Category Archives: Articles

High School Graduation in Four Years – Why Not Two Years or Even Six?

February 28, 2010 – 7:57 pm

High Schoolers have many more options today then they did even a decade ago.  There are Alternative, Charter, Private and On-Line options, and now there are options in many states to graduate early or if necessaryto stay one, two or even three additional years.  Recently both the New York Times and U.S. Today had articles [...]

By Peter Wieczorek | Also posted in Alt, Ed. Res. Org., Alternatives, Ed Alt for Everyone, High schools, Personalized Educ | Comments (0)

Graduation For All

January 13, 2010 – 4:11 pm

Here are a couple of very interesting and extensive articles on graduation rates and the need to promote graduation for all students.  The first article talks mostly about the graduation gap between the upper 2/3 of high school students and the lower 1/3, made up mostly of urban, low-income African American and Latino students.  The [...]

By Peter Wieczorek | Also posted in Alternatives, At risk programs, Policy, Reform, Reports | Comments (0)

Building a Better Test?

August 26, 2009 – 11:41 am

After school budgets, testing remains one of the most controversial and talked about subjects among administrators, teachers, parents and students.  Edutopia has an interesting article along with several links regarding the future of standardized testing.  The article Reinventing the BIG test  http://www.edutopia.org/reinventing-big-test-the-challenge-of-authentic-assessment  gives examples of several promising alternative assessments to the standardized multiple choice tests that [...]

By Peter Wieczorek | Also posted in Alternatives, Reform, Survey | Comments (0)

Technology’s Impact on Students

June 9, 2009 – 7:13 am

Several recent articles outline the uses of technology in the classroom and give readers lots to think about.  
The first article deals with the effects of technology on students throughout their education. Lenovo to Research Tech’s Effect on Learning: Global Education Research project will study how technology affects education in and after school, from kindergarten through higher education.

Another article [...]

By Peter Wieczorek | Also posted in Online learning, Reform, Reports, Research, Technology | Comments (0)

Democratic Schools Paper

July 3, 2008 – 12:58 am

Arising from discussions with Politeia, Brazil’s democratic education institute, at the 15th International Democratic Education Conference last summer in Sao Paulo a new work “A History of Democratic Education in American Public Schools” by democracy advocate and IALA member John Harris Loflin is now available.
Supported by IALA, this comprehensive 161 page paper aims at persuading American urban [...]

By Wayne Jennings | Also posted in Alternatives, At risk programs, Democratic schools, IDEC, International Educ, Loflin, John, Reports, Research | Tagged , , , | Comments (2)

A Curriculum for Thinking

March 13, 2008 – 10:46 pm
By Wayne Jennings | Also posted in Reform, Research, Students | Comments (0)

What We Teach: Questioning the Conventional

July 23, 2007 – 10:25 am
By Wayne Jennings | Also posted in Choices, Deschooling, Students | Comments (0)

Programs for Seriously At-Risk Youth

July 15, 2007 – 8:12 pm
By Wayne Jennings | Also posted in Alternatives, At risk programs, Reports, Students | Comments (0)

Entire Website now Searchable

June 30, 2007 – 10:40 am
By Wayne Jennings | Comments (0)

Now for a Different Paradigm about Youth

May 31, 2007 – 3:23 pm
By Wayne Jennings | Also posted in High schools, Research, Students | Comments (0)

Future Schools

May 16, 2007 – 10:45 am
By Wayne Jennings | Also posted in Alternatives, Charter schools, Choices, Community schools, Online learning, Personalized Educ, Policy, Reform, Students, Virtual schools | Comments (0)

Fundamental Beliefs About Schooling

April 6, 2007 – 10:01 am
By Wayne Jennings | Also posted in Alternatives, Policy, Reform, Reports, Research | Comments (0)

Great Journals on Alternatives

June 6, 2005 – 11:50 am
By Wayne Jennings | Also posted in Reports, Research | Comments (0)

Charter Schools: Good or Bad Alternative?

January 28, 2005 – 2:22 am

Numerous studies have tried to assess the charter school movement. This is like trying to say public schools in general are successful or are unsuccessful. Charter schools vary enormously from highly experimental to ultra traditional, from serving affluent suburban students to rescuing high-need students, and from tiny to huge. Judgments about charter schools usually focus [...]

By Wayne Jennings | Also posted in Assessment, Charter schools, Reports | Comments Off

EDUCATION REFORM IS BIGGEST URBAN LEGEND

January 16, 2005 – 9:57 pm

According to an interesting web site, education reform in the United States is a myth. Reform implies that something is being made better, and that clearly is not the case when it comes to education, writes one unhappy blogger. The fun goes on and on, day after day while our children continue to get sub-par [...]

By Wayne Jennings | Also posted in Parents, Reform | Comments Off