Sarah never smiled in my classroom. At least not with her eyes. She spoke under her breath. Whispers of words I couldn’t usually hear. She is one of the many students who I remember because despite my ...

Every student should get to feel brilliant at school. But too often, they don’t. In many classrooms, success still depends on how well a student fits onto a single, familiar bell curve–the one ...

Anyone familiar with basic statistics is familiar with the concept of a bell curve. A bell curve is a visual representation of normal data distribution, in which the median represents the highest ...

Despite the obvious flaws of an educational system based upon academic standards, it is far superior to the available alternatives. The politically correct blood sport among educational commentators ...