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
Assure There Will Be No Yada Yada in September
The gap between the old normal and new normal requires more than a restart. Organizational gut-checking is necessary to assure a better 21-22 school year for all. Continue reading
“Yesterday Is Gone And There’s No Getting It Back”
I hear Robert Duvall’s voice as Augustus McCrae in Lonesome Dove say, “Yesterday is gone and there’s no getting it back”. There is no false fact in his words. We can do things differently going forward, starting right now if … Continue reading