But while holding the right people accountable to the implementation of schooling is critical, a primary focus on accountability of implementation is incomplete. How excellent teachers and administrators navigate the conditions/systems of school, are a) are impacted by constraints of a system and b) have an impact on what we all want from school: results.
In education, we are defining accountability too narrowly Read More »
Right now, today, people are in the early stages of exploiting that some of us are afraid to speak up and some of us are not. You have just as valid of a reason to not speak up as those that didn’t speak up during Jim Crow. And though that might come off as direct, the gravity of what’s happening in your community, right now, is no less paramount.
ICE out: a Black History Month reflection Read More »
Boardhawk columnist Aaron Massey says the mass hooting last weekend at Brown University hit close to home. What, he asks, do teachers think about how to approach gun violence in American schools? “If you ask me, they are the ones that can make progress in solving gun violence.Teachers have a unique positionality in society in that they see children progress through the human developmental stages.”
We should ask teachers how to solve gun violence in America Read More »
From Dr. Aaron Massey: hope the glow of victory and the pain of defeat doesn’t undermine our ability to work together for children and for the community.
Post-election, my three hopes for the future of DPS Read More »
I might not agree with the change you seek. But I do agree that you should be allowed to safely seek it. We aren’t there anymore.
We are not modeling civil disagreement for our children Read More »
From Boardhawk columnist Dr. Aaron Massey: Here are a few things that are truly happening in education that are impacting its current state of affairs.
The state of public education at the dawn of a new year Read More »
instead of just learning about their theoretical stances that they squeezed into whatever political box was closest to them , there are additional questions that we should be asking candidates to better understand how school board candidates plan on being productive in the seat.
“Reform” vs. “Pro-public Education.” This is a false binary. All school board candidates across the country know that what students need is not as simple as these two categories; yet leading with your values is subjugated by a system that only pretends to have choice.
The false binary of school board elections Read More »
Educators, we need to learn and learn quickly how to guide students to use social media in socially responsive, yet innovative ways. I know this is another job on our plate. I know that we can’t solve all of society’s ills. I also know that we can’t standby.
Social media in American education: The good, the bad, and the shameful Read More »
From Boardhawk columnist Dr. Aaron Massey: Here are three reasons why the U. S. Department of Education is on the chopping block, why it makes sense that it’s on the chopping block, but why it should still exist.
