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Dad in a Cheer Bow

Dad in a Cheer Bow

The incredible lessons from this middle-aged man learned coaching a team of tween girls.

2021

Patrick Riccards

Patrick Riccards

Stories

Learning from Failure

When I was in middle school, I really wanted to run for student council office. More specifically, I wanted to win a student council…

Sep 19

Learning from Failure

Sep 19

Ignoring the Threats (yes, multiple) on My Life

The first time I delivered a public speech as the CEO of a non-profit organization seeking to help people disengage from lives of violent…

Sep 12

Ignoring the Threats (yes, multiple) on My Life

Sep 12

We Need to Learn Our History, Not Just Make the Citizenship Test Harder

The Trump Administration recently announced its intent to toughen up the U.S. citizenship test, with U.S. Citizenship and Immigration…

Sep 7

We Need to Learn Our History, Not Just Make the Citizenship Test Harder

Sep 7

Ed Reform Must Be About Public — Not Private — Schools

Recently, there has been a battle in the Democratic education reform community, a fight over the very soul of reformers on the left. As…

Jun 15

Ed Reform Must Be About Public — Not Private — Schools

Jun 15

25 Years Later, and the Lessons of the National Reading Panel Are More Important than Ever

A quarter of a century ago, April of 2020, the National Reading Panel presented its groundbreaking report, Teaching Young Children to Read…

Apr 20

25 Years Later, and the Lessons of the National Reading Panel Are More Important than Ever

Apr 20

Is History Education Really Poor or Bad?

If we do a poor job of teaching American history in our public schools, will anyone really notice? Will anyone really care?

Apr 3

Is History Education Really Poor or Bad?

Apr 3

If Trump Were to Talk Education in SOTU

Yeah, yeah, yeah. We all know that the President of the United States rarely uses the bully pulpit to focus on education issues. For every…

Mar 3

If Trump Were to Talk Education in SOTU

Mar 3

We Need More Education Research, Not Less

If we have learned anything from education policy these last few decades, it’s that we continue to struggle when it comes to collecting…

Feb 23

We Need More Education Research, Not Less

Feb 23

Our Continued Literacy Failures Are a National Threat

It is that time of the year again, when the NAEP scores come out, we see proof that our literacy rates continue to get worse, and we make…

Jan 29

Our Continued Literacy Failures Are a National Threat

Jan 29

Making a Difference, Fighting Extremism

My Appreciation

Dec 18, 2024

Making a Difference, Fighting Extremism

Dec 18, 2024

Patrick Riccards

Patrick Riccards

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Father; founder and CEO of Driving Force Institute; author of Eduflack blog; author of Dad in a Cheer Bow and Dadprovement books, education agitator

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