I often comment that educational solutions cannot solely be a responsibility of the schools. Communities must take the reigns and help solve many of the dilemmas facing education, and the ETS seems to agree with me that poverty may be the largest obstacle to overcome when creating academic success. Here are some of the highlights from [...]

Here is a list of shocking statistics (at least I hope they are shocking) about high school students from the author Betsy Hart: “more than a quarter admitted stealing from a store,” “almost as many [a quarter of the students surveyed] admitted stealing from a relative in the previous year,” “82 percent said they ...

I posted a bit ago that the joy of reading seems to be dwindling, and Mr. Van Pelt has an ingenious new post using an analogy comparing the teaching of reading and the teaching of kissing. It’s a spectacular explanation for what teachers may unwittingly be doing. In the future I may add some more thoughts [...]

Do you feel this in your state?

Think about this: according to a new study, approximately 26% of teen girls–that’s 3 million of them–have an STD. This is on the heels of the JagWire getting lambasted for pointing out what others deny ignore: teens are sexually active, and we need better systems of relaying information to them regarding intimacy and protection. ...

Is it possible to create a culture of failure? My school is currently being asked to discover why the Freshman failure rate is so high. 1/3 of the Freshmen failed a class during their first semester in high school, and statistically speaking 30% of Freshmen who fail a course in their first high school year do [...]

A Seattle Times article explains how early education programs in Chicago have paid dividends twenty years down the road. An oversimplified justification for early education programs could be simple economics. A co-author of the study said, ''the gains in terms of reduced social-welfare costs have far exceeded the program's $5,000 per student, per ...