The Global Search for Education: Searching for Star Teachers
“If you believe it’s life or death for the kids, it changes everything you do.” — Martin Haberman On January 1, 2012, educators nationwide lost an educational icon. Dr. Martin Haberman, long time researcher, educator, writer, and mentor to teachers, passed away in Milwaukee. Dr. Haberman never wavered from his goal. It was to teach school leaders how to implement his research-based models for...
The Global Search for Education: An International Education
“Every child around the world should have the opportunity to have a high quality global education.” – Jeffrey Beard The International Baccalaureate (the IB) continues to play an important role in changing the lives of students worldwide. Apart from PISA, it is the only test that measures the performance of students against their global peers. Dr. Tony Wagner, Innovation Education fellow at Harvard University...
The Global Search for Education: A Look at New York Public Schools
“With our future as a nation at stake, we need to be bold for our schools to be successful with all children.” — Eric Nadelstern A Bronx native and graduate of DeWitt Clinton High School, Eric Nadelstern worked in New York City public schools for 39 years, rising to the position of Chief Schools Officer, Division of School Support in 2009, and to the position of Deputy Chancellor for the Division of School...
Alice — In Wales?
The Sisters (1864) by Sir William Blake Richmond can be seen at the Alice In Wonderland exhibit at Tate Liverpool Photo courtesy of Tate Images. What does the Queen of Welsh resorts, the town of Llandudno in Wales (three hours on a direct train from the city of London), have to do with Alice in Wonderland? In the summer of 1864, Alice Liddell (Lewis Carroll’s inspiration for Alice in Wonderland) and her two sisters,...
How Will We Read: Textbooks?
“Technology has great potential for improving individual and aggregate performance of the educational system” – Vineet Madan Photo courtesy of McGraw-Hill Education. It isn’t my imagination. My children’s backpacks got heavier with the weight of those textbooks over the past few years. And I don’t think the weight of student backpacks are just my concern. I heard a rumor that even tiger...
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