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

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

Can you believe it is already July 2009? Summer vacation is alive & well. With school out for the summer, this is the perfect time to catch your breath and read a few good books. May I recommend a VERY GOOD book? Now is the perfect time to read "Set Our Teachers FREE!". Besides the interesting stories and experiences of ... Read More

Set Our Teachers FREE! A Plan That WORKS! Barack Obama says he wants to improve schools. Arne Duncan, as his Secretary of Education is making appointments that may-or-may-not improve schools. What we need is to improve EDUCATION! Today, I'd like to share an excerpt from "Set Our Teachers FREE!" by Don Kingsland: "The basis, or foundation, of excellent education must be teaching a child ... Read More

Sir Ken Robinson has a highly entertaining way of explaining things. This video is from the 2006 TED meeting and well worth watching and enjoying. ... Read More

Rev. Al Sharpton, NYC Mayor Bloomberg & Republican former House Speaker, Newt Gingrich Things must really be as bad on the education front, as I've been saying for the last couple of years. What! You don't think being ranked 24th globally is too bad? Well . . . With the current administration throwing BILLIONS of taxpayer dollars at the problem, an ... Read More

Sad State of Education on Both Coasts Just in case you thought education issues were getting better, think again! The stories on Education News.com highlight problems on BOTH coasts! The first story I want to share tells about the disastrous drop-out rates in Los Angeles and the second story talks about horrible achievement gaps in Philadelphia. In the first story, Mitchell Landsberg, staff ... Read More