Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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Supreme Court Will Decide Fate of Student Loan Relief
Supreme Court Will Decide Fate of Student Loan Relief: What Teachers Need to Know The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday heard more than three hours of oral arguments about President Joe Biden’s $400 billion student loan debt relief plan, which remains on hold—a major test of executive branch power watched by millions of teachers carrying…
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The Big Questions Teachers Are Asking Themselves Right Now
The Big Questions Teachers Are Asking Themselves Right Now Schools and ‘the Future Economy’Meg Riordan, Ph.D., is the chief learning officer at the Possible Zone, a youth entrepreneurship and work-based learning program with a mission to advance economic equity. She has been in the field of education for almost 30 years as a middle, high…
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Beyond the Curriculum: Educators Reflect on Racism, Democracy, Purpose
Beyond the Curriculum: Educators Reflect on Racism, Democracy, Purpose In the early morning as I lie in bed with little more than the sound of crickets to answer me, I ponder on the state of education and the fumes of racism that poison it. I trace the trail of violent school desegregation to the disparate…
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School Reform Is Tough All Over, Not Just in the U.S.
School Reform Is Tough All Over, Not Just in the U.S. Spain’s former Secretary of State for Education Montse Gomendio is out with a book drawing on her experience, titled Dire Straits-Education Reforms: Ideology, Vested Interests and Evidence. Montse, the former head of the OECD’s Centre for Skills and director of Spain’s Natural History Museum…
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Tips for Encouraging English-Learners to Practice Speaking
Tips for Encouraging English-Learners to Practice Speaking I am an educator from a diverse background, so this topic resonates with me on a personal and professional level. My own children are (former) English-learners, and I work in a Title I school where 11 out of my 17 students are English-learners. I have created a classroom…
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Foundations Have Given Money to Schools for a Long Time
Foundations Have Given Money to Schools for a Long Time. What’s Actually Working? Back in 1988, not long after U.S. Secretary of Education William Bennett declared it the “worst” district in the country, the Illinois legislature passed the Chicago School Reform Act. The bill created elected school boards for every school in the system. It…
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3 Educators Offer Their Best Ideas for Starting the Year Off Right
3 Educators Offer Their Best Ideas for Starting the Year Off Right The first few weeks of your semester, in my opinion, can have a large impact on your time spent together. During this time, together with your students, you are building relationships, establishing routines, and laying the groundwork of what to expect for the…
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A Recent Report Sparked Ire in the Field. One Teacher Explains Why
A Recent Report Sparked Ire in the Field. One Teacher Explains Why Earlier this month, several news organizations covered a report released by the RAND Corp. and the Center on Reinventing Public Education. The report is composed of observations from leaders of five anonymous school districts. Neither the report nor the articles reporting on it…
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