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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Saturday, July 6, 2013

The Relationship Between Memorized Facts and Online Research

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In China, many people believe that the Tiananmen incident is a fabrication perpetrated by Western governments in order to discredit the Chin...
Saturday, June 15, 2013

When Caring Trumps Even Excellence

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A teacher in Memphis describes her efforts to make a substantial difference in the lives of students who live in poverty. Surprisingly and...
Saturday, May 25, 2013

Student Centered or Abdication?

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Currently on the education forums there are some proponents of extreme student centered instruction. They insist all our education problem...
Friday, April 5, 2013

Silly Charter School Debate

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I am becoming more and more weary of silly education debates. A case in point is the ongoing criticism of most charter school studies. ...
Saturday, March 23, 2013

Common Core—Cart Before Horse

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“You know the Tasmanians, who never committed adultery are now extinct.” ----W. Somerset Maugham Reading over most of the back and fo...
Thursday, February 21, 2013

College for All Destined to Disappoint

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When comparing the education systems of different countries,simply comparing test scores such as PISA or NAEP (or whatever) gives insufficie...
Thursday, January 10, 2013

The Success of Substitutes...

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...is the school administration's responsibility. Fact is, if first-year teachers have to sink or swim, the waters are even more dange...
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