Answer Sheet:
Readers’ questions for Education Secretary Arne Duncan
I recently published a post about a teacher in Charleston, S.C., who asked Education Secretary Arne Duncan a gutsy question during a video chat Duncan had with educators. Here are some questions that readers have since sent in that they would like to see Duncan answer. Patrick Hayes, a fifth-grade teacher and director of EdFirstSC, […]
Mourning Robin Williams and ‘teacher John Keating’
Education historian and activist Diane Ravitch wrote the following in memory of Robin Williams. By Diane Ravitch We have become accustomed in recent years to seeing films in which teachers are shown as lazy, greedy slugs. This fits nicely with the corporate reform narrative that seeks to strip all honor, dignity, and rights from teachers. […]
Kids can have depression, too, even toddlers. Here’s how to tell.
The death of Robin Williams, who was reported to be suffering from severe depression and is believed to have committed suicide, brings into stark relief the very serious but too-often-ignored issue of depression in people of all ages, including teenage students and toddlers. Childhood depression is characterized this way in a brief issued by the […]
8-11-14 Answer Sheet
Answer Sheet: ‘I love when kids are smarter than tests (which is most of the time)’I love when kids are smarter than tests (which is most of the time). pic.twitter.com/ayJGquJy1D — Jesse Stommel (@Jessifer) August 10, 201419 by Valerie Strauss / 5h hide // saveWhy race-based affirmative action in college admissions still mattersLast month I published a defense of race-based affirmative action fo