The education reform debate in the US focuses on testing, achievement measurements, teacher evaluations and data driven discussions that often miss the one major point – our education “problem” is a class and equality problem. If we dig down deeper into the causes and obstacles facing many of our students poverty is more often than [...]
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Educate to Eradicate Poverty – ONE.org 12 Days of Change Campaign
Posted in charity, education, society, tagged Advocacy group, Africa, Bono, Education, education reform, Poverty on December 15, 2011 | 5 Comments »
Cheating on the SATs? I’m Shocked – NOT!
Posted in education, tagged high school, Education, Standardized test, SAT, College Board, Long Island, Great Neck North High School, Student, testing on November 23, 2011 | 2 Comments »
This week’s revelations that students in Long Island paid other students to take the SATs for them has the media all lathered up. Is it a result of high stakes testing? Is it a sign of our now hyper competitive world? And of course they want to know how could this happen? Well it happens [...]
My Back to School Promise to My Daughters
Posted in education, tagged Behavior, Child, discipline, Education, Hebrew School, mom congress, Parent, parenting on September 15, 2011 | 8 Comments »
This week my daughters had to sign a Code of Behavior Agreement for their Hebrew School. It stated that they wouldn’t use electronic devices at school, would arrive on time, respect others and the property and basically act like a decent human being. Not much to ask for. At their real school the discipline code [...]
140 Education Conference: My Session on Parental Engagement in the Schools
Posted in conferences, education, Speaking Engagements, tagged #140Edu, 92nd St. Y, Chris Lehmann, Education, Jeff Pulver, new york city, PTA on August 17, 2011 | 3 Comments »
Two weeks ago I spoke at the #140 Edu conference on meaningful parent engagement in the schools. I had never been to a #140 conference and now I’m a huge fan both of the conference and of Jeff Pulver, the organizer, ring leader and all around fantastic guy behind the conferences. Every presenter has a [...]
Parents as Meaningful Partners in Education
Posted in education, parenting, tagged ed reform, Education, mom congress, nyc, Parent, PTA, public school, Teacher on July 11, 2011 | 3 Comments »
This post was originally written for the White House Champions of Change series and was published last week by Parenting on the Mom Congress blog. As I prepare for my speaking gig at the #140 Conference on Education I thought I’d share what I’m working on and what I plan on talking about… How many [...]
No More Paper! No More Books! No More Teachers…
Posted in education, kids, politics, society, tagged budget cuts, Common Core Standards, Common Core State Standards Initiative, Education, Educators, nyc public schools on June 21, 2011 | 1 Comment »
It’s the annual song of the last day of school right? Only this time it’s not about summer it’s about the budget! Yesterday we were informed by our NYC Schools budget liaison that paper is not a necessity in the classroom. He didn’t really mean that of course but he couldn’t say what the DOE [...]
Here, There, Everywhere – Recent Press & Other Cool Things…
Posted in blogging, press, tagged ABC news, blogher, Circle of Moms, daily news, Education, Juju Chang, kidzvuz, Lee Woodruff, Suzanne Kantra, Techlicious on June 17, 2011 | 4 Comments »
I’ve been balancing a lot lately. I would probably be a “what not to do” in a case study about work-life balance but it’s hard for me to say no when opportunities come my way. So in the midst of wrapping up the school year, packing my daughters off to summer camp and planning an [...]
What a Great Teacher Looks Like
Posted in education, tagged Anthony Weiner, blackboard awards, Education, education reform, Wallace Stevens, William Faulkner on June 7, 2011 | 11 Comments »
It’s June – 3 weeks left to go in the NYC public school year and while there are projects being wrapped up, publishing parties happening, musical performances being staged there is one activity that takes precedence over all others – jockeying for next year’s teacher. As Co-President of the PA (we have no “T” in [...]
The White House Education Roundtable – And me!
Posted in education, politics, tagged Education, mom congress, parental involvement, White House on April 19, 2011 | 11 Comments »
While I haven’t had time to recap all of the amazing panels and workshops I attended at Mom Congress, I thought I’d skip forward to my last day in DC where I was invited to go to the White House and meet with Education and policy officials along with a dozen other parent education advocates [...]
Mom Congress Day 1: How Many DC Cupcakes Can I Eat?
Posted in education, tagged Education, Gifted Education, mom congress, parenting, Standardized test on April 11, 2011 | 4 Comments »
I guess this doesn’t really qualify as a first day since the Mom Congress started at 4:00pm with the opening remarks and an icebreaker session. We were talking advocacy – the most effective ways to rally your cause, present your case and influence policy. It was a reminder on how powerful data can be and [...]
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