What I Said About NCLB and Standardized Testing a Decade Ago
In 2011, I was interviewed by Terri Gross on “Fresh Air,” her NPR program. When my book The Death and Life of the Great American...
Category : Personal
My Signal Contribution to the U.S. Department of Education
When I served in the George H.W. Bush administration, I was Assistant Secretary for the Office of Educational Research and Improvement. OERI, as it was...
Diane’s Practical Tips for Dog Lovers
My spouse and I have a wonderful dog named Mitzi. She is a 57-varieties mixed breed. When people ask me what she is, I say...
Diane’s Practical Tips for Everyday Life
I know this is an education blog, but I sometimes take excursions into other areas of life that interest me. So from time to time,...
My Broken Heart
I was born in 1938. I’m in pretty good health, considering my age. But one of the valves in my heart has a leak. It...
Bayard Rustin: A Remembrance
My youngest grandson is in second grade. His class was studying Black History, and each student was asked to make a project. He chose to...
A New Direction for This Blog
I started this blog in April 2012, because I had a lot of things I wanted to say, more than I could put into a...
Merry Christmas to All!
Merry Christmas to everyone who reads these words. This has been a difficult year for people all over the world. The end is in sight,...
My Suggestion for Holiday Gifts
I always have this problem in early December: What shall I give to the children in my life? This year I did something I have...
Good News for Me
I wrote the other day that I am in quarantine. This was because my grandson was in a class where another student tested positive. The...