education challenges

8 Yr. Old Attempts Suicide – School Has Him Sign Contract

by Steve on 31, March, 2010

An eight year old with dyslexia goes to school day after day and gets bullied. Bullying classmates call him stupid, dumb, pick on him …. you know the drill. One day they pull down his pants in public. Eight year old has had enough and jumps out the window of the second floor.

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My Great Kid Radio: Special Education Law w/ Wrightslaw

by Steve on 2, February, 2010

We had the great honor on October 25th of last year to interview Peter Wright from Wrightslaw. Pete is a pioneer in the area of Special Education Law and truly one of the ultimate child advocates in this country.  We had the joy of being able to host a Wrightslaw conference in 2008 and were [...]

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You Missed A Show? Quick, Get Caught Up!

by Steve on 6, January, 2010

You Missed A Show? Missed a show?  How could you? Okay, besides you have a family and the show is on early Sunday mornings. Then here’s your chance to catch up.  I’ll be posting full breakouts of all the shows we did in 2009 but in the meantime check out any of the shows that [...]

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My Great Kid Radio: John Gatto & The American Education System

by Steve on 15, November, 2009

On Nov. 8th we had the honor of speaking with educational expert, John Taylor Gatto, about the current state of the American educational system. Some startling (and scary) educational statistics to consider…… 1 in 5 American Children Drops Out Of High School Some schools the graduation rate is only 50% ….. or worse. Some a whole [...]

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Don’t Miss Pete Wright (Wrightslaw) This Sun.

by Steve on 23, October, 2009

“Parents will always be catalysts for education reform.” def: Catalyst: An agent that precipitates -or- accelerates fundamental change In what is sure to be a phenomenally informative show, this Sunday on the  “My Great Kid” Radio Program (Sunday 8:00am-9:00am, WAAM 1600am or online at www.waamannarbor.com;  A podcast will be posted after the show) we will be [...]

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Math Teachers Barely Ahead Of Students

by Steve on 26, November, 2008

Read this story about the recent report from the Education Trust, a children’s advocacy group, and you realize that our biggest challenges right now have less to do with the state of Wall Street and more with the state of our classrooms. It does reinforce all the more though the need to find out how [...]

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