The Global Search for Education – Is the AP Worth It?
“Students need to be prepared for the extra work and make sure this fits with their overall schedule and their ability to take care of their health and well-being.” –Denise Pope The College Board has long claimed its gold standard AP Program can help students succeed in college, narrow the achievement gap and level the playing field for traditionally under-served high schools and students. The program has...
The Global Search for Education: If not the SAT, What?
“Multiple choice tests have been the dominant type of test in this country since World War I, but that is about to change.” — Roger Benjamin What if educators were able to assess the 21st century skills that thought leaders in The Global Search for Education series talk about week after week? What if this 21st century replacement for the SAT was able to measure high school students’ critical thinking,...
The Global Search for Education: UK on Testing
“The English Baccalaureate has the merits of strengthening the general academic education of lower achieving students and removing useless, mostly quasi-vocational subjects.” — Michael Young “It is time for the race to the bottom to end. We believe it is time to tackle grade inflation and dumbing down.” — Michael Gove In the fall of 2012, the British Education Secretary, Michael Gove,...
The Global Search for Education: More From Singapore
“I think our key strategy to engage students in learning is to have good teachers, those who understand their students, tailor teaching strategies according to their students’ profile, and make lessons interesting.” — Dr. Pak Tee Ng Singapore is recognized globally as a high-performing education system. Singapore students fared very well in the 2009 Program for International Student Assessment (PISA)....
The Global Search for Education: In Search of Professionals Around the World
“What is fundamentally different today is that education systems now need to equip all teachers, and not just some, for effective learning.” — Andreas Schleicher “It is very clear that high performing systems generally have a high performing teacher population.” — Andreas Schleicher Professional Capital, Andrew Hargreaves’ and Michael Fullan’s recently released book, proposes an...
The Global Search for Education: In Search of Professionals – Singapore
“The Singapore education system relies on a high quality teaching profession to achieve its aim for the nation.” — Dr. Pak Tee Ng Part 3 of “In Search of Professionals” In their new book, Professional Capital: Transforming Teaching in Every School, Andy Hargreaves and Michael Fullan remind us that the future of learning depends on the future of teaching. Speaking out against education policies that...
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