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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Friday, July 31, 2009

An Alternate Theory of Human Evolution?

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Elaine Morgan hypothesizes that humans evolved from a water primate and laments the lack of interest and research within the scientific co...
Thursday, July 30, 2009

Cellphones the New Calculators?

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Dear ---, As I understand your research proposal, it sounds like you are collecting an anthology of ways to use the IPhone as an instruction...
Wednesday, July 29, 2009

The Ugly Flip Side of Meritocracy

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(paraphrased) If you believe in meritocracy, then those with the potential and work hard will reach the top, and those who deserve to be at...
Sunday, July 19, 2009

The Foolishness of Educational Ethnocentrism

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Anytime the Japanese education system, and the advisability of adopting some of its features, comes up, most certainly voices will arise in ...
Saturday, July 18, 2009

“Education... From Cradle Through a Career”

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I appreciate that the President talks so often about the importance of education, most recently at the Centennial of the NAACP. All of us c...
Friday, July 17, 2009

Incidental Oversight or Deliberate Social Engineering

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America is full of sober, responsible people who tried very hard to do the right thing financially. They got their education, got a job, bou...
Monday, July 6, 2009

The Education Train May Have Left the Station

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The education train may have left the station, leaving traditional educators still groping their way blindly to the platform. New, innovati...
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