Hopkins long-term study: family & income matter
Our thoughts on groundbreaking research out of Johns Hopkins: family & socioeconomic status play the biggest role in determining kids' future. [...]Read More... from Hopkins...
Student Voice
Graduation here and now
A tribute and an invitation to the high school graduating Class of 2014, along with prayers that you know how important the small things are....
Op-ed by Bill Gates commends the Common Core
An entrepreneur wrote an op-ed piece in USA Today commending the standards in the Common Core and the associated nationwide initiative. [...]Read More... from Op-ed...
1st Grammy Music Educator Award: Kent Knappenberger
The winner of the first-ever Music Educator Award from the GRAMMY Foundation has been announced: a music teacher and choir director from a rural school...
What a student wants in a school CEO
We respond to an op-ed in today's Baltimore Sun, in which a student describes the qualities he would like to see in the next CEO...
Student asks, Why are there no white kids here?
A look at schools that have very few white students tells us something about the state of segregation in the US, and it paints a...
Teens make nice words, not cyberbullying, go viral
Instead of using technology for cyberbullying, many teens and tweens in the US are using it to promote nice words about their classmates and schools....
U of I student laureate praises prep @ Hinsdale South
A special education major was named the student laureate at the University of Illinois, Urbana, and she says her time at Hinsdale South High School...
Tenn. student objects to standardization, Common Core
A very eloquent objection to many school reforms sweeping the country was entered onto the record in Knox County, Tenn., by Ethan Young, a student....
IL's Teacher of the Year passes on the inspiration
We asked Pam Reilly, the 2014 Illinois Teacher of the Year, a few questions about teaching and the reasons she has followed the profession. [...]Read...