I recently had the good fortune to be at Teachers College for the “Testing Then and Now” conference held on December 9, 2013 in
The flipped classroom is an idea that started in 2007. Two teachers, Jonathan Bergmand and Aaron Sams, in Woodland Park high school in Colorado recorded their lectures. They
I was admiring Nelson Mandela’s words yesterday and thinking about racism and poverty. When I want better schools, I can’t start the conversation without
Chester Finn, a past Secretary of Education in President Reagan’s cabinet, has made such a clear statement on special education that I wanted to
On this day of remembrance of Nelson Mandela, I am reminded that he had his priorities right, and told them to all who would
Nelson Mandela, 1918-2013, is one of my favorite examples of what peace can achieve. In the face of a ruling elite, a long prison
What do you do with bad kids? First of all, don’t call them bad kids! Kids are learners who make mistakes and need help
One of the most exciting new developments in performance assessment is the new edTPA. This test for new teachers was developed at Stanford University
A major conference at Teachers College on December 9th will seek to defuse the ideologically hyper-charged current national debate over educational testing by exploring the
Fred Smith, retired analyst for New York City Education, has testified about the Common Core steamroller that is over-running New York State parents and students. In
In 1945, UNESCO was founded as The United Nations Education, Scientific and Cultural Organization. This group of intellectuals deals with many of the cultural
The education reform I envision is based on more accurate assessment of student learning. We have to look at the evidence for student failure
Between 2008 and 2010, I worked as a consultant for the Theatre Communications Group. Their efforts, called “Building A National TEAM: Theatre Education Assessment Models”
In my work for the Theatre Communications Group (TCG), I have argued in a briefing paper (The Rise of Standards and the Need for Assessment Models
There are few education systems around the world that are fine examples of the new way we want to reform the American Education system.
When parents and educators talk about their children/students, there is a commonly held understanding of the type of smarts they are talking about that
Even before the earthquake, in 2009, Hope for Haiti built a five classroom school for the community of Grand Sable. The new Ecole du
The power of learning is the power to make our world better. Children who have been given that power grow up to change our