The July 10 headline in the Oregonian blared “Oregon education reform bills aim to create more flexible, individualized public schools”. The front-page article notes “In the typical Oregon public school classroom, students of the same…
Sal Khan (and Bill Gates) get it. Lecturing classrooms of students from the front of the room is “old school” in every sense of the word! Students getting grades is “old school”, and “C’s” are…
The headline in the June 23 issue of eSchoolNews reads: ” ‘Instructional rounds’ approach flips classroom evaluations: New method from Harvard researchers analyzes school-wide trends by looking at how instruction is being received”.  WOW –…
My students and I were exploring ted.com during science seminar and just had to watch the “Terry Moore: How to tie your shoes” video. We learned that most of us did not know the…
Many people ask me about the power and influence of teachers unions. My friend Ron Reynolds heads up the California Association of Private School Organizations. In this week’s Mid-Week Mailer he discussed the upcoming national…
Recently eSchool News asked its readers, ‘What’s one question you’d like to ask U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan?’ The U.S. Department of Education asked eSchool news to choose five reader questions for Secretary Duncan to…
Friday’s (Jan 21, 2011) MinnPost.com’s headline reads “Education Secretary Arne Duncan proves a ‘tough grader’ in assessing Minnesota’s education programs.” Arne Duncan is the US Secretary of Education, and he came to Minnesota to…
Last Saturday’s headline reads “Oregon teacher union hosts first-ever education summit with state leaders, teachers, Gov. John Kitzhaber.” Â The article said the 125 education officials, teachers, business, non-profit and legislative leaders who attended agreed that…
In The New York Times Opinion Pages on January 15, 2011, Op-Ed Columnist Nicholas D. Kristoff argues that the real strategic challenge isn’t Chinese fighter aircraft but China’s focus on education. Â I won’t go into…
Oregon Governor Kulongoski has proclaimed today, February 4, 2010, Oregon Private Schools Appreciation Day. Â In the midst of the latest money-based public school educational reform initiatives (fads), it is important to remember that there is…