Rethinking a flawed education agenda
This was written by Larry Lee, who led the 2009 study entitled Lessons Learned from Rural Schools , a look at 10 high-performing, high-poverty rural schools in Alabama. Lee’s most recent position was director of the Center for Rural Alabama, and he served as head of the West Alabama Economic Development Authority, the Covington County Economic Development Commission and the Southeast Alabama Regional Planning & Development Commission. Lee is chairman of the board of the Alabama Asset Building Coalition and an advisory board member of HIPPY Alabama, an early childhood learning program. He frequently writes about education issues for state newspapers.
Read full article >>School rules in 1911: What do you recognize?
As the new school year starts, I thought it would be fun (admittedly I sometimes have an odd view of fun) to look back at how school districts operated a century ago.
I found a book on line entitled: “REVISED SCHOOL LAWS AND REVISED RULES AND REGULATIONS OF THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION OF THE TERRITORY OF HAWAII 1911.”
Some of the laws, rules and regulations in the territory that would become the home state of President Barack Obama will seem familiar. School districts had superintendents and education boards with commissioners. Kids were required to go school.
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