Ann Arbor Schools Musings
Blog URL http://a2schoolsmuse.blogspot.com
Located Ann Arbor, Michigan USA
Tags schools, Ann Arbor, Washtenaw, education, parenting, teaching, policy
A place to think about issues around Washtenaw County schools.
Latest Blog Posts
- How To Find A School Of Choice on Nov 19, 2009 in parents money public school homeschooling Choice Charters private school
This is a long overdue post I promised someone quite a while ago. If you are a parent, looking for a school for your child, what are your choices? This is meant as a basic primer. To get you started, here is a somewhat complete (not entirely) list of...
- Cool Early Childhood Research In Our Backyard on Nov 17, 2009 in special ed research race and ethnicity Ypsilanti Ann Arbor early childhood education AAPS
There was a terrific American Radioworks (Michigan Radio) story today on early childhood education. Of special interest, it features High Scope Research Center and Perry Nursery School (where a lot of the first research on preschool was done), and it...
- Is Our Only Tool A Hammer? on Nov 17, 2009 in technology educational philosophy
I just added a new blog to the blog roll on the side: Assorted Stuff. The most recent post asks: In the school setting, if your only tool is a hammer, do all of the tools look like nails?
- Meditations on Fairness and Equity on Nov 17, 2009 in money Michigan educational philosophy equity early childhood education policies
Probably every parent has had the experience of a child saying, "That's not fair!" while alluding to why you let Jane watch an extra hour of t.v., or why the coach let Joey's friend Mark play 4 innings in baseball and Joey only played 3 innings. But...
- Entrance to Huron Valley Catholic on Nov 16, 2009 in outdoors fun private school
Entrance to Huron Valley Catholic School this morning PRETTY!
- Race to the Top, Federal Style on Nov 13, 2009 in money Michigan federal politics policies
I swear, when I titled the last post, I had no idea that some of the federal education stimulus money was called Race to the Top. But it is. There you have it. I, of course, meant something different than the federal government means. And here is s...
- Top 20%: Race You to the Top on Nov 12, 2009 in Michigan activism educational philosophy policies
A commenter asked if I would share my thoughts about what we should be advocating for up in Lansing. I will, but it will probably come out in bits and pieces over the next couple of weeks. I can't seem to muster the time to put it in one coherent pac...
