How to incorporate play into your kid’s day (and why it’s important)
The life of a fourth grader is an alarmingly busy one. The schedules of fourth graders are often inundated with the pressure to pursue task
Teachers are quitting and not because of Covid
Public schools are hemorrhaging teachers. And they have been for almost 50 years. Although Covid played a large part in the teacher burnout crisis, the
15 alternative jobs for teachers who want to leave public education
A public school teacher named Sarah recently opened up to us about the decaying interior of public education. It’s a story of low salaries, high
Why teachers are quitting (and why one teacher says “education is falling apart”)
A noble profession has reduced teachers to being overworked, underpaid, and underappreciated – and leaving education in droves. Public school teachers are in the midst
How are public schools actually funded?
High quality education doesn’t have to be expensive. From free Harvard courses to tuition-free microschools to apps that help your kid learn math, the 21st
The Big Problem with Standardized Testing
John Dewey, the 20th-century educational reform philosopher, once voiced his fears about our nation’s obnoxious obsession with test scores: “Our mechanical, industrialized civilization is concerned
Why standardization is ruining your kid’s desire to learn
Imagine that it’s 10:07 on a Tuesday morning in a public school classroom, and a little girl has her nose in a fiction book. Subconsciously,
3 Questions To Help You Choose The Right School For Your Kid
You might be familiar with on-the-way-to-school temper tantrums. You know, the red-faced, snot-nosed, neck-vein-popping episodes of screaming that feel like you’re dragging your kid through
Four Life Skills School Isn’t Teaching Your Kids
In 1947, Martin Luther King Jr. was already worried about the education system. “We must remember that intelligence is not enough,” he warned in a
