David Kirp is a professor of the Graduate School at the University of California, Berkeley and the author of Shakespeare, Einstein, and the Bottom Line.
Resistance is growing, and with good reason—test mania delivers few benefits and often harms the students it’s meant to help.
With a well-marked pathway from preschool through high school, the dense New Jersey city is a model educator for newcomers—and America at large.
As a mentoring program shows, the arc of a child’s life can be altered by a single stable adult.
Community schools alter the arc of children’s lives by addressing academic and social needs.