Robert Pondiscio
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Medusa, NY, United States
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Past articles by Robert:
Unlocking the Future
On education, as on so many issues, there is no political consensus—no agreement about what needs to be done and no effective left-right coalition in place to drive reform. → Read More
What Next for New York Charter Schools?
The era of explosive growth of network-run, “no excuses” charter schools is over. Tentatively emerging: “community-based” charter schools. → Read More
“How'd You Do It?” Mississippi’s Superintendent of Education Explains State’s Learning Gains
“Data and accountability will drive the behaviors that you want to see,” Carey Wright says in exit interview → Read More
Could Great Hearts Academy Change the Face of Private Education?
Great Hearts is the largest operator of classical charter schools in the U.S., with 33 schools serving 22,000 students in Arizona and Texas. → Read More
Angry parents are school choice advocates-in-waiting. Duh.
Parents who are happy with their child’s school, teachers, curriculum, and culture have no reason to leave, especially given how disruptive changing schools can be. Yet many parents are unhappy. Does this present an opportunity for advocates of school choice? → Read More
Can Teaching Be Improved by Law?
At least twenty states have passed or are considering measures related to the science of reading. → Read More
Is Hybrid Learning Killing Teaching?
Bolstering the urgency of getting everyone back in person. → Read More
Restarting the “Science of Reading” Conversation
Lucy Calkins concedes instructional materials need an update. → Read More
How Socrates Invented Social and Emotional Learning
What used to be called character education is unlikely to be effective if it is divorced from its moral and religious foundations. → Read More
"Most of What You Believe about Poverty is Wrong"
What the work of Mauricio “Lim” Miller, an Oakland, California-based social services pioneer and MacArthur “Genius” fellowship recipient, means for education. → Read More
Don’t Dismiss That 30 Million-Word Gap Quite So Fast
Differences in the early language environments of children do have a significant impact. → Read More
If Education Advocacy Were More Like Pharmaceutical Ads
Imagine the disclaimers and warnings about potentially harmful side effects of today's promising practices and reform initiatives. → Read More
AFT Misses a Chance to Demand that Teachers Get Support They Need
Teachers are angry about inadequate training and poor curriculum. → Read More
Teach Students to Love America
Infusing children with a love of reading is laudable, but a love of country is indispensible. → Read More
New Evidence Bolsters the Argument for Arts Education
An arts education experiment finds measurable academic, social, and emotional outcomes, but do we really need a randomized control trial study to justify the arts as an essential part of a well-rounded education? → Read More
Faint of art: New evidence bolsters the argument for arts education
There are two ways to read this report of a first-of-its-kind arts education experiment from Rice University’s Kinder Institute for Urban Research. The first is with a measure of relief. The authors claim measurable academic, social, and emotional outcomes associated with arts education for elementary and middle school students. Bravo! The second is with a touch of vexation, perhaps sadness, or… → Read More
New 'Knowledge Mapping' Tool Evaluates English Language Arts Curricula
Tool allows education leaders to see the degree to which their curriculum builds critical background knowledge and aligns with their vision and priorities. → Read More
School Choice Supporters Weigh Bold Move in Florida
But some lawmakers prefer to push the choice agenda incrementally → Read More
Florida's opportunity to "go big or go home" on school choice
Florida has been a national leader on private school choice for a long time. The state’s tax credit scholarship program is the largest of its kind the nation, supporting over 100,000 low-income children in 1,800 participating private schools. A new study this week from the Urban Institute suggests those students are more likely to go to college and graduate than their peers in traditional public… → Read More
How Researchers and Policymakers Can Support Better Practices in Schools
Shifting ed reform’s focus to improving practice is an acknowledgment that underperformance is not a failure of will, but a lack of capacity. → Read More