Education needs to be in the public domain, and citizens need to fight to make sure that the slow creep of privatization does not turn into an avalanche. The democratic values that are the centerpiece of our society have been under assault, especially with the rise of...
On August 4, 2011, Nikhil Goyal, a sophomore at Syosset High School in Long Island, New York wrote and asked me answer some interview questions for a book he was writing about "transforming our 19th Century industrial model of education into a 21st Century model...
Update: I've added a section at the end of the post suggested by Anthony Cody who blogs over on Living in Dialog (Education Week Teacher). The section includes a radical quote from Obama about his view of using high-stakes tests that will surprise you. President...
In a recent article in Scientific American, it was suggested that the U.S. should adopt higher standards in science, and that all 50 states should adopt them. When you check the literature on science standards, the main reason for aiming for higher standards (raising...
Guest Post by Anthony Cody Note: This is the first of five posts on the dialog between Anthony Cody and his readers, and the Gates Foundation. This post was originally published on Anthony's site over on Education Week Teacher. This dialog is a major contribution to...
Guest Post by Anthony Cody Note: This is the first of five posts on the dialog between Anthony Cody and his readers, and the Gates Foundation. This post was originally published on Anthony's site over on Education Week Teacher. This dialog is a major contribution to...
