A sweet video: Young man with Down syndrome opens college acceptance letter
Here’s a really sweet video showing Rion Holcombe, a 20-year-old with Down syndrome, opening up a letter from Clemson University accepting him into the two-year ClemsonLIFE non-degree program for students with special needs. You can’t help but smile watching this video, taken by his mother.
Islamic cleric linked to U.S. charter schools involved in Turkey’s political drama
A Muslim cleric who lives in seclusion in Pennsylvania and has been linked to a network of more than 135 public charter schools in the United States is believed to be deeply involved in the political drama that is unfolding in his home country of Turkey. The reclusive cleric is Fethullah Gulen, who has been […]
11 telling stories about 2013 school reform
I know it’s more common to do a Top 10 list but here are 11 of The Answer Sheet’s most popular posts in 2013, some that I wrote and others that some of my wonderful guest writers have authored. I have chosen posts that seem to me to be revealing about the path that corporate-influenced […]
12-25-13 The Answer Sheet
The Answer Sheet: A farewell to ‘It’s Kind of a Funny Story’ authorLast week, Ned Vizzini, the young author of “It’s Kind of a Funny Story” and other popular works for young adults, sadly took his own life. Here is a tribute from James Blasingame, associate professor of English Education at Arizona State University, and the 2010 president of the Assembly on Literature for Adolescents of the […]