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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 [...]

Do you feel this in your state?

I posted recently that I don’t have a set of class rules, and a responder wondered how I go without rules. This may sound overly simple, but I tell my (high school) students that I only create rules if we need to have them. We only have them in my classes if students can’t respect one [...]

At my school we don’t allow pop to be sold until a certain time during the day (1 or 2 pm) because of the rise of child obesity, the increasing ingestion of caffeine, and the higher rates of childhood diabetes among other health concerns. Of course, the drop in sales has greatly affected the ASB [...]

I read an article the other day stating that teachers are not necessarily motivated by money to switch schools and to work in at-risk schools. One researcher stated that a 48% pay increase would be needed to spur teachers to switch schools. I’m one of them. I would need a huge incentive to leave a community I [...]