, Rise Above the Mark, Teacher Evaluation and Technology
January 6, 2014 (Prep schools, NC Takeover, Common Core, Decent society, Charters and Censorship
December 29, 2013 (Happy New Year
December 23, 2013 (School culture, Supt’s letter, Standardized testing, Golden goose, Teacher’s letter and 14 predictions for 2014
December 16, 2013 (Childhood poverty, ALEC, School stability, Wall Street, ASCD, and more
December 9, 2013 (Voting NO, PISA, Social Security, State spending, Reform, ALEC, Test results and Public speaking tips
December 2, 2013 (Poverty trap, Privatization, Recruiting teachers, Fixing schools, Leadership and Federal funding
November 25, 2013 (Textbook adoptions, ADHD, Preschool, Japan’s testing, Teach for America, 21st Century learning and Testing the Common Core
November 18, 2013 (Poverty, Education Imperatives, Teachers, Class size, NEAP Errors, Common Core and NEAP Gains
November 11, 2013 (New Flipboard, Gates Foundation, NCLB Waivers, Swedish education, American history, Teacher evaluations, Status and Stress and High School Sports
November 4, 2013 (Sixteen trends, Global education, Testing, Bullying, Corporate culture, Voucher fraud, Race to the top and Teacher working conditions
October 28, 2013 (Privatization, Unequal education, Teacher training, Math scores, Opting out, Reform, Common Core and Assessment
October 21, 2013 (Teaching, Vizualization, Poverty, GED, Inequity, TFA, Charters, Scatron/ALEC, Educating kids, Burnout, Common Core, Online teaching and Student data
October 14, 2013 (Respect for Teachers, Supreme Court, Hostages, Finland, Data banks, Corporate Reform and Cyber Schools
October 7, 2014 (Ravitch v. Rhee, Armchair Pundits, Reform, Houston ISD, Greece v. Gallaway, Poverty and Education, Gates, Education Spring, Charters, VAM, CCSSO, Cyber Schools and Common Core
September 30, 2013 (Kozol’s review, RttP, Religious Right, Wall Street, Failing Schools, NPR & Ravitch, Report Card, Prayer, Barry Lynn, Musicians, Banned Books, Technology, School Boards and Taylor v. Dewey
September 23, 2013 (Reign of Error, Philadelphia, Finland, MOOCs, Reform, Football, Testing, Religious Right and Teaching
September 16, 2013 (Reign of Error, Busing, Court, Race, Chatrerland, Textbooks, Motivation, FTA, Leadership, Instruction, Learning, Machiavellia, Morrow, and STEM
September 9, 2013 (Myths, NCLB, Charters, PLCs, Testing, Consolidation, College Debt, Superintendents, Teachers, Finance, Influence, MOOCs, Facts, and the Tour
September 3, 2013 (Cultural Pedagogy, Privatization, Myths about public schools, Value added, Influence, MOOCs, Gates, Parental involvement, NCLB, Rip off, Back to School video, and more
August 26, 2013 (School law, PDK/Gallup poll, Corporal punishment, Schools open, “Reign of Error,” Stack rankings, PISA, Religious banner, and Thinking
August 19, 2013 (ALEC, Teaching, Testing, Closing Schools, Reform, NCLB, Selling Out, and Anger
August 12, 2013 (Charters, Common Core, Human Capital, Testing, Starving education, Presentation skills, Teach for America, and Leadership
August 5, 2013 (Four questions, Inequality, Five Messages, House of Cards, the Charitable Industry, Seven ways, Poverty and education, Testing, School climate, Common core, Finland, True professionals, and Corporate ‘De’Form
July 29, 2013 (Anti intellectualism, Corporate deform, TFA, Plotocrat reformers, The NFL, Retention research, Hoax of Privatization, Emotions outweigh logic, Reverse psychology
July 22, 2013 (Teacher evaluation, Teacher at dinner party, NCLB and ten years, Public vs. Charters, California’s resistance and Reform/Improvement
July 15, 2013 (Reauthorization, Reformers, North Carolina, Superintendents, Attacking Schools, Trust, Money, Billionaires and Zero Defects, etc.
July 8, 2013 (Good news about schools, Corporations are not the answer, Courts and funding, Schools and rankings, The puzzle of motivation, and more
July 1, 2013 (Teachers, Charters, Marketization, Kids Count data, International Comparisons, Common Core, ALEC and TFA
June 24, 2013 (Errors in Teacher Quality Report, Education deficit, Charters, Money and power, Letters to Gates, School prayer, and Profiteering
June 17, 2013 (School Improvement, Teacher Training, Privatization, Declaration of Support, Social Engineering, Wisdom, School Boards and School Climate
July 10, 2013 (Reform, Poverty, Finance, Technology, Physical Activity, and Corporate Collusion
July 3, 2013 (Common Core, ALEC, Testing, Vouchers, Greed, Revolt, Honorary and Charters
May 27, 2013 (School reform, ALEC, Leadership, Privatization, Charters and Closings
May 20, 2013 (School reform, Value added, Poverty, Interviewing, Growing revolt, Killer phrases
May 13, 2013 (Cheating and Testing, Motivation, Law and Policy, Omissions, Charters, and Control
May 6, 2013 (The Billionaire’s Club, Education spending, the Bible and the Constitution, Obama’s 2nd term, Unequal protection, etc.
