Dreamed of in the Declaration of our nation and guaranteed by the framers of our constitution, the promise of equal opportunity is handed to our public schools to uphold.

 

  • The role of the humanities in teaching empathy

  • Measuring growth in English

  • The negative outcomes of standardization in education

  • The loss of the school as center of the community

  • Public education as a civic good

  • Public education and the promise of equal opportunity

  • The need to re-professionalize the occupation of teaching

  • Recruitment and retention of teachers