2011-10-04T13:57:24+01:00 essentialblog.org http://www.essentialblog.org/xml/atom.xml http://www.essentialblog.org/lack-of-sleep-is-a-problem-for-some-students/ 2011-10-04T13:57:24+01:00

­While there is a hard core group of Central Michigan University (CMU) students that study late and party deep into the early morning hours, their behavior is a matter of choice. If they choose to forego a full 8 hours of sleep and occupy ...

http://www.essentialblog.org/secondary-school-reform/ 2011-02-02T23:31:00+01:00

Statistics have shown that the US is losing competitive ground in the international arena for high marks in education. Institutions such as No Child Left Behind and now more recently The Race to the Top have been ideals established during t ...

http://www.essentialblog.org/coalition-of-essential-schools/ 2011-02-02T23:30:00+01:00

It started in 1984 with 12 schools, and has grown to over 600 schools. CES is centered around challenging schools with an emphasis on personalized learning, student achievement, and effective teaching methods. The type of school reform that ...

http://www.essentialblog.org/public-school-governance/ 2011-02-02T23:27:00+01:00

Public schools establish the intellectual, communal, and even moral climate for the future of the nation. Public school governance must exist in a pragmatic fashion so that these institutions can provide the utmost in education and investme ...

http://www.essentialblog.org/on-schools-and-specialty-education-essentials/ 2011-02-02T23:25:00+01:00

Anytime teachers or parents seek to support and enhance education of special needs students, kids who have the hardest time with learning, behavior controls, emotional stability and other social or educational challenges, these essential to ...

http://www.essentialblog.org/high-school-reform/ 2011-02-02T23:21:00+01:00

These issues are especially prevalent in inner-city high schools as well as rural schools in certain areas of the country. Components of high school reform include proposed initiatives to improve learning environments, help students with ac ...

http://www.essentialblog.org/the-essential-schools-movement/ 2011-02-02T23:13:00+01:00

Founded by Theodore Sizer, the Coalition has grown from twelve to well over 600 member schools. The essential schools movement envisions the school as a place of personalized learning between teacher and student using content-based dialogue ...

http://www.essentialblog.org/ 2011-02-02T23:10:01+01:00

The Essential Schools approach to improving educational systems was originally put forth in the early 1980s by some professors based at Brown University, especially one Theodore Sizer. This reform movement is generally considered to build o ...