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Poverty Costs Us All, But Children of Color Pay the Highest Price

THE BLOG Eric CooperNov 26, 2013 Harvard’s Randall Kennedy has written a timely book on affirmative action, given the impending U.S. Supreme Court decision on preferential treatment in public university admissions. In For Discrimination: Race, Affirmative Action, and The Law, Kennedy supports preferential treatment for people of color, based on past discrimination and continued racial … Continue reading →

How can I deal with unmotivated students

EDUCATION WEEK 5 Hours Ago Response: ‘Listen, Empathize, Connect’ For Student Motivation by Larry Ferlazzo (This is the final post in a three-part series on student motivation. You can see Part One here and Part Two here) Fitta Astriyani asked: ? I’m a little bit frustrated when I know my students don’t do their homework … Continue reading →

Pat Summit

School Culture

All the evidence shows that unless we change the culture of schools, nothing changes. That is- no matter what curriculum we introduce,or how many structural changes we make to the organization–if we do not transform the beliefs, the norms, and the relationship….nothing will change. Pedro A. Noguera

Speaking

The tongue can paint what the eye can’t see. -Chinese Proverbs

Happy Birthday Len Bias

Master Coach

The master coach is in constant search for opportunities to create success for their players.

Leadership

Leadership series. 9th grade girls who will become future leaders.

Leadership series that I Co-lead with Eric Elston

Teacher’s resignation letter: ‘My profession … no longer exists

’ By Valerie Strauss, Published: APRIL 06, 4:00 AM ET Aa Increasingly teachers are speaking out against school reforms that they believe are demeaning their profession, and some are simply quitting because I have had enough. Here is one resignation letter from a veteran teacher, Gerald J. Conti, a social studies teacher at Westhill High … Continue reading →