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, December 27, 2013

The Power of Self-Control for Children

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Last month I wrote that the most powerful predictor of academic achievement is actually classroom behavior, and that one of the most effecti...
Sunday, November 24, 2013

The Surprising Secret to Academic Achievement

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Over the years parents have often asked me how they can support their child's academic performance at home. Until very recently, I gave...
Wednesday, September 25, 2013

The Issue is NOT Algebra 2—The Issue is First-Grade Math

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A novelist writing for Harpers believes students should not be required to study Algebra 2. The fact that students "are forced, repea...
Thursday, August 1, 2013

BTW High Regard Correlates with High Achievement

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Peter Gow argues that the one feature we commonly dismiss with an airy “by the way” is the one feature all the school systems we admire shar...
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...
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