This week, silent, single-file lines. Detention for putting a head on a desk. Rules for how to dress, how to applaud, how to complete homework. Walk into some of the most acclaimed urban schools today and you will find similar recipes of behavior, designed to support student achievement. Joanne Golann spent a year doing just that. In her new book called “Scripting The Moves – Culture and Control in a No-Excuses Charter School,” Dr. Golann describes the good intentions and the unintended consequences of these rigidly controlled schools.
A teacher in Baltimore thinks one solution to his city’s failing schools is tapping an underused asset: the students. Today on the Best of...
If you’ve ever seen a cartoon in your life you’ve probably seen the work of Ron Campbell. Beginning in the late 1950s in his...
This week on the Best of Our Knowledge, we’ll hear about the fight against COVID slide. Summer slide happens every year. When students return...