• The SAT college admission test will no longer require a timed essay, will dwell less on fancy vocabulary, and will return to the familiar 1600-point scoring scale in a major overhaul intended to open doors to higher education for students who are now shut out.
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• The second redesign of the SAT in this century announced Wednesday and scheduled to go into effect when todays high school freshmen take it in 2016...

With my finance being of Chinese descent, I have enjoyed a first-hand look into the culture and beliefs of an immigrant Asian family. Born in Cambodia, my finance, her mother, father, five sisters, and two brothers fled the savage attacks brought on during the countrys civil war in the 1970s. Arriving in Florida, many of her siblings married and had children of their own. Ive seen the strict importance placed on education, working hard, and respecting elders. Ive witnessed how the...

• As a strong and research-centered Head of School, I love my local and university libraries. They are amazing places that are client-centered. The atmosphere, resources, and learning/personal services make them vital as well as socially important centers. As a result, I am asking, what purpose does a high school library have for its clients? Can libraries change from warehouses to intellectual centers? Can libraries facilitate learning? I am not alone in my questions!
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• This article confirms for me that trends come and go, but best practices are essentially stimulating books/article, inspiring and capable teachers, planning in teams, and engaging questions!
• In a recent article in Principal Leadership, Nancy Frey and Douglas Fisher (San Diego State University) and Heather Anderson (Health Science High School) draw a distinction between essential questions that are course-specific (for example, How do fractions, decimals, and percentages allow us...