Religious Right Using After-School Clubs to Undermine Public Education, Says Author

By Tim Walker For many anti-public education activists, maybe, as the saying goes, “nothing succeeds like failure.” Extremist agendas are usually more about undermining, or even dismantling, the institution they want to “reform.”  Journalist Katherine Stewart sees such a dynamic at work with the Religious Right and its aggressive and increasingly successful campaign to install [...]

Watch How One School Meets the Challenges of Special Needs Inclusion

By Cindy Long Navigating high school is tough enough for most American teenagers, but add a wheelchair or a visual impairment or a learning disability to the mix of angst and storming hormones, and finding your place in high school can be downright terrifying. But not at Bainbridge High School in Bainbridge, Georgia. Educators and [...]

Federal Investment Critical as Pre-K Access Gap Grows

By Cindy Long Earlier this month, President Obama called for a $75 billion investment in pre-K education over 10 years as part of his fiscal year 2014 budget. This investment would go a long way toward shrinking the preschool access gap, according to the Center for American Progress (CAP). The foundation for our children’s academic [...]

No More ‘Sit and Get’: Rebooting Teacher Professional Development

By Tim Walker The 2012 MetLife Survey of the American Teacher, released in February, was a rather bleak snapshot of teacher morale across the country. But the survey also showed that educators who expressed a higher job satisfaction shared a common experience: They were more likely to have benefitted from effective professional development opportunities and [...]

‘A Nation at Risk’ Turns 30: Where Did It Take Us?

By Edward Graham On April 26, 1983, President Ronald Reagan stood before the press and television cameras in the State Dining Room at the White House and held up a report titled A Nation at Risk. Eighteen months in the making and written by the blue-ribbon members of the National Commission on Excellence in Education [...]

‘Lunch Lady’ Author: Let’s Celebrate School Lunch Superheroes on May 3

By John Rosales After publishing his first book, Good Night, Monkey Boy, author and illustrator Jarrett Krosoczka returned to his old elementary school in Worcester, Massachusetts to talk to students about writing, illustrating, and publishing books. While walking the halls at Gates Lane School, he says he ran into the “beloved lunch lady of my [...]

2013 Teacher of the Year Jeff Charbonneau Honored at White House

By Tim Walker President Barack Obama honored 2013 Teacher of the Year Jeff Charbonneau and all the State Teachers of the Year at the White House on Tuesday afternoon, thanking them on behalf of the country for their tireless dedication. “They come from different communities and different schools, but the one thing that binds them [...]

STEM Teacher and WEA Member is the 2013 National Teacher of the Year

The Council of Chief State School Officers announced that Jeff Charbonneau, a 9-12th grade Chemistry, Physics and Engineering teacher in Washington state, is the 63rd National Teacher of the Year. Charbonneau, along with all 2013 State Teachers of the Year, was recognized by President Barack Obama in a ceremony at the White House. Charbonneau teaches [...]

Earth Day 2013 – Lessons from the Lorax

By Anita Merina It’s Earth Day, and around the country schools and communities are heeding the words of Dr. Seuss’ favorite eco-activist the Lorax and taking action to make the planet cleaner, healthier, and more beautiful. From planting reading gardens to holding recycling drives to sharing lessons about solar energy and green buildings, thousands of [...]

Teacher and Columbine Survivor Stands Up For Common Sense School Safety Measures

By Brian Washington Colorado art teacher Katie Lyles hoped her students would be spared from the sort of dark specters that haunt her memories of high school. But during an emergency “lock down” drill at her elementary school, while crammed into a storage room with about 24 second graders, one student, a 7-year-old named Anthony, [...]

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