Monthly Archives: February 2013

Originally posted on Larry Cuban on School Reform and Classroom Practice:
There is no Google map for reformers to follow in turning around low-performing classrooms, schools, and districts. Nor have researchers been better than MapQuest.  They have plotted out multiple…

Originally posted on Larry Cuban on School Reform and Classroom Practice:
Districts have again become the darlings of school reformers. Where once reformers, past and present, skipped back and forth lining up their cross-hairs on the best targets  for improving…

Originally posted on Larry Cuban on School Reform and Classroom Practice:
“History doesn’t teach lessons, historians do.”  Because historians interpret the past they often disagree, even revise, the meaning of events from the French Revolution to the American Civil War…

Originally posted on Larry Cuban on School Reform and Classroom Practice:
Yes, the rate for U.S. students graduating high school reached 78 percent in 2010, the highest since 1970. And furthermore, dropout rates has fallen to three percent,  its lowest…

Originally posted on Larry Cuban on School Reform and Classroom Practice:
Hard as it is for me to keep up with the spread of MOOCs (Massive Open Online Courses) in higher education and the sizable issues accompanying how they are…

Originally posted on Larry Cuban on School Reform and Classroom Practice:
Farris-Berg is lead author of Trusting Teachers with School Success: What Happens When Teachers Call the Shots. She is a Senior Associate with Education Evolving, a policy design shop…

Last week when Judge Dietz made his ruling he set into motion what could be a very expensive process. I applaud Judge Dietz for his bold and correct decision. When he issues the written statement to support the ruling that … Continue reading →

The following passage is from John Piper’s Book: The Roots of Endurance p.79-80 One of the pervasive marks of our times is emotional fragility. It hangs in the air we breathe. We are easily hurt. We pout and mope easily. … Continue reading →

Originally posted on Larry Cuban on School Reform and Classroom Practice:
Farris-Berg is lead author of Trusting Teachers with School Success: What Happens When Teachers Call the Shots. She is a Senior Associate with Education Evolving, a policy design shop…

Yesterday, Judge Dietz delivered a verdict on the latest in a series of law suits brought by school districts against the State of Texas. The lawsuit was set into motion two years ago when the Legislature decided to cut 5.4 … Continue reading →