J. Daniel Hollinger, PhD

Do You Know a High-Achieving Student Kept From College Because of Money?

Seeded on Sat Aug 1, 2009 11:45 AM EDT (The Washington Post)

Thousands of poor, talented and intelligent high school students are excluded from college every due to their family's financial resources and a shortage of scholarships to support them in college. Furthermore, Mr.

education, high-school, college, poverty, scholarships

A $4 Billion Push for Better Schools

Seeded on Sat Jul 25, 2009 1:06 PM EDT (The Washington Post)

President Obama and Secretary Duncan are promoting desperately needed education reform by demanding that states abandon failed policies and implement innovative and successful strategies in exchange for federal investment.

education, education-reform

Md. School Joins Test of Online Courses Tailored to Girls

Seeded on Sat Jul 18, 2009 11:50 PM EDT (The Washington Post)

Although single-sex schools have a legitimate place in education, their value in terms of education outcomes for students is the subject of considerable research with inconclusive findings.

education, single-sex-education, online-school, school, holton-arms-school

Obama Student Loan Plan Wins Support in House

Seeded on Sun Jul 12, 2009 11:23 PM EDT (The New York Times)

If we can divert $15 billion from banks to grants for students, who in their right mind would not support this initiative?

education, pell-grants

CHALLENGE INDEX 2008 THE LOCAL LIST

Seeded on Sun Jul 12, 2009 2:00 PM EDT (The Washington Post)

Jay Matthews' efforts to rank schools with claims to measure a "school's effort to challenge its students" are misguided.

education, students, schools, danny-hollinger

Language Learning In School

Seeded on Thu Oct 30, 2008 2:10 AM EDT (The Washington Diplomat)

Learning critical world languages and cultures is essential. How can we compete in the world if we are culturally and linguistically illiterate?

education, language-acquisition

United States' First K-12 Scholarship Program

Seeded on Thu Oct 30, 2008 1:52 AM EDT (Washington Scholarship Fund)

As the leader of a participating school in our nation's first K-12 scholarship program, I had the privilege of serving many "Opportunity Scholars" who would have been unable to enrich the life of our school without federal funding.

education, voucher-program, vouchers, rock-creek-international-school, j-daniel-hollinger, daniel-hollinger, danny-hollinger

Peace Education and Conflict Resolution in School

Seeded on Wed Oct 29, 2008 8:18 AM EDT (The Washington Informer)

We need to teach peace and conflict resolution in schools in order to achieve peace in our world. Our history curriculum is replete with chapters about wars and war heroes, and nearly silent on peace and peace heroes. We celebrate many war heroes and very few peace heroes.

education, peace, peace-education, conflict-resolution, j-daniel-hollinger, daniel-hollinger, danny-hollinger

Baptism by Fire Vulcanized Rhee

Seeded on Mon Oct 27, 2008 12:16 AM EDT (The Washington Post)

Chancellor Rhee is taking bold and critical steps to improve education in DC. Additional efforts focused on curriculum reform, and inquiry-based teaching and learning would further enhance student performance.

education

Diversity and Schools

Fri Oct 24, 2008 1:27 PM EDT

Economic, cultural and linguistic diversity, and an inclusive school community are essential characteristics for schools that seek to prepare students for global citizenship.

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education, divesity, washington-dc

Student Learning and Faculty Culture

Thu Oct 16, 2008 10:17 PM EDT

The nature of relationships among faculty and staff members in schools is the single greatest determinant of students' academic and social success. While knowledge of educational research and disciplines are important, faculty culture establishes the conditions for learning.

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Dual-Language, International Baccalaureate Education

Wed Oct 8, 2008 10:47 PM EDT

Research demonstrates clearly that students in dual-language programs perform better than their peers in monolingual programs across the academic spectrum (Center for Applied Linguistics).

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education, dual-language-immersion, international-baccalaureate

Language Immersion Prototype Stumbling

Seeded on Mon Nov 26, 2007 10:42 AM EST (The Washington Post)

Teaching Chinese language and culture is essential for the United States to compete in the global marketplace. China is the United States' largest trading partner and China's economy continues to grow.

education, mandarin-immersion, chinese-immersion, coeus-international-school, washington-post, international-baccalaureate

More college students heading abroad for study as schools beef up programs - International Herald Tribune

Seeded on Mon Nov 12, 2007 9:21 AM EST (International Herald Tribune)

International exchange programs in high schools, colleges and universities should be a priority throughout the world.

education, international-study, coeus-international-school

Will Jonathan Graduate? - washingtonpost.com

Seeded on Sun Nov 11, 2007 12:28 PM EST (The Washington Post)

Fixing DC Public Schools is certainly a complex challenge. However, we will never fix our schools as long as our students experience punitive environments such as the one described in this story. Our children need to be loved, respected and connected to the adults in their lives.

education, dc-schools, washington-post, international-baccalaureate, coeus-international-school

14 Students Arrested in Hall Fights At Md. School - washingtonpost.com

Seeded on Tue Nov 6, 2007 9:46 AM EST (The Washington Post)

Fights and other forms of physical and emotional violence are commonplace in schools. One of the primary reasons is that we fail to teach peace and non-violence in schools. In fact, to the contrary, a typical curriculum highlights wars and war heroes.

education, violence, non-violence, peace-education, conflict-resolution, washington-post

Lingering Academic Gap Riles NAACP - washingtonpost.com

Seeded on Tue Nov 6, 2007 9:13 AM EST (The Washington Post)

We need to eliminate the academic gaps in education. At Coeus International School we abolish the gaps by offering a dual-language, inquiry-based, interdisciplinary curriculum based on the International Baccalaureate Programmes.

education, international-baccalaureate, coeus-international-school, washington-post

BBC NEWS | UK | Education | Drop-out teens to get extra help

Seeded on Mon Nov 5, 2007 10:16 AM EST (BBC News)

Forcing kids to stay in school will probably not improve education. If schools offer an engaging and relevant education, young people will choose to remain in school.

education, high-school-drop-outs, coeus-international-school, bbc, international-baccaluareate, dual-language

Some Academic Standards Drafted - washingtonpost.com

Seeded on Mon Nov 5, 2007 9:59 AM EST (The Washington Post)

Including standards for world languages is a good step forward. Learning languages is a critical part of a world-class education. The next step is to offer our students dual-language, International Baccalaureate Programmes.

education, daual-language, international-baccalaureate, coeus-international-school, digg-newsvine, washington-post

Learning to Conform - washingtonpost.com

Seeded on Mon Nov 5, 2007 9:50 AM EST (The Washington Post)

The current over-emphasis on standardized tests diminishes the quality of education. To the contrary, authentic assessment provides invaluable information for teachers, students and parents, which helps improve teaching and learning.

education, standardized-tests, international-baccalaureate, coeus-international-school, washington-post, authentic-assessment