Education Reform Sampler

Before enlightenment, chopping wood, carrying water.
After enlightenment, chopping wood, carrying water.

-Zen Proverb

No matter the shining promises or "Enlightenment" proffered by Progressive educators, at the end of the day there is still the hard work of teaching children academic knowledge and skills.

It's been said that our math curriculum is a mile wide and an inch deep. The same can be said for Progressive efforts at education reform. Can we instead focus on what works? Thanks.

Major Themes of Education Reform
A quick-and-dirty overview of the themes we've seen emerge in the past few years of researching the problem of Education Reform.

Opening doors
Why do children attend school? Is it for merely utilitarian purposes?

10 Traits of Highly Successful Schools
Elaine McEwan's blueprint for improving any school.

Comparison of Traditional and Progressive
A simple point-by-point (or blow-by-blow) overview.

Tale of two extremes
What would you get if you took Traditional and Progressive approaches to their logical endpoints?

Changing what we can Change
Too many educators blame our educational problems on things they can't change.

Reform and Rocket Science
Do we at ReformK12.com have a grudge against rocket scientists?