In a presentation for school district superintendents and trustees, Chris Patterson examines the problems facing public schools and improving student achievement, examines the research available on curriculum and the “achievement gap.” The outline includes specific resources and publications as supplements.
Finally, actual harm reduction in Philadelphia
Lately, Philadelphia has not been known for its safe streets. Images from the Kensington neighborhood show mentally ill, drug addicted, chronically unsheltered individuals in an amalgam of squalor and human detritus. Online, footage from the mass looting of an Apple Store, Footlocker, and Lululemon has gone viral. Still elsewhere, open-air drug markets have become the...