by Noble Newman | Oct 19, 2016 | education, education policy
Think back to your years as a student, stuck in a classroom for eight or nine hours a day listening to your teachers drone on and on about their class curriculum. They talked, you took notes, maybe nodded, and answered a question or two. You were so focused in on...
by Noble Newman | Jun 10, 2016 | education, education policy, education reform, Noble Newman
One of the biggest preconceived notions about teaching is that teachers have the summers off. While the academic calendar does provide a two and a half month hiatus from the classroom, teachers and educational leaders alike are more than likely to spend a majority of...
by Noble Newman | Dec 2, 2015 | education, education policy, education reform, Noble Newman
Since the spark of President Bush’s No Child Left Behind act back in the early 2000s, education has changed its course from a cultivating character development environment to a data driven setting. The standards for teacher led instructions, prompting teacher...
by Noble Newman | Nov 3, 2015 | education, education policy, education reform, Noble Newman
John Quincy Adams once said that, “if your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more, and become more, you are a leader.” As an educator, the classical style of teaching has been considered outdated and obsolete. While the No Child Left Behind looked...
