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JD Solomon

Admin & Management

Calculating the true costs of choice in K12 education

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Our public education system was developed to serve all children, with taxpayers supporting the common good. Recent years have seen the growth of private,...
Admin & Management

Preparing K12 students for today’s ‘messy’ world

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In his new book What School Could Be, innovation expert Ted Dintersmith profiles schools that focus on innovation and “real” learning, rather than endlessly drilling on formulas...
Admin & Management

Budget cuts lead to dissonance in school music programs

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When it comes to balancing school budgets, the arts—and particularly music—often suffer most from spending cuts. It's part of a cycle that began in...
Admin & Management

Higher standards don’t necessarily mean higher test scores in K12

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Dan Hamlin, a postdoctoral fellow in the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University, and Paul E. Petersen have examined data to see what impact states lowering...
Admin & Management

How schools fail at keeping children safe

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Every weekday during the academic year, more than 50 million children across the United States enter public school buildings, says Lori Peek. Many of...
Admin & Management

Federal funds could help revive dying languages in schools

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Perhaps in an effort to right the wrongs of the past, the Department of Education has begun accepting applications for $2.3 million in grants...
Admin & Management

A rational approach for schools to end gun violence

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After the shootings at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Florida, Matthew Mayer and Shane Jimerson knew they had some work to do. Mayer,...
Admin & Management

Why testing has failed our schools

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Pressure to raise achievement test scores has become the driving force behind what is taught and how. Worse, the results from these tests reveal...
Admin & Management

Time for schools to flunk failure

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We pretty much understand rocket science, says Doug Green. That is, we understand the complex math and physics that propel objects into space. "The...
Admin & Management

7 steps for schools to provide deeper learning

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Our education system is like a giant embedded rock, says Grant Lichtman. In his book, Moving the Rock, the former administrator outlines seven "levers"...
Admin & Management

A fresh look at an old way of teaching in K12

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Rose L. Colby's book Competency-Based Education introduces educators to a new model for anytime, anywhere schooling, and provides curriculum resources for redesigning the traditional...
Curriculum & Instruction

New York State requires mental health education

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Most states have laws mandating health education in primary and secondary schools, but New York will be the first to emphasize mental health instruction...
Curriculum & Instruction

Getting to the true nature of learning in K12

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What if we taught kids how to think, not what to think? That question is the focus of Re:Thinking, a new documentary that inspires...
Admin & Management

Research shows disparity in K12 special needs reporting

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How do districts define and identify their special needs students? And how does that compare with the way it is done in other districts...
Admin & Management

Why are all the black kids still sitting together in the school cafeteria?

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Visit just about any racially mixed school and you will see black, white, Asian and Latino kids clustered in their own groups. Is this...
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