Educational Equity- Legislative Solutions

Blog Post from Luke Laurie’s Teacher Blog: http://lukelaurie.wordpress.com/ Good Administration or governance requires knowledge.Our Democracy rests on the quality of public education. The fundamental unfairness in funding, opportunity, and achievement in America’s schools is the underlying reason for a significant portion of federal education funding (Title 1), and is both a reflection and contributing factor [...]

Money Makes Money Better Than Work

Luke Laurie- Teacher Blog    http://lukelaurie.wordpress.com Money Makes Money Better Than Work I’ve always been a believer in hard work. Indeed, for most of my life I’ve worked hard, probably too hard sometimes, at my job, my hobbies, and my projects. Weekends, evenings, and vacations have all been sacrificed for my commitment to my career. [...]

STEM Education: Improving Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Education

In 2007, I testified at a field hearing on the issues facing science education in the NCLB influenced standards-based era. In light of a forum taking place this weekend at Cal Poly, I am reposting this testimony. Testimony of Luke Laurie Science Teacher, El Camino Junior High, Santa Maria, CA Director: RoboChallenge mrlaurie@mac.com given to [...]

Using Psychology to Solve Education Woes

Can you convince students that their class is smaller, so they can benefit from that? Can you talk them into believing that their school is safe and well-maintained when it’s not. Can you convince them that their inequitable access to education resources is fair and just?

A Tax Cut for Every Problem

(This post is a repost from before the election, but it warrants repeating due to the current debate about spending versus tax cuts for economic stimulus.) John McCain used to be more honest about tax policy. He voted against the Bush tax cuts on the wealthy. He knew at the time, as most people would [...]

Educational Equity-Legislative Possibilities

The fundamental unfairness in funding, opportunity, and achievement in America’s schools is the underlying reason for the existence of a significant portion of federal education funding (Title 1 and IDEA), and is both a reflection and contributing factor to the continued divisions and disparity between socioeconomic, geographic, and racial groups in the U.S. It’s well [...]