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John’s first few days on the North American continent were spent getting to know his father once again. Megan was most surprised by the amount of traffic lights, while Sam was occupied with finding a job.
For these three refugees—and a handful of others fortunate enough to escape their war-torn homelands—a child.hood of trauma and... Read more »
Education has never been more important to our nation's progress. One essential way we fulfill our mission of research, teaching and service at Lehigh University occurs right in our neighborhood, in the schools in south Bethlehem. The Community School initiatives in three south Bethlehem area public schools are changing lives for the better. ... Read more »
How a local government, university, hospital, medical school, non-profit, and corporation in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania are working together in an approach to education that encompasses health and well-being.
Can our educational culture be changed by thinking more like children and less like adults? The Montessorian philosophy may offer the answer.
Despite widespread conjecture about what the next iteration of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act will look like, one thing is certain: Educational reform is on everyone’s mind. Tim Cauller... Read more »
Equality Among the Ranks
If 72 percent of all K-12 educators in the United States are female, why are only 14.5 percent of school superintendents women?
Today, just 1,984 out of 13,728 district leaders are women. While that is a significant improvement from the early 1990s when that number was just 6.6 percent, there is still... Read more »