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When recently reading about Chancellor Michelle Rhee’s plans to offer middle school students in Washington, D.C., cash, for good behavior, I was a bit dismayed. Somewhat because I was always good in middle school and missed my opportunity to receive cash for it. But, more importantly because I don’t like the precedent this sets for rewarding someone for what they’re generally supposed to do. I do, however, applaud Rhee for her continued out-of-the-box revamping of the public school system. I just don’t think this particular idea is a good one. Read the rest of this entry »
While reading an article in the July issue of Planning, the aptly titled magazine of the American Planning Association, I was confronted with a disturbing truth. The article, “Planning Education 2.0,“ focused on recent graduates in the field of urban planning and discussed what has become an unfortunately increasing reality: an alarming number of college students are graduating and entering (or attempting to enter) the workforce without the ability to write effectively.
