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, August 30, 2009

Place Value Part 4: Geometry of Place Value

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So far we have completed three parts of the place value series: Part 1: The Chocolate Factory which covered the regrouping or trading aspec...
Friday, August 28, 2009

The Candle Problem: How to Damage Motivation

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Herbert Kohl says we are missing the boat, motivation wise, in an open letter to Arne Duncan, Secretary of Education. Now the mantra is hig...
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Thursday, August 27, 2009

Western Education has the Wrong Mindset

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Science educators know full well that school textbooks lag at least a generation behind the times. Teachers who do not take the initiative ...
Wednesday, August 26, 2009

I Love Eureka! Physics

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Here is a complete episode guide . It is pretty expensive to purchase the entire series. Here is one source . Here are a handful of the firs...
Monday, August 24, 2009

The New School House Rock

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Give a listen to Georgia teacher, Crystal Huau Mills, her students and friends performing their version of Grammar: the Musical, entitled Gr...
Sunday, August 23, 2009

The New School Year: My Top Ten To-do

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Number 10. Go through your closet and get your own school clothes ready to go. Update or accessorize your outfits. I know I did not like ...
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Tuesday, August 18, 2009

“Do Teachers Need Education Degrees?”

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That's today's question on the New York Time's Room for Debate feature. The debate suffers from confusing graduation from a s...
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