April 29, 2013 (National Teacher, Berliner on NCLB, Education Reform, Testing Scandal, Charters, Common Core, and more
April 22, 2013 (Testing, Teacher Evaluation Systems, Church and State, Public Education, Teacher Effectiveness Research
April 15, 2013 (School Choice, High Stakes Testing, ALEC, Ed. Reform, Association Leadership, and Blended Online Learning
April 8, 2013 (Testing, ALEC, Public schools, PDK poll results, Choice, Communications, Ability grouping and more
April 1, 2013 (testing scandal, policy and money, vouchers in Sweden, leadership, teacher education, ability grouping, from 180 days to 1080 hours, etc
March 25, 2013 (Reform legislation, supporting teachers, rating schools, ALEC’s motives, school successes, etc.
March 18, 2013 (Reformers, teacher education, standards, opting-out, virtual schooling, and distribution of wealth
March 11, 2013 (Teacher effectiveness, cyber bullying, leadership, politics, poverty, iPads
March 4, 2013 (Perils of policy, Testing scandals, Grier honored, Charter fallout and Court supports charters
February 25, 2013 (Churning schools, Mooresville miracle, Fourth R, Testing in Finland, Paradigm shift and Occupy schools
February 22, 2013 (President of the HML, Mark Edwards, named “Superintendent of the Year” at AASA’s National Conference.
February 18, 2013 (HML Annual Meeting, research, opinions, and legal issues, etc.
February 11, 2013 (HML Annual Meeting, research, opinions, and legal issues, etc.
February 4, 2013 (Fleecing public education, Tomorrow’s innocvators, Charters, Fixing bad schools, Empty promises and Hazelwood at 25
January 28, 2013 (What lies ahead, Doubly disadvantaged, Testing tipping point, Parental choice, School board and Brazen charters etc.
January 21, 2013 (High stakes testing, sp. ed. funding, longer school year, church-state issue, drop-out research
January 14, 2013 (Virtual schools, selling out, opting out of testing, teacher evaluation, inequality, skimming
January 7, 2013 (Choice, gun legislation, Steve Jobs, public schools, tech bubble, teaching, privatization
January 2, 2013 (Career satisfaction, meaning of education, evaluating principals, international comparisons, and more
December 17, 2012 (Comparing internationally, Protecting choice, Education schools, Education policy, Defeating educators, Real reform, Inside ALEC, International test panic
December 10, 2012 (National security, Public education and democracy, Dismantling comprehensive education, High school football, Stop this madness, Comparing states, ALEC, Common core, and Race to the Top
December 3, 2012 (Value added, Negative critique, Defense of constructivism, Education equity, VAM as junk science, Digital promise and ALEC
November 26, 2012 (Turnover of superintendents, Grading is degrading, Education reformers, NCLB fails, Charters fleece taxpayers, Standardized testing in Finland, Inner city kids
November 19, 2012 (Teacher quality, Duncan’s 2nd term, John Dewey, Childhood adversity, Technology distractions
November 13, 2012 (Charters and accountability, Boot camp for Education’s CEOs, Charters and the Right, Supreme Court and speech, U.S. education not failing, Mobile devices in school
November 5, 2012 (Measuring civic involvement, Inequity and poverty, Letter to the President, Investing in charters, Teachers and reforms and Recipe to change schools
October 22, 2012 (Church and state, Federal policy undermines, Left out of NCLB, Faith and football, Billionaires fund charter proposal
October 15, 2012 (Educator’s silence, Letter to the President, Stereotyping effect, Cuts have consequences, Teacher evaluations, Freedom and creativity, Billionaires fund proposal, Opening the schoolhouse doors
October 8, 2012 (Exhausted teacher, International assessment, Corporatizing public education, Unions and charters, Parent’s letter to President, Vouchers and the future, Education profiteering, Value added measures
October 1, 2012 (Won’t back down, Bad lessons of Won’t Back Down, Empowering principals, Student’s free speech, Believe in teachers, Widening achievement gap, Mooresville Schools, Discussion about ALEC, the Blueberry Story
Tour of the Mooresville Graded Schools (NC)
September 24, 2012 (High stakes accountability, Fixing schools, Schooling beyond measure, School turnarounds, Spending more on prisons, Five myths about education, Standing up for kids, Won’t Back Down, the movie, Student suffer in some charters, Local control and Chicago schools
September 17, 2012 (Teacher evaluations, Support of private schools, Chicago teachers’ strike, Superintendents talk reform, Public schools are awesome, Football and concussion research, Starving the future, Global comparisons of education, Vouchers and college enrollment
September 11, 2012 (Obama and the election, Why Gates failed, Selling the soul, Empathy, education and musical chairs
September 4, 2012 (Glorified temp agency (TFA), NCLB, Teacher evaluations, School choice, Finland’s schools, Public school teacher: past, present and future
August 27, 2012 (Billionaires rule schools, Gates Foundation, ALEC policies for education, Cheating scandals, NCLB worsens schools
August 20, 2012 (Disaster capitalism and education, Gates paradox, Open market and education, Charters vs. traditional,
August 13, 2012 (21st Century skills, Racial preference, Schools without playgrounds, What states do well in educating? Retaining teachers, Charter school accountability
August 6, 2012 (Charters and the evidence, Teacher degrees and student achievement, Common core will change classrooms, Backpack searches, Futurists describe next 30 years
May 21, 2012 (Reconstructionist documentary, Impact of testing, ALEC exposed, Lies about American education, Privatizing public education, Foundations boost education advocacy
Blog of May 12, 2012 (Cost of Standardized Testing, K-12 Advocacy Groups, Documentary on Christian Education, etc.
April 10, 2012 (The Descents: National Security, The Assault on Public Education, Going Public: From Vouchers