The personal blog of Gary S. Stager, Ph.D.
I’m taking a class of Pepperdine University doctoral students to Costa Rica for my Global Perspectives on Learning Technologies course. While there, we’ll be going …
I’m in the Sierra Mountains skiing where the altitude has replaced sleeping with hallucinating. So, unable to sleep, I read Will Richardson’s latest blog post …
I’m an optimist by nature. That’s why I awake each day thinking I can make the world a better place for children despite overwhelming evidence …
Chris Lehmann’s blog post today, Enough Already, provides further evidence of how public education is being hijacked by corporate assassins, political demagogues, merry pranksters and …
I just read with horror that Chicago Mayor-elect Rahm Emmanuel has appointed Rochester, NY schools superintendent Jean-Claude Brizard to be the new Cathie Black of …
The New York Times invited me to debate the following premise: “School administrators say online courses in K-12 classrooms can give students the skills they’ll …
60 Minutes just aired a two-part story that stands in their grand tradition of breathtaking journalism. The report tells the story of Gospel for Teens, …
The ability for anyone to publish on the Web is a good thing. Many voices can contribute to the marketplace of ideas when they may …
Uber-edublogger Will Richardson recently published a blog post entitled, Valuing Change. In the article, he reiterated the frequent lament that teachers don’t “consider” or “value” …
Before accepting over-testing as inevitable, try debating the issue with parents and students! Please subscribe to my very occasional newsletter! Our schools are in the …