As I’ve noted many times (see, for instance, here, here, and here), some corners in schooling today are marked by a bizarre enthusiasm for low expectations. This has fueled a push to eliminate ...

Standing before columns of numbers on the blackboard, Jill Lyttle is teaching her 8th graders about prime factorization. She calls on a boy who often struggles in the class. After each not-yet-correct ...

More often than not, people perform up to what’s expected of them. It’s why goal setting is such an effective way to self-motivate as well as motivate others. It’s widely called the Pygmalion effect, ...

Several years ago, I was part of a group that a philanthropist had assembled to review his foundation’s education agenda. In the course of a two-day meeting, the conversation turned negative only once ...

Teacher contracts are beginning to catch up with the realities of the coronavirus pandemic. And as it has done with so many other aspects of K-12 education, the coronavirus has forced districts to ...

For more information go to our website, moultrienews.com to read the Fordham study authored by American University’s Seth Gershenson. Great Expectations: The Impact of Rigorous Grading Practices on ...

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Matt Rafalow works for Google, where he leads social science research for a product team. Schools that rely on remote learning during the pandemic are trying to ensure that all kids have the devices ...