Larry Cuban on School Reform and Classroom Practice | Scholar/ Practit...

This post appeared in Bill Ferriter’s blog, “The Tempered Radical.” In his blog, he describes himself as follows: “Bill Ferriter has about a dozen titles—Solution Tree author and professional development associate, noted edublogger, senior fellow of...

The shame that many teachers and principals feel at being blamed for a school’s low academic performance is a recent phenomenon.
For over a century and a half, policymakers, citizens, and educators explained students’ poor academic performance by pointing to their lack of effort and family deficits. By the 1970s, however, other explanations had come into vogue such as ethnic and...

Jessica Grose is an Opinion writer for The New York Times. She covers family, religion, education, and culture.
Jaime Lewis noticed that her eighth-grade son’s grades were slipping several months ago. She suspected it was because he was watching YouTube during class on his school-issued laptop, and her suspicions were validated. “I heard this from two of his teachers...

Autos replace horse and buggies. Home washers and dryers replace clotheslines and laundry stores. Television replaces radio. The list goes on but the point is clear. In America, newer technologies replace older ones.
Most Americans generally use three criteria in adopting a new technology: cost–dollars saved; increased efficiency—time saved; and convenience–added ease and comfort. Ads for new technologies appeal to one or more of these criteria....