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 28, 2009

Students (and Teachers) Do Not Understand Math

Three weeks ago educators wondered if conclusions from the Response to Intervention (RTI) research might be applicable to mathematics. Edu...

Sunday, June 21, 2009

Is Quality Education a Lost Cause?

I love reading old stuff. Did some expert pundit's analysis and future projections come to pass or not? A quarter century ago, there w...

Thursday, June 11, 2009

Teachers are Widgets

So President Obama wants to get rid of the bad teachers . "We need to make sure our students have the teacher they need to be successf...

Monday, June 1, 2009

Can the Top-Scoring State Beat International Scores?

How does the math covered in the highest-ranking American state stack up against that of a top-scoring international performer? Internationa...

Sunday, May 10, 2009

Why Standardized Testing Will Always Fail

The most basic characteristic of any test is validity , that is, whether the test actually tests what it purports to test. Everyone, from t...

Friday, May 8, 2009

NOW They Notice That Teachers Will Go Missing

The most experienced teachers are retiring. Report Foresees Mass Teacher Retirements . No kidding. Back in the 1980's, the government ...

Tuesday, April 28, 2009

The Limits of Educational Software

So if you control for the variables you know help students achieve, your study of (fill in the blank) shows no significant gain due to (fill...

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