Learning from Finland
Finland’s schools rank very high in international comparisons. The secret is highly trained, well-paid teachers and few standardized tests, writes Samuel Abrams in The New Republic. Today, teaching is...
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Woodworking classes for kids – including little kids — are catching on, reports the New York Times. Milan Joshi, 5, tries to loosen a vise during a woodworking class at the Eliot School of Fine and...
View ArticleTop 10 zero tolerance follies of 2014
Among Hit & Run’s 10 Outrageous ‘Zero Tolerance’ Follies of 2014: A 13-year-old boy at Weaverville Elementary School in California shared his school lunch (a chicken burrito) with a hungry friend....
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