This spring I have had the pleasure of leading a group of children as they worked together twice weekly over a period of a month on a class mural about intertidal zones in seacoast Maine. As I guided the children last session I was reminded that arts education teaches the 21st century skills that all students need. […]
This month of October that is just about to end was given over to standardized testing in many schools in Maine. Testing sessions impacted students in very powerful ways. New material could not be taught. Students had to tread water in terms of tackling new concepts and skills. Schools were focused on producing data about […]
The United States spends an enormous amount of money developing methods for evaluating whether individual schools are performing well. I think we should spend that money hiring more teachers instead. Honestly, it is relatively easy to tell if a school is good – if it is, the students who attend it will speak of it […]
