The Miseducation of a Nation: What Has All the High-Stakes Testing in Schools Gotten Us?
Without knowing it, I was part of a grand, ongoing experiment in American education when I started teaching fifth-graders in the public school system back in 2002. With the backing of both parties in Congress, the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 had just been signed...
“I Had to Quit for My Sanity”: American Teachers Are Leaving the Profession in Record Numbers
As a former public, private, and charter school teacher at multiple grade levels, I’ve experienced the gamut of classroom experiences that the American educational system has to offer. And unfortunately, given my personal experiences along with those of others and the...
Relentless: This is a Must!
Dear Reader, Millennials are the first generation that will earn less than their parents. And to be clear, as a whole, this has yet to have happened in the history of the United States. Millennial doctors and lawyers graduate to live in 1 or 2 bedroom apartments,...