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, September 28, 2008

How to Redeem the Time

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Let's take inventory: 1. Education system locked in the past 2. Lack of competitive edge 3. Financial turmoil 4. Re...
Friday, September 19, 2008

What Career-Change Teachers Want

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Surveys regularly tell us that career-changers are attracted to teaching. The latest survey is no exception, finding that 42 percent of co...
Thursday, September 18, 2008

"The Teachers Baby Us"

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Even "A" students find themselves placed in remedial courses at college. Nationwide it is estimated that one-third of college st...
Wednesday, September 17, 2008

We Need to Start Talking Seriously about Education Now!

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According to Ed Week , it is pretty unusual for candidates to talk about education this close to an election. That is part of the problem. ...
Wednesday, September 10, 2008

U.S. High School Graduation Rates 19th in World

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On Sept 9, 2008, NBC Nightly News reported that the US rank 19th, just ahead of Mexico, in percentage of students graduating high school. I...
Sunday, August 31, 2008

World-Class Education A Moral Obligation

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That's what Obama said and he is right. America's economy depends on it. America, now is not the time for small plans. Now is th...
Thursday, August 28, 2008

The Folly of Self-Congratulation

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Strong American Schools Chairman Roy Romer is trying to raise awareness. Gov. Romer wants America to “get a political will” even though,...
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