States are cutting preschool spending now, but they don’t have to–if they are willing to think outside the box. They could take a great leap forward, provide free, high quality, universal preschool for all of our 4-year-olds, and rescue our 12th graders from boredom at the same time.
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Education Predictions for 2012
Is the year — with a Presidential election on tap — that we finally have broad discussions on the new role of public education?
What are you thankful for in education?
John Merrow’s last blog post of 2011 looks at what we should be thankful for — and what we still have to worry about.
The teacher quiz, and the ‘other one percent’
John Merrow opines on who “the one percent” really should be construed as — plus, a video quiz on how much you really know about the American teaching profession.
A new idea: shared poetry
Could YouTube and Robert Frost transform education? They just might be able to.
Questioning the conventional wisdom
In some cases, advice like “stop” or “slow down” can be BAD for those involved — and this is the case more often than not in some education discussions.
Energizing the 80
In Hamlet, we learn that ‘the play’s the thing.’ John Merrow thinks it could be too — but in a different, broader context.
