Considering Spectrums

Considering Integration

Integration Worked. Why Have We Abandoned It?
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/20/opinion/sunday/integration-worked-why-have-we-rejected-it.html?_r=2&ref=opinion

The Core of The Common Core?

What's at the "Core" of the Common Core standards? Alfie Kohn does it again.

Read on.

Kids Speak Out on Student Engagement

http://www.edutopia.org/blog/student-engagement-stories-heather-wolpert-gawron

What the U.S. can’t learn from Finland about ed reform

Finland’s high-achieving public school system is now part of the conversation about U.S. education reform these days. What, it is often asked, can we learn from Finland? (Plenty, actually, though U.S. reformers consistently ignore the lessons .) The query has been asked and answered so often that it seems like a good time to ask what the United States can’t learn from Finland. So I asked Pasi Sahlberg, author of “ Finnish Lessons: What Can the World Learn About Educational Change in Finland? ” to tackle the subject, which he does, below.

Autonomy to Perform

How Micromanaging Educators Stifles School Reform
http://www.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2012/04/why-american-teachers-need-more-freedom/255543/#

Star Tests Are Right Around The Corner

http://unitedoptout.com/