In 1991, I was admitted to Southern Illinois University at Carbondale. My mother worked as a telephone operator and didn’t have the money to pay the $3,000 in yearly tuition. But the cost wasn’t a...
A school that bakes parent engagement into its strategy for student success is a school after my own heart. Intrepid College Prep Schools, a Tennessee Reward School scoring in the top 5 percent of...
For the Chicago Teachers Union (CTU), a glass that is three quarters full is still half empty. Consider the dueling announcements from the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC) and local reform...
I’m a numbers guy. I love a good debate or emotional plea, but nothing moves me more than good old solid math. If you want to shift my mood from “that’s terrible” to “I have to do something about...
Oh, the angst that could be prevented by a bit of accurate data. One of my neighbors recently posted to our community Facebook group lamenting about US News and World Report’s best high school...
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