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Creative partnerships required to expand Pre-K
Creative partnerships required to expand Pre-K All the evidence shows that Pre-K is extremely valuable for young children. 90% of brain...
Keaton Smith
May 9, 20233 min read


CapEx vs. OpEx: The Financial Case for Sustainable Facilities and Transportation
As Fayetteville Public Schools continues to study future facility and transportation needs and funding options, I believe it’s helpful to...
Keaton Smith
May 5, 20236 min read


K-12 Facilities, Economic Mobility, and Social Capital
If poverty - income and wealth inequality - drives most (but certainly not all) disparities we see in educational outcomes, then economic...
Keaton Smith
Apr 30, 20236 min read


Inclusive values include books and libraries
I am deeply concerned by widespread and coordinated efforts to ban books from public schools.
Keaton Smith
Apr 25, 20231 min read
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