School Crossing: The Intersection of Education and Society

Provocative commentary on competing educational stakeholders and how their entrenched interests collide to obstruct the goal of world-class education in America. Includes teacher training and quality, curriculum design, teaching resources, Japanese education models, book reviews, practical teaching tips, more.

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Sunday, June 29, 2008

“Ed. Schools Flunking Math Prep”

According to a study released on June 26, 2008 by National Council on Teacher Quality, colleges of education are doing a terrible job of pre...

Sunday, June 15, 2008

Schools Gotta Meet the Needs First

The bus service in my town is not great. The director of the local transit company said that when the ridership increases, the company will...

Monday, June 2, 2008

What do You Know About Japanese Education? Part 3

You can find the original “quiz” in Part 1 . Part 2 is here . 7. Japanese students behave better than American students. False. Kids are k...

Monday, May 26, 2008

What do You Know About Japanese Education? Part 2

You can find the original “quiz” in Part 1 . 4. Japanese students take responsibility for keeping their school clean. False. It is tru...

Thursday, May 22, 2008

What do You Know About Japanese Education? Part 1

Here is a little quiz. Every one of these statements was taken from one Western publication or another. Which statements are true and whic...

Sunday, May 18, 2008

In Loco Parentis Or Who's the Boss?

I used to have a benign view of the implications of in loco parentis (Latin: in place of the parents) acquired in my education coursework o...

Thursday, May 15, 2008

The Problem of Gratuitous Self-Esteem in Schools

In this Daily Kos diary there was a comment which got my attention, especially this part: We have had a surge of self-esteem exercises and...

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