A blog focused on education and social justice. Book TV, Radio, Print Appearances. A Chance for Charter School Critics and Supporters to Agree! Here is your chance charter school proponents! You think that some charters are wasting.

People normally cut reality into compartments, and so are unable to see the interdependence of all phenomena. The Core Ideas of Systems Theory. My goal was to try to simplify and summarize the most important ideas of systems theory. Christopher Chase; Fukuoka, Japan.

South Carolina Launched The Civil Rights Movement. That class at the co-op led to millions of blacks voting for the first time and as a result the South and US history were changed. Septima had taught on Johns Island .

What Is the Value of the SAT and ACT? June 6, 2015. What Improves Student Learning? May 14, 2015. Originally posted on Ogo Okoye-Johnson.

Newark Schools, Newark Voices, EMPOWERED. Data-driving Away Teachers by Ikechukwu Onyema. Data-driving Away Teachers by Ikechukwu Onyema. When I embarked on my journey as an educator, I imagined that my prime responsibility would be to create engaging lessons where my students lost themselves in the wonder of their curiosity. Part of submitting oneself to the rigorous profession of teaching requires the creativity to come up with novel ideas and the time to carry them out.

When my daughter took her kindergarten screening test, they asked her to draw a person. She was marked off because she did not include a neck or fingers on her drawing. How many 5 years olds would consider drawing a neck? Standards set upon her education. These standards have inevitably decreased the time allowed for teachers and children to be creative in the classroom. Teachers are doing their best to foster cre.