by dwalker | Jan 11, 2011 | Blog
Two months ago, I wrote an overview of the four IES categories of research recommendations for achieving school turnaround (see IES Practice Guide: Turning Around Chronically Low Performing Schools 2009). Last month I posted an entry on one of the recommendations:...
by dwalker | Nov 19, 2010 | Blog
My last post, Achieving School Turnaround, presented an overview of the four IES categories of research recommendations for achieving school turnaround (see IES Practice Guide: Turning Around Chronically Low Performing Schools 2009). The first recommendation sends a...
by admin | Jun 4, 2010 | Blog
In my last post Why Support the Arts? I noted six points summarized from an article “Willingham: Six Practical Reasons Why Arts Education is Not a Mere Luxury” (Washington Post, November 23, 2009) by cognitive scientist Dan Willingham. Developmental psychologist...
by admin | Feb 19, 2010 | Blog
Last week, I attended events in Frankfort Kentucky for Arts Day 2010. Even though the day turned out to bitterly cold, windy and snow- and ice-packed, a couple hundred of us die-hards showed to support the arts in education and in the daily lives of all Kentuckians. ...
by dwalker | Nov 6, 2009 | Blog
With a new administration in the White House there has been a lot of talk about turning around schools, with a number of schools highlighted for making hard-won gains. These case studies of turn-around schools, some but not all of which are charter schools, often...
