Labor Day – the final summer holiday and what used to be, the day before school starts. Believe me, I’m not clamoring for schools to return to that outdated approach to a school calendar. Nonetheless, most schools will have started by now. Since this is a four-day workweek (for those with traditional hours), instead of [...]
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On School Time
Posted in Education, tagged Education, Education Reform, School year, Schools on September 5, 2011 | 15 Comments »
On Linking a Pulitzer to a Fulbright
Posted in About Me, Education, Life, tagged Education, Fulbright Scholar, Fulbright scholarship, Kathleen Parker, Pulitzer Prize, Students, Teachers on April 27, 2010 | 2 Comments »
Education is always a popular topic. Besides, all of us can share a thoughtful story about a teacher in their life. As I have noted many times, Washington Post columnist Kathleen Parker is one of my favorite columnists, so I was thrilled to hear that she recently won a Pulitzer Prize for commentary. Then she [...]
On School Reform: The Difficulties
Posted in Education, tagged Education, Education Reform, School reform, Schools on September 10, 2009 | 18 Comments »
The topic of school reform has been around for some time. A Nation at Risk served as the focus in the early 1980s. National standards came forward as a result in the late 80s, to be followed by state standards and state-mandated tests. Today, school reform still gets focused air time from presidential candidates every [...]

