PROFILES
I have a question for suburban residents fighting against educational reform—school choice, charter schools, vouchers, revisions in the tenure system. Which category are you in? Guilt: the past abhorrent treatment of minorities has led you to “help” the “oppressed” by lowering the academic bar so that students can “succeed” and gain the “self-esteem” so necessary […]
Be a Mentor by Monday
Mentoring is all the rage, especially among professionals who desperately want to “give back” without unduly interrupting their money-making activities. And what better way to accomplish the needed interaction between mentor and mentee than through e-mail, Skype, Facetime, Whatsapp, and other communication devices that are oh so convenient. No need to take oneself out of […]
THIRTY THINGS IN A SCHOOL
Accountability without it, regression to the mean, or lower Books portable repositories of both knowledge and stimuli Budget Autonomy dollars and decisions must be coupled Computers for meaningful research Copiers quick response to situation Critical Thinking Skills necessary for negotiating life Dialogue discussions sharpen and broaden the mind Dress Code delete consumer competition for a […]