by Alyssa Fama Growing up, I always admired the beauty of nature and the world around me; blossoming flowers in the spring, the buzzing of insects during the summer, changing leaf colors in the fall and the silent snowfall in the winter. My childhood eyes were never opened to what we were doing to our planet, and it wasn’t until recently I began to understand. We go … [Read more...] about Teaching About Food, Climate, and Sustainability
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Charter Schools: Myth & Reality
Twenty years ago, the charter school was born as an innovative strategy to reinvigorate and enrich public education. Dr. Gary Miron of Western Michigan University is quoted as saying, 'Groups of teachers and administrators who wanted to innovate and try new things would band together and little laboratories of education would emerge… The idea was simple: anything valuable … [Read more...] about Charter Schools: Myth & Reality