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, June 22, 2012

Smart People (You and Me) are Stupid

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A recent provocative article from the New Yorker begins: Here’s a simple arithmetic question: A bat and ball cost a dollar and ten cents. ...
Tuesday, April 24, 2012

Parents In Contempt

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As long as schools hold the public (who pays their bills, by the way) and parents in utter contempt, I seriously doubt that they will be abl...
Wednesday, April 18, 2012

Unresolvable “Science” Debate?

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Will the controversy between evolution and creationism ever end? Is it destined to swing forever on the pendulum of public opinion? The en...
Friday, March 2, 2012

How Rigor Empowers Academic Achievement

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Maybe we do need another word besides “rigor” , but “challenging” and “rich” are weak alternatives. Rigor in my teaching practice means c...
Thursday, February 23, 2012

What Happened to the Geezer Teachers?

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A self-identified geezer teacher asks what happened to all the other geezer teachers . Why is the modal experience one year, not the histo...
Tuesday, February 21, 2012

Kindergarten Academics Is Not Academic Achievement...

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...no matter what anyone says otherwise. Robert Slavin, creator of the reading program Success For All, and before that, creator of the r...
Wednesday, January 11, 2012

The Measly Educator Expense Deduction

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A Heritage Foundation study of teacher salaries has provoked quite an outpouring of response. I would like to address the $250 educator e...
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