We’ve looked at the first public school in the U.S., what education was like in the Massachusetts Bay Colony circa 1635, and what the Bray School tells us about education around the time of the Revolutionary War. We also looked at the Lancaster Monitorial system from the early decades of the 19th century before shifting […]
We’ve looked at the first public school in the U.S., what education was like in the Massachusetts Bay Colony circa 1635, and what the Bray School tells us about education around the time of the Revolutionary War. We also looked at the Lancaster Monitorial system from the early decades of the 19th century before shifting […]
“We have dedicated staff members of color who now carry their passports with them at all times, just hoping to avoid wrong detention. We’ve also seen students who were once excelling in their classes now failing, their mental health shattered by the continued and constant weight of this anxiety. This is not an environment for […]
“For me and for public schools here in Minnesota, this isn’t about being Democrat or Republican. This is about the ability of our children to attend federally required school in a safe and productive way…” – Dr. Brenda Lewis, Superintendent, Fridley Public Schools, quoted in The Preamble.* On February 4, 2026, two school districts and […]
We’ve looked at the first public school in the U.S., what education was like in the Massachusetts Bay Colony circa 1635, and what the Bray School tells us about education around the time of the Revolutionary War. We also looked at the Lancaster Monitorial system from the early decades of the 19th century before shifting […]
Income inequality is the widening gap between the rich and the poor, and specifically the growing group of people who are getting closer and closer to the poverty line. As of 2025, the gap has increased to the point that those who used to be solidly middle class are finding themselves on the low end […]
We’ve looked at the first public school in the U.S., what education was like in the Massachusetts Bay Colony circa 1635, and what the Bray School tells us about education around the time of the Revolutionary War. We also looked at the Lancaster Monitorial system from the early decades of the 19th century before shifting […]
We’ve looked at the first public school in the U.S., what education was like in the Massachusetts Bay Colony circa 1635, and what the Bray School tells us about education around the time of the Revolutionary War. We also looked at the Lancaster Monitorial system from the early decades of the 19th century before shifting […]
Well, this was fascinating. In an era when reading scores are continuing to fall, The 74 just ran an article about schools that were beating the odds in literacy rates. In a very large study, the authors compared predicted literacy rates based on each school’s poverty level to actual literacy rates for third graders in […]
So far we’ve looked at the first public school in the U.S., what education was like in the Massachusetts Bay Colony circa 1635, and what the Bray School tells us about education around the time of the Revolutionary War. We also looked at the Lancaster Monitorial system from the early decades of the 19th century […]