READ: The Best Hope for Teacher Unions Is…Reform → I find the growth of charter schools in many districts leaves me conflicted. First, regulations around charters vary so widely …
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Here’s a good definition of what a brand is.
The most successful brands, or at least the ones everyone emulates, successfully use design to produce an emotional coherence that spans content to product to experience. Think Apple or BMW or Chanel. …
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The “great irony” of the progressive stance on educational equity.
The great irony is that the same progressives who advocate for equal access to marriage, equal access to a living wage, equal access to health insurance, and equal access to college with financial …
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It’s not just about being a better dad and husband, it’s also about living life more deeply.
Be aware of those moments, and never turn one down. If you face a choice — a moment or a chore, a moment or bedtime, a moment or work obligations, a moment or your damn iPhone — always choose the …
I see a lot about respecting culture in the classroom, but Sharhonda Bossier breaks it down.
Kids don’t necessarily have the language to talk about what it feels like to have a teacher not understand you and your culture. And you have teachers who are not confident in their own ability to …
If ever there was a good time to integrate a school, this would be it.
WBEZ: Merger of Gold Coast school with Cabrini Green school would mean first integrated neighborhood school in a former public housing area → School and city politics are never as simple …
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