“It’s nearly impossible to fire a bad teacher. Some tech millionaires may have found a way to change that.” It was the statement that kicked up a firestorm on the Internet with teachers lashing out at the perception that bad teaching is the problem with education in the United States. As Donna Brazile writes in […]
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The greatest teachers of our country have shaped understanding, policy, education, and the world-at-large. Their lessons have outlived their lives, and we will continue to build on their work as a society for generations to come. Today we thought it would be a good time to shine the spotlight on what these individuals think about […]
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Louise Sloan, in a recent post for the New York Times’ Motherlode blog, inadvertently shed light on the reason so many teachers in America have trouble teaching. Using her son as an example, Sloan showed the laissez-faire attitude that so many parents possess when it comes to their children doing wrong in school. It’s pretty […]
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Mandatory homework used to be a common part of the education system. Back when I was in the system, it wasn’t unusual to lug five or six heavy books home and have to tackle it all in one night while missing something good on television. Things have changed quite a bit, however, as you’re about […]
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Statistics involving college preparation are not pretty. Depending on where you go, you’ll read that as many as 60 percent (or more) of high school students are not ready for college. Statistics would seem to validate such beliefs, as presented here by James E. Rosenbaum in his paper, “It’s Time To Tell The Kids: If […]
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College is a crucial point in the road to your future, and it’s a responsibility that too many students aren’t ready for when they first arrive. Most of the bad habits that keep people from being at their best begin in high school — both directly and indirectly — and it can make it difficult […]
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If you ever go looking for nuggets of educational gold on Reddit, you’re sure to find them. From deep, thoughtful discussions to real-world examples of school daze buffoonery, you will not be disappointed. It was a search for the latter that led me to this gem from user Burtttta. “Back in grade 7 I cheated […]
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Recently on Reddit, someone posed this interesting question: how would you fix the public education system — from big moves to small tweaks — if you had complete authority to do so? While the question is highly speculative, it can open up a number of channels for ideas that might improve education as we know […]
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College has come under a lot of fire from educational critics, politicians, and students alike because of the skyrocketing tuition fees and the greater difficulty in finding a job upon graduation. Some have even started to ask the question, “Is college worth it?” But as Anthony P. Carnivale pointed out in a post for U.S. […]
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Political polarization is more relevant in today’s world than it has ever been. The Right and the Left are at ideological war with one another, and that doesn’t seem to be changing any time soon, unless you and I start being the change that we’d like to see. Want someone to respect your view? Have […]
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