Die globale Suche nach Bildung: Ändern Führer
“The way to improve the quality of teaching is through teamwork in the schools, and then surround it with better teacher pre-service, better attraction of the profession, and better professional development.” — Michael Fullan Michael Fullan has been working to identify the right drivers for whole system education reform. His paper, “Choosing the Wrong Drivers for Whole System Reform,” has...
Die globale Suche nach Bildung: Mehr aus Indien
“The challenges India faces are also an opportunity to move away from the two centuries oldmodel of schooling.” Photo courtesy of Murali Srinivasan. Is there a future for a US – India partnership in education? In his remarks at the recent Brookings Institute conference in Washington, Deputy Secretary of State William J. Burns commented, “We are counting on India’s rise, not just as an economic...
Bad Bildungssystem — Was ist in der tatsächlichen Kosten?
Investment in education is investment in people and in a nation’s future. And it is also about money! “Die Kosten für die Einzelnen und die Gesellschaft von Jugendlichen, die die Schule ohne Abschluss steigt weiter,” stated OECD Secretary-General Angel Gurría in connection with the OECD’s annual Education at a Glance report. Laut diesem Bericht, the global economic crisis has proved much tougher for people...
Die globale Suche nach Bildung: Wie Sie Ihre Bildungssystem Unterstützen
“70% of the variation in student achievement is accounted for by factors outside of the control of schools.” — Charles Ungerleider Professor Charles Ungerleider tells me he wrote his book, Failing Our Kids — How we are Ruining Our Public Schools (McClelland & Stewart, 2004), after he completed a term as Deputy Minister of Education for British Columbia. Zum 40 years he had observed the Canadian...
Die globale Suche nach Bildung: Mehr Fokus auf Veränderung
Early Steps to School Success, Save the Children US Programs photo: Rick D’Elia “I saw crumbling schools that are stealing the future of black children and white children alike.” — Präsident Barack Obama, 2008 Change is painful. Change takes time. Change is trial and error, but isn’t change ultimately brought about by leadership which has the ability to rally all the policy makers around the...
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