As advocates for deep change know, big success is often preceded by small incremental changes that may go unnoticed by the general public. It seems the effort to stop fast food companies from hawking toys to kids is gaining ground. I was watching Friday Night Lights recently (a great show if I don’t fret about [...]
There are children today who have to remind themselves every day, “I’m a human being. That’s what I am.” They have to remind themselves because they are not treated like human beings with hearts and souls. They are tormented and frightened and threatened. And if we are human beings, we will make it stop.
Your baby can’t really read. The Campaign for a Commercial-Free Childhood files FTC complaint against Your Baby Can Read for false and deceptive marketing.
The much acclaimed Nintendo 3DS promises endless hours of screen-time pleasure—and a load of trouble for parents and children. It provides 3D gaming with no bothersome glasses. Reviews glowingly describe a three dimensional experience that is more real and more compelling than ever before—instead of objects appearing to come at you, the new Nintendo technology [...]
There is hope for education innovation in the U.S. Earlier this month I had the great honor of joining several hundred people committed to innovation in education in various forms, for the TEDxNYED conference. The speaker roster, folks behind the scenes and participants I met (like Nathan Dudley of the NY Harbor School) truly inspired [...]
Press your Senators to oppose HR 1 and keep funding for Head Start, IDEA (special ed funding), STEM education, and women’s and children’s health care paid for and in the budget. Click on our K12NN/POPVOX.com action and make your voice heard before March 18, 2011!
Something doesn’t add up. These days you hear a lot of members of Congress saying, “Governments need to budget like families do.” I couldn’t agree more. Every family I know budgets by putting the health, safety, and future of their children first. But what gets me is that some of the same members of Congress [...]
Whenever I ponder of the excess of technology in today’s society, I think of a posting on my friend’s Facebook page complaining that her kids were driving her crazy as they waited in line for ice cream. It seemed obvious to me why her kids were acting up–they wanted her to stop the constant mobile [...]
Education reform: I fervently believe women who are in the schools every day–as parent volunteers, and as teachers–have a great deal to tell policymakers what works and what doesn’t.
What we need is a pointilist approach: steady application of dots of information about how schools are working–or not working–that add up to a big picture. We need it from parents, students, and educators themselves.
I’ve been thinking over at Raising Generation O lately about the Christmas Spirit. About giving, and teaching children about gratitude and charity, but also about fairness, justice, equity–and how these relate to the season’s spirit. At the end of Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol (the real, unabridged, print version)–spoiler alert–Tiny Tim doesn’t walk. The real [...]
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