Category: US Department of Education
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Be BOLD: Equity Required for High Achievement
Over the past year I have written multiple times about how critical equity is for ensuring all of our children master rigorous state standards. It is not something to be put on the back burner for more favorable times. As parents we all want our children to succeed on state standards and go beyond that…
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Equity is Crucial for Student Success
Equity in schools means providing every student with whatever they need to succeed; to master their state standards. This concept requires understanding that some students will need more because they start further back from what the standards require than others. Every student has hurdles to learning, however, some have many more hurdles than others. It…
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What We Lose When the Department of Education is Eliminated
The chaos in Washington DC regarding what schools should do is being compounded. First DEI was declared a threat that needed to be eradicated. Now efforts are focused on eliminating the US Department of Education. Should we care about the US Department of Education? Is it useful? Is it helpful to the goal of educating…