Education

Don’t Look to School to Improve Children’s Reading 0
- Education
- May 5, 2021
There’s always a silver lining, even in the dreadful lockdowns the world endured during COVID-19. One of these little glimmers of light surfaced recently in a Guardian article about children who, locked out of in-person classes, dove deeper into reading. Citing a Renaissance Learning report, the Guardian noted that “compared with the previous year, children
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A Memo From Privilege University’s Diversity Offices 0
- Education
- May 3, 2021
Dear Colleagues, A Diverse, Inclusive, and Equitable day to you! The leadership team here at PU’s Diversity/Inclusion/Equity (DIE) Office is pleased that so many of you have adopted the practice of land acknowledgment in your email signatures, as demonstrated by the following model statement from a colleague: In community and solidarity, Dr. Margaret “Marge” N. Alisación, Ph. D.
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Five Ways to Avoid the ‘Planned Mediocrity’ in Schools 0
- Education
- April 21, 2021
It’s been one short year since parents suddenly found themselves the chief overseers of their children’s education due to the pandemic. “Short” isn’t the word to describe it, I can almost hear many parents retort, relief in their voices as they realize that soon they will be off the hook, for the responsibility of their child’s education will
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The Benefits of Plunging Public Kindergarten Enrollment Rates 0
- Education
- April 15, 2021
Public school enrollment has consistently declined across most states this academic year, and there are new signs that the trend will continue this fall. On Thursday, New York City’s education department reported that kindergarten applications for the 2021/2022 school year dropped 12 percent, from 63,000 to under 55,500 applications. Overall New York City kindergarten enrollment
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Looking Beyond Headlines to Outsmart the Propagandists 0
- Education
- April 7, 2021
The trial of officer Derek Chauvin came up in a conversation I had with a friend this weekend. “Yeah, I really haven’t been able to follow it much, but I did see a few headlines,” was the essence of my friend’s comments on the issue. He then noted that the little he had seen made
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Teaching History Without Identity Politics 1
- Education
- March 29, 2021
“Our children need to learn more history and civics!” is a regular rallying cry for those who want to see America returned to its moral and common sense roots. That a greater emphasis on history and civics is needed is evident from The Nation’s Report Card, which finds only 24 percent of American high school seniors
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