Education Reform Central

Wow! It's already March 2010! The 2009-2010 school year will be FINISHED in a couple of months! And what kind of positive changes have happened so far? Well . . . One could argue that additional emphasis has been placed on education reform because of the administration's "Race To The Top" and the Billions of dollars that go along with ... Read More

I'll be back to blogging fulltime in January. We are still prepping our BIG PROMOTION! Wish us luck!  In the meantime, here is another video about what we are doing. (Don't worry - we will get better at videos as we keep going. You shoulda seen the first ones!) Here's the video for December: http://www.TheKingslandPlan.com Retired master teacher challenges President Obama and Secretary ... Read More

Are you ready for the November video? Here it is, ready or not! My hubby is so funny and so talented! P.S. We are still working on our big push for January when I'll be back posting every day or so! ... Read More

We're preparing a BIG publicity push for January 2010. In the meantime, we are practicing making videos (and hoping to get better). Here's the video for October: ... Read More

The political and educational scenes are becoming more hostile every day. It's time for both sides of both issues to stop acting like children - and try a little courtesy instead. ... Read More

Don Kingsland is back with another "dream sequence": ... Read More

Today we have a Guest Post, by my favorite husband, the author of "Set Our Teachers FREE! A Plan To Save Public Education": "NO! To More Political Interference In Education" I've been watching and waiting to see what direction Arne Duncan, the new Secretary of Education would take with the $100 BILLION education stimulus dollars he now has at his disposal. Tuesday, ... Read More

Today, I'm starting a new series on what the administration plans to do to improve public education. First in this series is a video of a speech Barack Obama made in March 2009: Nice talk! In the coming days, I'll be sharing with you just HOW this administration has been implementing their ideas for improving education. Keep checking back! In about two weeks, just as ... Read More

The Thomas B Fordham Institute has published another video, this time, evaluating the Secretary of Education's plan for education reform. Speaking of...school turnarounds from Education Gadfly on Vimeo. What do you think? Brennan The Kingsland Plan Save Our Schools! ... Read More

Summer Education Fun! Well, we're two-thirds into July and the heat is blasting in our part of the world. Kids and grandkids have already been on picnics, gone swimming and spent the night with sleep-overs at their friend's houses. Today, with the weather sweltering outside, I heard the famous summertime phrase for the first time this year. "I'm bored!" Time to utilize ... Read More