Common Sense School Reform
At a Pioneer Forum held March 18, 2004, Frederick (Rick) M. Hess, the author of a new book titled Common Sense School Reform, outlined his prescriptions for making schools more…
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Is quasi-governmental power a 21st century skill
/by Jim StergiosRobert Pondiscio of Core Knowledge passed on this nugget: Common Core’s Lynne Munson has an eyebrow-raising post today on a piece of federal legislation that would give extraordinary quasi-governmental power…
MCAS history exam in need of funding, fine-tuning
/by Editorial Staffhttp://www.lowellsun.com/editorials/ci_19943615 Although I share many of the concerns that Jamie Gass expressed in his article “U.S. history an innovative field worth teaching” earlier this week, I’m alarmed by Gass’ approach…
Pivotal role of vocational education
/by Editorial Staff…machine but has been unable to find machinists qualified to operate it. These situations are not uncommon. If capable manufacturing workers can’t be found, manufacturers will be forced to leave…
Setting the Record Straight
/by Jim Stergios…a back-door opportunity to promote his preferred approach to teacher evaluation, the Common Core, and such with or without Congressional permission…. Duncan wrote yesterday in POLITICO, that, “Our children get…
State and Federal Health Care Reform
/by Scott W. Graves…and programs. Please help us continue to educate parents, school faculty and staff, and public officials across the country about the serious problems posed by Common Core national education standards….
5 Book Series Parents Can Explore During COVID-19 School Closings
/by Jamie Gass…nurture a love for great classic literature and enduring historical figures: Core Knowledge Curriculum: The Core Knowledge Curriculum Series™ provides comprehensive, content-rich learning materials based on the Core Knowledge Sequence….
Education spending influences demographic trends at even the smallest scale
/by Andrew Mikula…into “metropolitan core communities” and “streetcar suburbs” is the only MAPC community type that is geographically contiguous. That is, inner core communities are always adjacent to at least one other…
Doug Lemov on Teach Like a Champion & Successful Charter Public Schools
/by Editorial Staff…create pioneering lab schools across the Commonwealth. And this will be created in partnership with public and private two and four year universities across the Commonwealth. So she wrote this…
Climate’s Brighter Future: COP26 Ignores Its Own IPCC Report
/by Editorial Staff…of reasons for why that happened. But that is a core I would say a core shortfall in how scenarios are used by the IPC, because no one in that…
Are Massachusetts taxes regressive? A common argument for a graduated income tax relies on a deeply flawed and outdated study
/by Andrew Mikula…and property taxes, and they exclude a number of other aspects of the tax code that make it seem artificially regressive. Download: Are Massachusetts taxes regressive? A common argument for…
Uncommon and common goals
/by Jim Stergios…part of an overarching purpose. In this final video interview with the founder of Phoenix Charter Academy, Beth Anderson, I asked her to detail how PCA maintains that common ethos…
Cold Fusion with Common Household Items
/by Steve Poftak…the Boston Common, he committed to reforming the process. The folks over at Blue Mass Group have been paying attention: Gov. Patrick’s gonna have to get new shirts, ’cause he’s…
Start Here Before Cutting Into the Safety Net: Common Sense Budget Actions
/by Editorial StaffCommon Sense Budget Actions Author(s): — Publication date: 2009-01-13 Category: Better Government Abstract: In October, Pioneer suggested $700 million in cuts that Governor Patrick could make to the fiscal year…
Baker’s Dozen A Common Sense Healthcare Agenda for the Next Governor
/by Joshua Archambault…policy priority, and has been an important driver of legislative discussions around tax increase proposals. The current path is unsustainable. Download Report: Baker’s Dozen A Common Sense Healthcare Agenda for…
Healthcare Prices for Common Procedures Are Hard for Consumers to Obtain Survey finds hospitals not prepared to give price information to consumers
/by Barbara Anthony…examined the websites of the 54 hospitals for price information. The results of this survey are described in this policy brief. Download Report: Healthcare Prices for Common Procedures Are Hard…
Harvard Prof. Leo Damrosch on Jonathan Swift & Gulliver’s Travels
/by Editorial Staff…did this poll and collected essentially buzzwords that teachers are sick and tired of. Any guesses on what made the list? [00:36:03] Mariam: Common Core? I don’t know. [00:36:07] Albert:…
OECD’s Andreas Schleicher on PISA & K-12 Global Education
/by Editorial Staff…just negotiated. So, I think that’s a actually a quite simple start. And, you know, I recall, the movement of the common core standards, that was a step in that…
Prof. Lorraine Pangle on the Founders, Education, and Civics
/by Editorial Staff…the Thomas Jefferson Center for the Study of Core Texts and Ideas at the University of Texas at Austin. She studies and teaches ancient, early modern, and American political philosophy,…
Day 1: Strengthen the richest liberal arts standards in the nation
/by Jim Stergios…are educated for common purposes and success through a common body of knowledge in the core academic content areas—language, the humanities, mathematics, and the sciences. Wealthy families have, for generations,…
Digital Privacy Divide: Can Law Enforcement Google Where You’ve Been?
/by Editorial Staff…commonplace? Or is this, are we on the cutting edge? [00:12:22] Brent Skorup: It’s fairly common. That’s safe to say. I wouldn’t go as far to say this is the…
Jawboning Free Speech: State Coercion Finds Limits at Supreme Court
/by Editorial Staff…which they disagree, to what degree are they permitted to use the power of their office to try to shut that speech down? [00:00:19] This question lies at the core…
Vitamin Parents Part 2: Twin Moms Converting a Decent Traditional School Experience Into a “Wow” Homeschool One
/by Editorial Staff…up being hindered, I feel, in school. [00:18:46] Mike Goldstein: It’s a common narrative among what I would call homeschooling vitamin parents, meaning their kid was academically strong in a…
Accessing Healthcare Anywhere: Lessons For Liberalizing Telehealth
/by Editorial Staff…our great Commonwealth. So where are we and you know what do you think? Josh: Yeah unfortunately it’s no longer allowed in Massachusetts after Charlie Baker rescinded some of the…
MA Teacher James Conway & High School Grad Ela Gardiner on MCAS Testing
/by Editorial Staff…states, it’s even a higher standard than Common Core. And if you compare our results on PISA and other international metrics, obviously you’ll see these headlines that say, oh, the…
Growing discomfort with P21?
/by Jim Stergios…P21’s unproven educational program appears to be just another mechanism for selling more stuff to schools,” Lynne Munson, the president and executive director of Common Core, a Washington group that…
AEI’s Robert Pondiscio on E.D. Hirsch, Civic Education, & Charter Public Schools
/by Editorial Staff…was a policy analyst and education reform expert at the Thomas B. Fordham Institute, an education policy think tank. He previously worked for the Core Knowledge Foundation and as an…