Listening to Rush Limbaugh and Sean Hannity, one would think that American schools are bastions of the hard left, education factories that churn out
Author: City Mom
City Mom lives in St. Louis, Missouri, where her children attend school.
“Then you win:” A family visit to Occupy St. Louis
When you’re a parent, there is plenty to feel guilty about. My kids don’t eat enough vegetables, I don’t always keep my cool during
What would reasonable school reform look like?
In my last two articles for Occasional Planet, I lambasted two current trends in our country’s educational system: over-reliance on standardized tests and the
Education: When more is less
The “more is always better” approach to instructional time is a popular and destructive fetish among educational policy makers (and one that goes hand-in-hand
Evaluating teachers based on students’ test scores is harmful. Here’s why.
I taught sixth grade in a local public middle school for six years. It was a struggling, blue-collar district. My students’ parents did not
Best and worst of times for St. Louis City parents of school kids
There is a widespread misperception that, unless it’s a Catholic school or very expensive private school, to send your children to school in the