Toronto Colleges and universities increasingly are requiring students to show up for the first day of classes with their own computers or iPads, just like years ago standard equipment might have included a tablet, pens, pencils, and a lunch pail. Los Angeles Unified School District, the 2nd largest school district in the country after New …
Category: Education
School Tracking versus Dynamic Grouping
San Francisco In any discussion of inequality over the last 30 years, “tracking” in public schools, where children are sorted out by initial abilities often determining expectations and future progress, has always been on the short list in any discussion. More recently with the furor over reform, the discussion somewhat receded, but perhaps because other …
A Better Trigger for Parents on Local Control of Schools
Little Rock I’m skeptical of many of these so-called public school “reform” efforts because too many seem to really be privatization schemes in disguise or elite stalking horses for charter school operators. Despite numerous studies finding that teachers are the key that unlocks almost all of the educational doors for children, most of these efforts …