Every October 20, the National Council of Teachers of English celebrates the National Day on Writing. I'll admit I have misgivings-- it ...

Today in Cleveland, wealthy education amateur Bill Gates announced that he and Melinda are about to drop another $1.7 Billion-with-a-B on e...

Public Source is a news outlet centered in Pittsburgh, and they've been working their way through a series about charter schools. Is it ...

Put this in the "How Teaching Has Become a Different Sort of Job" file. In Pittsburgh, Janice Watkins, 46, a teacher at King Pr...

Jeanne Allen is sad, because of the new documentary "Backpack Full of Cash." Allen is the head honcho of the Center for Educati...

So the blog has gone dark for a few days. In the meantime,I had some adventures and drew some conclusions in the process. Feel free to skip ...

A charter school is a public school If If it is owned and operated by the local community and their duly elected representatives. If you...