Education

Hartford Parent University March 10th held its largest graduation ceremony ever – with 35 parents from the M.D. Fox, Thirman Milner, Simpson-Waverly, and SAND schools completing the Achieve [...]

Did you know 40% of Nigerian children of the age 6-11 do not attend any primary school? What’s even more concerning? Nearly 45% of Nigerian’s population is made up of children younger than the [...]

“Until justice is blind to color, until education is unaware of race, until opportunity is unconcerned with the color of men’s skins, emancipation will be a proclamation but not a fact.” [...]

“Freedom is never voluntarily given by the oppressor; it must be demanded by the oppressed.” – Martin Luther King Jr. knew that freedom could only be demanded with the self-realization of [...]

This week, Hartford Parents University (HPU), Achieve Hartford!, Center for Adaptive Learning (CfAL), and Hartford Public Schools, in collaboration with No Child Held Back (NCHB) and NaMaYa, held [...]

No Child Held Back is an approach to education that allows every child to thrive project team management.  Every child – no matter his or her socioeconomic background, learning style, or [...]

Michael F. Shaughnessy – 1) There always seems to be this issue of parents trying to cross district lines to get their child into a “ better “ school. How pervasive is this? I think this is [...]

This past Thursday marked the 95th birthday of one of the world’s greatest leaders – Nelson Mandela. In the spirit of #mandeladay let’s take a look at your power as a leader and [...]

A few of you who are just starting to build a school asked about how to create a school culture of innovation. Good question to ask, especially because we no longer live in an industrial age. [...]

In the aftermath of No Child Left Behind, and nearly every state filing for a waiver, the next question on everyone’s mind is, what comes after NO Child Left Behind (NCLB)? Recall the reason for [...]