Education Reform Central

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

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

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

Everyone is always talking about more money, and smaller class sizes, being the answer to fixing problems in education! This week's Thomas B. Fordham Institute's "Fun Fact Friday" video disputes that claim. Fun Fact Friday! - Student/Teacher Ratio from Education Gadfly on Vimeo. Kind of interesting, isn't it? And would you care to guess what the student-to-teacher ratio is in India (rapidly turning out ... Read More

This young man is Adam Johnson, and he's only 15 years old! The quality of the video is obviously home-made, and he isn't able to start singing until after one full minute into the video, but it is worth the wait! You will be seeing a STAR in the making! Here is Adam Johnson singing "Stars", from Les Miserables. What a talent! Hope you ... Read More

More California School Issues Almost everyone within hearing or viewing of a television, computer, or newspaper is aware that California is having massive troubles with education. Most people are focusing on the budget deficits that are causing tremendous teacher layoffs. However, even in times of economic turmoil, there are other issues that are being quietly slipped into the education agenda that are ... Read More

smoke and mirrors in education I think I'm going to scream! As you may know, I'm on the mailing lists of LOTS of education sites and I follow what's happening in education VERY closely. As grandparents, and great-grandparents, we are committed to improving public schools for our children and ALL the children across the nation. That's one of the reasons I'm so ... Read More

"X marks the states" According to Michele McNeil, of EdWeek.org, "Forty-six states—representing 80 percent of the nation’s K-12 student population—have formally agreed to join forces to create common academic standards in math and English language arts through an effort led by the National Governors Association and the Council of Chief State School Officers." Living as I do in South Carolina, it does ... Read More

"Father's response to teen sexting" Today I want to share a comment I received from a father of two daughters. His insight into the problem of teen "sexting" comes from first-hand experience. This type of discussion needs to be brought into public awareness. Randy Boise writes: Do parents realize that sexting can be the next step toward having ... Read More