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Stu Silberman was the executive director of the Prichard Committee for Academic Excellence, a citizens’ advocacy group. An educator for 37 years, he was most recently the superintendent of Fayette County schools in Kentucky. Follow him on Twitter: @stusilbermanfc and @prichardcom. This blog is no longer being updated.

Education Funding Opinion Real Life Science Inquiry Now Limited
Hope Street Fellow Pennye Rogers discusses the need for resources in her science classroom, teacher training, etc.
Stu Silberman, February 28, 2014
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Education Funding Opinion Who Is President In Your Textbook?
Hope Street Fellow Brad Clark discusses the need for adequate funding.
Stu Silberman, February 27, 2014
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Teaching Profession Opinion Competing to Win in the War for Teacher Talent
Guest Blogger Ellen Sherratt discusses the war on talent and says teaching must both be and be perceived to be an exciting career for college students with many other options.
Stu Silberman, February 25, 2014
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Standards & Accountability Opinion Creating Real Change in the Classroom
Guest blogger Robyn Oatley discusses the need to align Curriculum, Instruction, and Assessment for true change to occur.
Stu Silberman, February 24, 2014
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Standards & Accountability Opinion Common Core and Parent Engagement
While the Standards have caught the imagination of educational reformers, their intended impact remains less clear to parents. School leaders can play an important role in providing context for parents.
Stu Silberman, February 18, 2014
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Families & the Community Opinion Power in Numbers
Guest blogger Susan Weston discusses how to best use numbers to frame the data.
Stu Silberman, February 13, 2014
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Education Opinion Did They Learn?
Guest blogger David Cook says we must transform our current time-based system to one based on mastery of content.
Stu Silberman, February 10, 2014
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Standards & Accountability Opinion Don't Gamble With Our Kids
Guest Blogger Sarah Yost, a 2013 -2014 Hope Street Group teacher fellow, who teaches 8th grade English Language Arts shares her experiences with the standards.
Stu Silberman, February 7, 2014
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Families & the Community Opinion Business Leaders Support Core
Northern Kentucky Chief Operating Officers support standards.
Stu Silberman, February 5, 2014
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School & District Management Opinion Back to the Future
Guest blogger Terry Brooks says, "Let's "go back to the future" and re-capture that day when educators really thought about what it meant to be six or twelve or sixteen."
Stu Silberman, February 3, 2014
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Teaching Profession Opinion Teacher: I Am Not an Outlier!
Guest blogger Brad Clark speaks out about his experiences with the Kentucky Core Academic Standards.
Stu Silberman, January 30, 2014
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3 min read
Standards & Accountability Opinion Standards: A View From My Classroom
Guest Blogger Natalie McCutchen, a Hope Street Group 2013-2014 fellow, provides a view of the standards from her classroom.
Stu Silberman, January 28, 2014
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Standards & Accountability Opinion Been There, Done That!
Guest blogger Kip Hottman talks about the need to stay the course with the standards and not go backwards.
Stu Silberman, January 25, 2014
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Families & the Community Opinion Helping You Help Your School
Guest Blogger Molly Toney talks about different trainings to help parent engagement.
Stu Silberman, January 22, 2014
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