The Detroit ‘Sick-Out’ Makes a Valid Point: Crumbling Schools Shown to Hurt Learning

The 74 Million - Mat Barnum "Detroit teachers have called [...]

January 17th, 2016|Categories: Academic Achievement, Academic Performance, Accountability, Achievement Gap, Childhood Education, Children, Current Events, Detroit, Education, Learning, Michigan, News, School, School District, School Safety, Teacher, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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Are Detroit schools unsafe? Mayor considers teachers’ concerns

The Christian Science Monitor - Bamzi Banchiri "The mayor of [...]

January 12th, 2016|Categories: Academic Performance, Accountability, Childhood Education, Children, Current Events, Detroit, Education, Learning, Michigan, News, School, School Accountability, School District, School Safety, Teacher, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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What urban school districts can learn from Detroit

The Hechinger Report - Eric Nadelstern "I began visiting public [...]

December 26th, 2015|Categories: Academic Achievement, Academic Performance, Accountability, Achievement Gap, Childhood Education, Children, Current Events, Detroit, Education, Learning, Michigan, News, School, Teacher, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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Michigan governor readies legislation to fix Detroit schools

Reuters - Staff Writers "Detroit's public schools should be split [...]

October 20th, 2015|Categories: 21st Century Skills, Academic Achievement, Academic Performance, Accountability, Childhood Education, Children, Current Events, Detroit, Education, Learning, Michigan, News, Teacher, United States (U.S.)|

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Memorizing is out, thinking like a scientist is in

The Detroit Free Press - Lori Higgins "Forget memorizing the [...]

August 31st, 2015|Categories: 21st Century Skills, Academic Achievement, Academic Performance, Accountability, Achievement Gap, Child Development, Childhood Education, Children, Current Events, Detroit, Education, Learning, Michigan, School, School District, Science, Science & Technology, Scientific, Teacher, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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Play Hard, Live Free: Where Wild Play Still Rules

NPR - Eric Westervelt "There are only a handful of [...]

August 4th, 2015|Categories: Academic Performance, Accountability, Achievement Gap, attention span, Belgium, Bilingual, Books, Boston, Budget, Burundi, California, Cambodia, Child Development, Childhood Education, Children, Community Service, Countries, Current Events, Detroit, Diversity, Education, K-3, Language, Learning, Oklahoma, Omaha, Outdoors, Pakistan, Parenting, Parents, Philadelphia, Physical Activity, Playing, Russia, San Francisco, Tanzania, Tax Credit, Teacher, Uncategorized, United Nations, United States, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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Schools can — and should — teach more than discipline

The Seattle Times - Jerry Large "Dismantling the school-to-prison pipeline [...]

August 4th, 2015|Categories: Academic Performance, Accountability, Achievement Gap, After-School Program, Asia, Behavior, Bicultural, biliteracy, Boston, Bullying, Business, Cambodia, Child Development, Childhood Education, Children, Community College, Countries, Curiosity, Current Events, Delaware, Detroit, Discipline, Dual-language, Education, Kansas, language and academic achievement, Learning, Rwanda, San Francisco, SAT, Scandinavian, School, School Choice, School District, School Safety, Talkington, Tax Credit, Teacher, United Arab Emirates, United Nations, United States (U.S.), Wales, Walking, Washington|Tags: Education, schools|

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Education is key to closing opportunity gap

Crain's Detroit - Mark Davidoff and Clark Durant "While many [...]

August 2nd, 2015|Categories: 21st Century Skills, Academic Achievement, Academic Performance, Accountability, Achievement Gap, Career, Career & Technical Training, Child Development, Childhood Education, Children, Detroit, Learning, Michigan, Teacher, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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Column: Schools need to add art to STEM curriculum

The Detroit News - Robert Buchsbaum "Much has been made [...]

July 18th, 2015|Categories: 21st Century Skills, Academic Achievement, Academic Performance, Accountability, Achievement Gap, Arts, Child Development, Childhood Education, Children, Current Events, Detroit, Education, Learning, Michigan, School, STEM, Teacher, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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Jacques: Education experts descend on Detroit

The Detroit News - Ingrid Jacques "If Detroit can't get [...]

July 5th, 2015|Categories: 21st Century Skills, Academic Achievement, Academic Performance, Accountability, Achievement Gap, Child Development, Childhood Education, Children, Current Events, Detroit, Education, Learning, Michigan, News, School, School District, Teacher, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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