Introducing Reality CheckED
Public Agenda has launched a blog about education policy issues. If you are interested in education policy, it is worth a read.
We at Public Agenda are big champions of democracy and a stronger public voice. We have also, over the past 20 years, become regarded as reliable, unbiased interpreters of the public’s thinking on education issues. Whether it’s the opinions of principals, teachers, superintendents, parents, students, average citizens, employers or any other group invested in education issues, Public Agenda has asked probing, thoughtful questions and presented the results with even-handed and provocative reporting. We’ve also become rather adept at taking what we hear from the public and making it heard in the media and within policy circles.
This new “RealityCheckED” blog aims to bring the same level of dialogue we’ve contributed to national policy debates to the blogosphere. We plan to introduce key facts and discussion points as daily events occur in education news and ask readers to contribute their own knowledge. Our hope is that this blog can be a resource for those who want to learn about education issues as well as a place for those who care about those issues to state their cases.
Isn't It Time to Do Something About the Climate in Minority-Dominant Schools?
With all the leadership focus on closing the achievement gap, with so much attention to upgrading the curriculum, obtaining better data, developing more useful tests, improving teacher certification and so on, why is there seemingly so little discussion about the climate schools provide for teaching and learning. Perhaps this is considered a local issue or just a facet of school leadership or teacher training. But the problem surfaces repeatedly in our surveys of both students and teachers. Given the student and teacher views, I think it's hard to dismiss the importance of this issue.
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