Why Obama’s NCLB waivers aren’t what he says they are
President Obama sounded like the king of flexibility when he announced that his administration was granting 10 states the right to ignore the most onerous requirements of No Child Left Behind. “Sounded” is the key word in that sentence.
Read full article >>The loss of solitude in schools
This was written by Diana Senechal, the 2011 winner of the Hiett Prize in the Humanities. She is currently a curriculum advisor and teacher at Columbia Secondary School for Math, Science & Engineering in New York City. Her new book is Republic of Noise: The Loss of Solitude in Schools and Culture.
Read full article >>Taking a stand for ‘the whole child’ approach to school reform
This was written by Sean Slade, director of Healthy School Communities, a program of the ASCD, an educational leadership organization.
By Sean Slade
The White House recently launched their We The People initiative that gives Americans a “new way to petition the Obama administration to take action on a range of important issues facing our country.” At ASCD, we are taking President Obama up on his offer and are asking people to sign our petition to make “a whole child approach” to education reform a national priority.
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