Diversity makes a positive impact on all students. Here’s one great example. Winesburg Elementary and other nearby schools are a little-known success story in the public school system. These schools are attended by Amish and non-Amish children with different cultural practices and different home languages, yet students cooperate in the classroom and on the playground, […]
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Great Read! The Rebirth of a Great American School Syst...
Improbable Scholars: The Rebirth of a Great American School System and a Strategy for America’s Schools is an uplifting tale of a high-poverty school district (Union City, New Jersey) and how adequate funding (including free pre-K), a rigorous curriculum, testing used as a diagnostic (not punitive) tool add up to great success. “If you believe that […]
New Hampshire Court Strikes Down Tax-Credit Aid to Religious Schoo...
New Hampshire believes in the separation of church and state. And on June 17th, the court found that their tax-credit program violated the NH Constitution. “A New Hampshire state court ruled today that a tuition tax-credit program violates the state constitution. The program was challenged by Americans United for Separation of Church and State, the […]
Always Worth Reading: Why Schools Aren’t Businesses (Blueberry Stor...
In the 1980s, then-businessman Jamie Vollmer spoke before a crowd of public school teachers–who had a lot to say after he told them, “If I ran my business the way you people operate your schools, I wouldn’t be in business very long!” This is a classic tale that still rings true today. Read “The Blueberry […]