Chris Stewart
RECENT POSTS
Posted Nov. 4, 2019
Parent-Teacher Conferences Might Suck, But We Still Have to Show Up
David McGuire, a school leader in Indianapolis, asked the Twitterati this week what does it take to get parents to…
Posted Oct. 21, 2019
Someone Should Run for School Board, Why Not You?
Let’s get this out of the way. Mark Twain’s famous joke: “In the first place, God made idiots. That was…
Posted Oct. 15, 2019
After 40 Years, There Is Still Time for the U.S. Department of Education to Become a Good Idea
Wherever you exist on the political spectrum, the U.S. Department of Education’s work has never been more relevant to the…
Posted Oct. 8, 2019
Teachers Are Rightfully Demanding Better for Themselves, But What Are They Bringing to the Table?
Behold, the Chicago model of educator noisemaking has gone national, and now public school teachers have emerged as an indomitable…
Posted Oct. 1, 2019
Integration Is a Noble Goal, But Obsessing Over It Shouldn’t Distract Us From Improving Teaching and Learning
Another week, another headline about the urgency of jettisoning efforts to improve teaching and learning for all kids and instead…
Posted Sep. 23, 2019
I’m a Public School Parent and I Have Every Right to Complain
When someone speaks poorly of public institutions there is probably a story there. To that point, if you read the…
Posted Sep. 16, 2019
I Hate to Inform You, but Not Everyone Is Above Average in Wobegon
Wherever you live, there is a high probability that Minnesota is low-key superior to your state. We are the safest…
Posted Sep. 9, 2019
The Biggest Threat to Public Education Is Still Its Insidious ‘Belief Gap’
For a long time school reform seemed to be winning the public argument about the failure of schools to prepare…
Posted Sep. 3, 2019
The Three R’s of Parents Who Want to Raise Free Children
A parent’s power to determine the right to choose where, when and what their children learn is only one power among many that create what I call parental sovereignty—a concept I believe is rooted in three essential R’s: roles, responsibilities and rights. …
Posted Aug. 20, 2019
If We Care for Kids, We Can’t Shut Down Teachers Who Truly Want to Do Better by Them
This teacher said a thing and I thought all hell would break loose. It happened last week when my 8…
