I got a letter from Diane Feinstein today about the latest version of ESEA. sigh. I include it at the bottom of this post. Here is my response. May it inspire you to write your own. Dear Senator Feinstein, All … Continue reading
Tell your two U.S. Senators to vote for Sen. Jon Tester’s amendment to reduce federally mandated standardized testing from every-kid-every-year to once each in elementary, middle and high schools. The Senate will vote the week of July 7 on a … Continue reading
I just finished the recently published book, Loving Learning. Written by Tom Little with important help from Katherine Ellison, it is a more than a guide to some of the places where progressive education is thriving today. Taking each of … Continue reading
Now’s the time to contact your U.S. Senators and Representatives to reduce federally mandated testing! Our children deserve less testing and more learning. Your voice can make a difference! Go here to add your letter to congress.
Ann Arbor Open won’t administer the state’s standardized tests this year! It will be allowed to develop its own form of assessment. Bravo!! This is a huge step past opt-out. Current principal Kit Flynn has tenaciously and effectively presented the … Continue reading
More than 550 organizations and 18,000 individuals have signed the National Resolution on High-Stakes Testing. How about you? We encourage organizations and individuals to publicly endorse it, with a letter to the editor, a tweet or other social media comment, or … Continue reading
A particular train of thought began with listening to physicist Fritjof Capra talk on NPR about Leonardo Da Vinci. For Capra, Leonardo’s genius (and that of others who we so identify) is closely tied to insatiable curiosity, combined with highly … Continue reading
Even after many viewings, Chapter 10 of A Year At Mission Hill gives me goosebumps. Tom’s images from the year combined with the staff chorus singing “On Children” captures the joy of teaching and learning with children so movingly. The … Continue reading
We’re feeling very good about what we have been able to show in Chapter 9 of our series, “A Year At Mission Hill.” But really seeing the learning, (the title of Chapter 9) takes time. Anyone making a reasonable length … Continue reading
Matthew Erickson wrote this post for his final online graduate class in Multicultural & International Education, and also posted it on the Alternative Education Resource Organization (AERO) listserve where I found it, and asked his permission to reprint it here. … Continue reading