Posted by Chip on January 8, 2010
If you work in the field of education, you may share the same troubling mental image I have as we enter the new decade and ponder the future of our children.
I see the beginning of a national marathon with teachers, administrators and state education officials all crowded at the starting line. There’s a giant banner [...]
Categories: Education Reform |
Tags: achievement gap, Arne Duncan, Great Society, improving education, Race to the Top, U.S. education policy, Whitney Young, Yong Zhao | 
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Posted by Chip on September 1, 2009
By now you may have heard that President Obama will be addressing our students nationwide on September 8th at 1 p.m. EST. It should be exciting and inspiring!
Here’s the letter sent out to principals by his Secretary of Education, Arne Duncan:
Dear Principal:
In a recent interview with student reporter Damon Weaver, President Obama announced that [...]
Categories: Schoolwide Initiatives, The School Year |
Tags: Arne Duncan, Arnold Gesell, Developmentally Appropriate Curriculum, Michael Gurian, President Obama, Race to the Top, Schoolwide Initiatives, The Mind of Boys, The School Year, Time to Learn | Post a Comment »
Posted by Chip on April 3, 2009
Good things come in small packages.
A small, new, groundbreaking book called simply Crisis in the Kindergarten—Why Children Need to Play in School is currently available in bookstores and on the web from Alliance for Childhood in College Park, Maryland. Every teacher, parent, and educational policy maker should read and forward a comment about it to [...]
Categories: Developmental Needs, Developmentally Appropriate Curriculum, Time to Learn |
Tags: Arne Duncan, Developmental Education, Developmental Needs, Developmentally Appropriate Curriculum, education refrom, Time to Learn | Post a Comment »
Posted by Chip on March 31, 2009
On the heels of some wonderful comments from a reader and fellow blogger, Rae Pica, about recess, come powerful new reminders about the importance of play for children from a terrific organization: Alliance for Childhood.
Visit the site and you’ll find what I consider to be a landmark report useful for Arne Duncan and President Obama [...]
Categories: Developmental Needs |
Tags: A Place for Play, Arne Duncan, Crisis in the Kindergarten, David Elkind, Deborah Meier, Developmental Education, Developmental Needs, imaginative play, importance of play, Linda Darling-Hammond, President Obama, structured recess, Where Do the Children Play | 2 Comments »
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