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Teachers plan largest charter teachers union in Windy City

JD Solomon | June 28, 2017

If educators in Chicago’s Noble Network of Charter Schools get their way, they will soon compose the largest unionized charter school network in the nation. The Noble charter network operates 17 schools across Chicago, employing about 800 teachers and staff. In March, Noble educators joined together to begin the unionizing process, saying it would help […]

School secessions raise resegregation fears

Adam Galvan | June 28, 2017

A federal judge ruled last spring that the predominantly white city of Gardendale, Alabama, may secede from its more diverse county school district—even though the judge saw racial motivations behind the city’s efforts. Jefferson County, Alabama, has been struggling to comply with a federal desegregation order since 1971. Gardendale students have been attending the Jefferson […]

When secession is considered

Adam Galvan | June 28, 2017

The growing and dangerous perception among some that America is a post-racial society is fueling the transition back to separate but equal schools, says Bryan Joffe, project director of education and youth development for the School Superintendents Association. “Some people would say this case is indicative of a Southern problem, when I think this is […]

Are fidget spinners a good distraction?

Amanda Martinez | June 28, 2017

Whirling fidget spinners invaded classrooms across the country this past spring, but with many schools banning them as a distraction, their future as a potential remedy for students with attention difficulties is in doubt. Classroom impact Teachers from districts including Mt. Pleasant City School District in Michigan and Catawba County Schools in North Carolina, were […]

New teachers need a master's support

JD Solomon | June 27, 2017

David Krulwich, principal of the Urban Assembly School for Applied Math and Science, says new teachers are too often left to fend for themselves, without the benefit of an artisan-apprentice relationship. Teaching is a craft and, as with any craft, neophytes should ideally work alongside the experts and artisans to soak up knowledge and experience along […]

Is play preparation for successful adult life?

June 26, 2017

Landscape Structures commissioned a meta-study to learn how playgrounds contribute to whole-child development., , Download the White Paper.

Withstanding the wave of the education reform movement

Mel Hawkins | June 12, 2017

Throughout the U.S., the movement to privatize education is advancing, in state legislatures and local school districts, and it is a relentless force. Education reformers are on a mission to replace under-performing public schools with charter schools and other private alternatives. Most of the public schools reformers are targeting are located in urban and rural […]

Enhance Education for All with a High-Tech Classroom

June 08, 2017

Enhance learning goals by incorporating the right technology at the right time.

Why outcomes-based education is the future of the classroom

May 27, 2017

In the dawn of the Industrial Revolution, education was designed to produce students who could follow directions, read simple sentences, and solve basic math problems in order to prepare them for factory work. Thinking critically and solving complicated problems wasn’t necessary for most jobs. As we’ve moved from that era into the digital age, we’ve […]

Global recruitment in education

Abby Spegman | May 26, 2017

Longtime Superintendent Bill Harrison started recruiting teachers from abroad in 1997 in the face of a shortage in North Carolina. “We thought international teachers would not only fill a slot but add a cultural component” Harrison says. The then-superintendent of Cumberland County Schools contracted with a company called Visiting International Faculty. Twenty years later, Harrison […]

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