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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Thursday, April 29, 2010

College the New High School?

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Long, long ago, American society decided that high school graduation represented the minimum amount of education to get a decent job. It us...
Thursday, April 22, 2010

Does teacher professional development work?

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Apparently not . So concludes a pair of studies, one focused on middle school mathematics , and the other on early reading . Results after ...
Thursday, April 15, 2010

Smart Phones, Or Why Teachers Resent Education Research

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It is not that teachers resent all research. But an extended advertisement posing as research? Or administrators mandating teachers implem...
Sunday, February 28, 2010

Lake Wobegone of the Future

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What would happen if some popular policies of today were taken to their logical conclusion? If all the children are above average, would the...
Friday, February 19, 2010

Education Professors: Blind Leading the Blind?

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I don't know about you, but my education students have often groused about what they perceive as the lack of teaching experience among t...
Friday, February 12, 2010

Characteristics of Japanese Textbooks

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It is the chicken and egg puzzle. Which came first, the teaching philosophy or the textbook? Do teaching methods and philosophy determine ...
Sunday, February 7, 2010

The Tragedy of Disheartened Teachers

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There are three kinds of teachers: disheartened, content and idealistic, according to a new study released by Public Agenda. Disheartened ...
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