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Education historian Diane Ravitch, a lightning rod in the national debate on school reform, presented her case for public education Tuesday night in a well-received lecture at the Zoellner Arts Center. Hosted by Lehigh’s College of Education, Ravitch engaged in an imaginary, yet spirited, debate with a school reformer who’d likely argue that... Read more »
States, like organizations, set high standards for education leaders but their codes lack any means of enforcement.
The ethical framework for school leaders is like a Venn diagram, with students’ best interest at the center, and in the overlapping frames, the ethical codes of professional organizations and, in some jurisdictions, state... Read more »
The environment at the Centennial School when Michael George took charge of it in 1998 was violent.
Teachers at the school for students with autism and behavioral challenges had to forcibly restrain students more than 1,000 times during the previous year. As... Read more »
A newly minted New York City math teacher in 1953, Albert Shanker earned $2,600 for the year – $23,200 in today’s dollars. He could have made more washing cars.
Shanker would go on to organize the United Federation of Teachers and become... Read more »
