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The reactions and responses continue regarding the Rhode Island and Central Falls High School shake up…in another article entitled “R.I. School Shake-Up Is Embraced by the President” by Steven Greenhouse and Sam Dillion, “…two unions, the National Education Association and the American Federation of Teachers, were so angry in the hours after Mr.

For over forty years, Blueprint Education has provided accredited Distance Learning courses to students worldwide.  Historically this type of learning was often referred as non-traditional or alternative learning.  So in reading a recent report put out by Alliance For Excellent Education titled The Online Learning Imperative:  A Solution to Three Looming Crises in Education, I am reminded that what was once considered

Julia Steiny’s article, “Let’s Talk About the Importance of Fathers in Child’s Lives” is the first article actually in several weeks that compelled me to comment.  So if you are moved by this article like I was, really from the title itself, visit the link and then read my comment at the end.  Here’s to fatherhood, motherhood, and parenthood!  Definitely not an easy task, not a short-term job, not a job that consistently gets accolades,

Kudos!  All it takes is just one district to break away from the business as usual and take a stand on this platform that everyone is calling “education reform”.  Well one district did!  An article by Greg Meyers entitled “Key to Student Achievement?  ASPIRE to it” is just the movement that’s needed.  It’s not education reform but education transformation as Meyers calls it.  It not only reviews statistical growth in specific metrics on how the Houston Independent S

Yesterday on Talk of the Nation, NPR’s Larry Abramson and Claudio Sanchez explain Obama’s proposed education overhaul and assess his new Race to the Top initiative.  Since the Bush Administration’s No Child Left Behind Act brought sweeping changes to our education system, many argue it emphasizes testing over learning.  You can listen to the Story below: