Urban School Children Have a New Advocate
by Rachel Hicks on March 8, 2008 in The Blackboard
If you haven’t seen this article from the Washington Post about changes afoot in the D.C. Public Schools, you should take five minutes and read it.
Since Mayor Fenty appointed Michelle Rhee the Chancellor of D.C.’s school system, Rhee has been making big waves. Read more
Can money buy a good education?–Part II
by Rachel Hicks on March 3, 2008 in Blog, The Blackboard
This post completes a two-part examination of whether giving schools more funding will improve student achievement.
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School Funding Homework Pop Quiz: What major policy change has the state of New Jersey just approved for its public schools? (Look here to cheat.) Read more
Can money buy a good education?–Part I
by Rachel Hicks on February 22, 2008 in Blog, The Blackboard
Due to the complexity of this issue, I’m splitting this post into two parts. Check back for the continuation.
Like every first-year teacher, I had grand visions for what my seventh-grade classroom would look like–an inviting, text-rich environment that would enable great student achievement in the language arts. Knowing such a classroom would cost money, I spoke to a teacher at my new school before I arrived about my classroom funds. I was worried that an under-resourced school with a high-poverty student population wouldn’t be able to help me stock my classroom. My colleague was re-assuring: he told me that every teacher received $600 the previous year.
Maybe this won’t be so bad, I thought. Read more
Education’s Dirty Little Secret
by Rachel Hicks on February 18, 2008 in Blog, The Blackboard
Everyone is an education expert.
No really, I’m serious. If five years in the field of education have taught me anything, it’s this: everyone knows what’s wrong with American education. Read more
