6 triumphs to remember in the embattled struggle to end high-stakes testing and Common Core. Kathleen Jasper March 30, 2015 Sometimes after a week or so of extreme education activism – keeping up with all the questions, disseminating information to everyone who needs it, writing legislators, listening to inept policy makers...
Could collaboration save the teaching profession? Kathleen Jasper March 27, 2015 3 Comments We published an article 3 months ago titled Why Half of the Nation’s New Teachers Can’t Leave the Profession Fast Enough. To date, it's our most read article on the site - almost 700,000 views and...
Part 2 – A Nation at Risk Kathleen Jasper March 23, 2015 Today we walk you through the 1980s and President Reagan's education reform...
When did public school and socialization become synonymous? Kathleen Jasper March 16, 2015 1 Comment My daughter has the tiny voice of a munchkin, caramel colored hair and dark brown eyes. She moves with purpose and uses adult words like perhaps and inappropriate, sometimes out of context, but always with...
Don’t mess with mothers who have Facebook accounts. Kathleen Jasper March 9, 2015 I once asked my undergraduate students to join a Facebook group I created for our class. One student raised his hand and said, “I haven’t been on Facebook since my mom started using it a few years ago.”...
Part 1 – The Space Race Kathleen Jasper March 1, 2015 Think school reform is a relatively recent phenomenon? Think again; it has its roots in the late 1950s and 60s during our quest to beat the Russians to the...