Teacher leaves teaching to fight common core...

Nov 24, 2013 by

This is a link to an article on Diane Ravich’s blog. http://dianeravitch.net/2013/11/14/teacher-meg-norriss-to-her-students-i-love-you-and-believe-in-you/ I hope the powers that be start...

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The School Speech Therapist Book Review...

Sep 24, 2012 by

The Death and Life of the Great American School System Book Review I’m almost finished listening to the book The Death and Life of the Great American School System by Diane Ravitch.  All I can say is no wonder the United States finds it’s self in a quandary about what to do to improve all schools.  Ms. Ravitch is an Educational Historian who speaks from experience, significant research and some first hand observation. Her book goes back several decades and chronicles the many many attempts to improve schools.  It is amazing how many methods have been tried and I might add failed.  Reformers, educators (those involved in school reform), administrators and even statisticians have made education so complicated and convoluted over the years it’s no wonder that most reform attempts fail. While reading this...

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