Education Reform Central

Happy New Year everybody! As you feverishly finish all your New Year's Resolutions for 2008, I hope you'll add a commitment to education reform onto your list. Is there a reason to be concerned? Let's take a quick look back at a few of the highlights (lowlights?) of the happenings in Education in 2007: No Child Left Behind became increasingly unpopular ... Read More

Well, 2007 is almost over! It's time to take a clear, hard and honest look at what has happened during 2007 in education. Although there were a few small triumphs in individual schools over the last year, by and large, there were no great accomplishments. The battle over No Child Left Behind continued through the year, then fizzled, as Congress ... Read More

Brennan The Kingsland Plan Save Our Schools! ... Read More

May your last-minute preparationsgo smoothly! Brennan The Kingsland Plan Save Our Schools! ... Read More

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You do me a favorand I'll . . . The Washington Post published an article in their series about problems in Washington, D.C. schools that explains a lot about how politics, money & education are interwoven. Entitled "A Reading Program's Powerful Patron", the article is written by James V. Grimaldi, Washington Post Staff Writer. Among other examples, the article details how Senator ... Read More

Mark Joyner, who you may know is the MasterMind behind Simpleology, is notifying everyone that he is a "blogging moron". In fact, he says he is so insecure in his knowledge of the importance and techniques of blogging, that he is GIVING AWAY a copy of the new blog training program that he paid his also very smart trainers to ... Read More

PETE and REPEAT If you've been reading this blog for any time at all, you already know everything that Tommy Thompson and Roy Barnes have to say in their article published today in the Washington Times.com. Tommy Thompson, a Republican, is former secretary of U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and former governor of Wisconsin. Roy Barnes, a Democrat, is ... Read More

A few days ago, I posted a repeat of the horrendous statistics regarding how many children are being diagnosed (over-diagnosed?) with severe mental and behavioral disorders. (See "Education & Bipolar Disorder Revisited" from December 13th, 2007.) It appears that we have come to rely on drugs as the antidote for bad behaviour, and what may be perceived as bad behaviour even ... Read More

The New York Times had a powerful story yesterday about "cyberbullies". Just in case you haven't heard the phrase before, let me explain that cyberbullies are people who use the internet and online chat rooms to stalk, threaten and abuse people. In my opinion, cyberbullies are even more cowardly than traditional schoolyard bullies, because they hide behind their monitors ... Read More