How One Teacher Brought Smaller Class Sizes To Her School
By Angela Harvey When the superintendent of the Stockton Unified School District visited the elementary school where Ruth Weaver Brown taught, she invited him into her kindergarten classroom to see firsthand the challenges she faced. “I said, ‘There are 32 faces in here. When you look at these kids, who do you help? There’s only one of me. I don’t even have bilingual assistance in a class where ha
Study: Afterschool Offerings in Many Cities Need Better Coordination
Turns out that working together is something that afterschool providers can work on, a new study suggests. Based on an examination of 100 large cities, it finds that while citywide coordination of afterschool programs is on the rise, many cities should do more on this front. The study, conducted by FHI 360, a nonprofit education research group, also argues that mayoral support is crucial to expa
Do American public schools really stink? Maybe not
The drumbeat is hard to miss: Our schools are failing. Public education is in crisis. Our students are falling further and further behind. The rhetoric comes from the left and right, from educators and politicians and lobbyists and CEOs and even Education Secretary Arne Duncan. The deep dysfunction of our public schools is said to threaten not only America’s economy but also its national security.