Posted in EduPolicy on Jul. 07, 2010
Diane Ravitch, author of the Life and Death of the Great American School System, and a personal hero of mine, was just awarded NEA’s “Friend of Education” Award at their national convention this week. I couldn’t imagine a more deserving individual, this studious woman that sounds the clarion call in defense of our public education [...]
Posted in EduPolicy on Jun. 18, 2010
Watch and listen to Andrew Romanoff’s vision for public education.
Posted in EduPolicy on Mar. 22, 2010
Ok, so I’m a huge fan of serving our kids fresh foods produced in our local economy. I think it’s so important to not clog our kids’ systems with preservatives and fillers that don’t actually help their nutrition…and therefore make it hard for their brains and bodies to function and be part of the learning [...]
Posted in EduPolicy on Mar. 08, 2010
Diane Ravitch is the former assistant Secretary of Education under Lamar Alexander during the first Bush administration. She is a very distinguished writer on the field of education and has, up to now, been a strong proponent of high-stakes testing environments and education reform.
She recently wrote a book, The Death and Life of the Great [...]
Posted in EduPolicy on Feb. 25, 2010
I’m excited about HB 10-1273: Arts Education for Workforce Development, a new bill that was introduced this week in the Colorado State Legislature. It’s sponsored by State Representative Michael Merrifield (D-El Paso) in the House and by Senators Nancy Spence (R-Arapahoe) and Pat Steadman (D-Adams/Denver). Click here to download the bill. The video above is [...]
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