There was an article in the Washington Post entitled In Russia, The Lost Generation of Science. The article, by Will England, focuses specifically on Pushchino, a little known city south of Moscow, and the status of science in...
Read MoreDear President Obama, Educational reform is in need of your attention and help. The 2012 election is only 11 months away, and I am writing this letter to you and your team for consideration as a policy statement as you outline...
Read MoreAt Cambridge University you can access original copies of Sir Isaac Newton’s works including his college notebook (1664 – 1665), Early Papers, Notebook on Hydrostatics, Optics, Sound and Heat (1672 – 1706), his...
Read MoreIn an important article in Education Week, Willis D. Hawley and Jacqueline Jordan Irvine, explain why students’ cultural identities are integral to “measuring” teacher effectiveness. As it stands now, student...
Read MoreIf Mayor Michael Bloomberg had his way, he told students at M.I.T. that he would fire half the teachers in New York City, pay them twice as much to teach classes double the current size. One of the Corporate Reform Movement...
Read MoreEducation reform in education seen through the lens of writers and teachers appears as repetitions of innovative ideas that claimed to change and improve schooling as we know it. In a post at Education Week, Anthony Weiner...
Read MoreThe equation above can also be expressed as follows: The No Child Left Behind Act + the Race to the Top Fund = More of the Same NCLB & Race to the Top In an edweek.org newsletter there was a No Child Left Behind Alert that I...
Read MoreScience As Inquiry, a construct developed in a recent publication, weaves together ideas about science teaching and inquiry that were developed over many years of work with practicing science teachers in the context of seminars...
Read MoreAn article on Education Week reported that the National Council of Teachers of English considered proposals about high-stakes testing and the use of standards in public schools. According to the authors of the report: the...
Read MoreThis is a post I wrote five years ago today, and it sheds some light on the pressure that school districts experience as a result of high-stakes testing. In particular, I draw attention to Atlanta cheating scandal which appears...
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