Education news nuggets
Watch out. The Common Core State Standards are a Death Knell for literature.? Extreme? Probably.
Watch out. The Common Core State Standards are a Death Knell for literature.? Extreme? Probably.
"We know now from research that a lot of kids that drop out in high school really drop out in middle school. They just leave in high school"* - Laura Bush, Former First Lady
Mark your calendars for a book event coming up next week. On Wednesday, February 16?there will be?a cocktail reception and book signing for Samuel Casey Carter's book, On Purpose: How Great School Cultures Form Strong Character.
In case you missed it?..On February 2 -- Groundhog Day -- we held a terrific (& quite lively) event to discuss the seemingly eternal problem of low-performing schools and what to do about them. We tied it loosely to the cult classic movie Groundhog Day, in which the main character lives the same day over and over.
Liam's post yesterday about Malcolm Gladwell's critique of U.S. News & World Report's college rankings ? ?one wonders,?