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Discipline & School Reform

Discipline & School Reform

The year was nineteen seventy eight, I think. The place, Fremont Elementary School, in Long Beach, California. I sat in the front row of my class with my right hand atop my head, slowly rubbing my hair in a circular motion. I was a fourth grader. My teacher, Ms. B,...

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What if educators took the lead?

What if educators took the lead?

Back in August, I read this article about Colorado’s CMAS results from last spring, and then I decided that it is now fair to conclude that the school reform efforts of the last quarter century have failed. The results show the same problems now that the very first...

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