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Biden Visit Highlights Collaboration in Delaware
March 22, 2011 by
Don’t let challenges become excuses. That was the message delivered by Vice President Joe Biden to a packed gymnasium at Howard High School of Technology in Wilmington, Del., on Monday as students, teachers, administrators, union leaders, and elected officials gathered…
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Union Unveils Bold Vision for Education Reform in New Jersey
December 7, 2010 by
No one understands the problems facing America’s public schools as acutely as the teachers, support professionals and administrators who work in these schools daily. If education reform is to succeed, these school employees must be more than stakeholders – they…
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Reaping the Fruits of Collaboration at John Muir Elementary
November 15, 2010 by
Even if you’ve never been to California’s San Joaquin Valley, you’ve been there. Made famous by John Steinbeck’s literary classic “The Grapes of Wrath,” there is plenty about the San Joaquin Valley that hasn’t changed much in 70 years. The…
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Educators, Parents Partner for Kids in Saginaw, MI
October 29, 2010 by
When many people talk about Saginaw, MI, they talk about its past. They talk about its heyday as a hub of the Midwestern manufacturing industry, when there were plenty of jobs and a strong middle class. But thinking about the…
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Building Achievement Through Collaboration in Springfield, Mass.
October 12, 2010 by
In order for a boat to move, everyone must row in the same direction. The same is true for transforming historically lower-performing priority schools – in order to close achievement gaps and engender permanent academic improvement, teachers, support staff, administrators…
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The Waiting For Superman Paradox
September 30, 2010 by
In the opening minutes of the new education “reform” documentary Waiting For Superman, director Davis Guggenheim has a moment of candor about the charter schools he hails as a panacea for urban education — he admits that most of them…
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Union-Backed Program Helps Calif. School Boost Student Achievement
September 28, 2010 by
By the time John Muir Elementary School finishes redefining itself, people may take to calling it the Miracle in Merced. Just five years ago, John Muir was the lowest-performing elementary school in California’s Merced City School District. Now, thanks to…
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Closing Achievement Gaps Starts Early
September 13, 2010 by
Do three- and four-year olds hold the key to closing achievement gaps and improving educational outcomes for priority schools students? A growing body of research says they may. Visit any priority school in any part of the country, and you…
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Service-Learning and Innovation in Columbus, OH
August 31, 2010 by
Disciplina in civitatem – Education for citizenship. The official motto for Ohio State University is taking on a new, stronger meaning for public school students in Columbus, OH, thanks to a grant designed to help priority school students excel at…
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Denver Priority School Gets Presidential Treatment
August 25, 2010 by
National Education Association President Dennis Van Roekel conducted a nationwide back-to-school tour from August 23-27, meeting innovative educators and touring priority schools throughout the country. One of his first stops was at Denver’s Math and Science Leadership Academy (MSLA), a…
Articles by Kevin Hart
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