Education Reform Central

Dear Readers, I will be away from my computer for a couple of days because I have a two-day delay that has occurred unexpectedly. I am grandmother to 19 grandchildren. One, named for me, has cerebral palsy and is unable to walk. Shriner's Children's Hospital had scheduled surgery for her at the end of May. She is to have both of ... Read More

Today I have a treat for you. My friend, Clive McGonigal, who has a wickedly delicious sense of humor, commented on one of my articles by sending me a fantastic website and a video to view. Clive is an Englishman, living in France, conducting a worldwide business, and he is funny! There are so many articles that he has shared ... Read More

Muslim Homestudy student studies the Koran Yesterday I posted about the furor over homeschooling currently taking place in California. You may remember that the California courts, at the urging of the California Teacher's Association (CTA), ruled that a parent must have a teaching credential in order to homeschool. The homeschooling parents who were initially interviewed were Christian conservatives who took their ... Read More

'The Reading Lesson' by Ekvall Knut Many families in California are waiting to see what the final decision will be about the guidelines for legal homeschooling in the state of California. The results could eventually very well affect homeschooling across the entire United States. What began as a child welfare issue evolved into a hotly-contested argument over who is qualified to homeschool ... Read More

"This project was created to inspire teachers to use technology's power to engage students in higher level thinking."bj nesbit on www.TeacherTube.com Brennan Save Our Schools The Kingsland Plan ... Read More

This story has been broadcast across the internet and the media, including the social networks. It's one of the front page stories on Digg and there are even posts on social sites calling American teen girls "sluts". One particularly irksome story warns guys to "double wrap" so they don't get contaminated. (This is particularly offensive to me as a female, ... Read More

Who in this photo is cheating? Is it the boy trying to read answers off the girl's notes? Or is it the girl pushing her notes over for him? Or both? This topic has really seemed to touch a nerve and its gotten more comments than any other post I've written. Responses varied from shock to a pragmatic "so what?" Today, I'd ... Read More

There have been several studies released lately, documenting the rates of admitted cheating in schools to vary between 60% to 90%, for everything from test-taking to homework, even attendance. What is most chilling about these statistics is that cheating is not seen as a problem in the majority of cases, rather as a 'fact' of education. And the highest percentages ... Read More

The results are in and the news is BAD! Students are cheating more than ever before and they're justifying their actions as acceptable. In fact, in studies done across the country, with thousands of students, the overwhelming answer to what is most important in education today is "getting ahead by any means". There are so many studies, revealing so many types ... Read More

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