Marion Brady: Free Courses of Study to Think Differently
Marion Brady is a progressive educator who has never given up the fight to make education a lively and engaging experience. He wrote the following...
Category : Curriculum
Tom Ultican: What Are the Education Development Center and the Urban Collaborative?
Tom Ultican, retired teacher of physics and advanced mathematics in California, is a dogged researcher who uncovers the mysteries of privatization and the education industry....
2016: Hillary’s Dreadful Education Plan
I recently received a copy of Hillary Clinton’s policy book, assembled for her by her most trusted advisors in 2014. This policy book was released...
Andrea Gabor: We Need Civics Education!
Andrea Gabor, the Bloomberg Professor of Business Journalism at Baruch College of the City University of New York, writes here about the importance of civics...
Trump Creates His “Patriotic Education” Commission
Donald Trump, a man who is noted for his ignorance of history, signed an executive order the day before the election to create a “1776...
The Reading Wars Are Over! Lucy Calkins Endorses Phonics
Lucy Calkins is one of the most influential reading researchers In the nation. She created the Teachers College Reading and Writing Project, whose teaching materials...
Peter Goodman on Bill Gates’ Next Big Idea
Peter Goodman, former teacher and frequent blogger about education in New York City and New York State, reviews Bill Gates’ next big idea to reform...
Sign a Petition Against White Supremacist Curriculum
Trump wants to restore “patriotic history” and has vowed to creat a “1776 Commission” to carry out his wishes. Historians, history teachers, and everyone who...
Peter Greene: Will China Finance Trump’s “Patriotic” History Curriculum
You won’t believe this post by Peter Greene, but it’s documented. Trump announced a ban on TikTok, a social media app, unless the Chinese company...
Trump: Schools Must Teach “Patriotic” U.S. History
Standing in front of the Declaration of Independence and the U.S. Constitution at the National Archives, Trump denounced the teaching of history in U.S. schools...