The parent trigger has been relentlessly marketed to parents and policy makers as an “empowerment” that enables parents to conduct a petition campaign in their community to fire their school’s staff and change its governance. This has all the rhetoric of democratic activism – a majority of the parents deciding “what’s best” for the education […]
Stanford University scholar Linda Darling-Hammond explains the connection. No shortage of ink had been put to paper pondering what it is that ails America’s education system. We know that, on average, our kids’ educational outcomes lag behind those of other wealthy countries, but why is that? But one of the core problems, if not the core problem, […]
The North Carolina Supreme Court has agreed to determine whether the state can deny at-risk children access to public pre-kindergarten programs. Superior Court Judge Howard Manning in 2011 threw out legislative changes to the early childhood education program that limited access and required parents to pick up part of the cost. He ruled that North […]
The annual Met Life Survey of the American Teacher is out. There are hardly any surprises. Principals (who are also surveyed) and teachers are feeling the effects of declining budgets, and being asked to do more with less creates a great deal of stress for our educators. Some noteworthy findings: More than half of principals […]
