The pandemic continues. Contention about school protocols continues. How you view these depends upon your #1 priority. Continue reading
Educating Children: “The hard is what makes it great”
The pre-pandemic is gone and there is no getting it back. The 2021-22 school year requires the hard work of emerging from health protocols and re-engaging in the person-to-person business of educating children. Continue reading
Schooling As A Long View: A Best Perspective
As educational centers, we must say what we mean and mean what we say. All curriculum has value for children. Student achievements in all our curricula are the real measures of a school’s educational quality. Continue reading
School Is Where Children Grow Up: Education Is How They Grow Up
School is an experience for children and adults alike. We are not certain how our teaching affects a child until many years later when the effects of an education are lived out. Continue reading
Reading Wars Redux – A Good Fight
Data show that current, non-phonics-based strategies leave more than half our students as non-proficient readers. SoR provides a new and compelling look at phonics-based reading and is a game changer. Continue reading