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Sage Advice for Progressives & Other Concerned Citizens
In case you hadn’t noticed, the Dale Carnegie era is well and truly over. American republican democracy is at great risk when one party, the …
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Who Moved my Stalag? (2003)
While on a recent flight across the South Pacific, I pondered the challenges facing American education. Somewhere high above Guam it hit me. What we …
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The US Government now a Subsidiary of Eli Broad
Will public schools continue to exist in the United States? You have to wonder when you consider the press release below. This morning, billionaire mischief …
Another Radical Obama Supporter!
Laura Bush Praises Obama, Defends Back-To-School Speech In an interview with CNN, Mrs. Bush, a former school teacher, said, “There’s a place for the president …
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Are You Smarter than a Deputy Prime Minister?
Greetings from Australia! Karl Fisch’s latest blog, Are You Smarter than a Fifth Grader?, and a horrific current event inspired me to mine the Stager …
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The Parental Veto of Curriculum (2007)
2012 Note: The New Hampshire legislature overrode a gubernatorial veto and passed a law this week allowing the parental veto of curriculum. The following is …
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“Social” Studies
From Curriculum Administrator Magazine — June 2000 Amidst the sadism, angst and mediocrity of middle school, two social studies teachers had an important impact on …
For Further Study
The following are some links to articles and other resources to support Dr. Gary Stager’s Fireside Chat, “The Education Revolution?” at Trinity College, The University …
Shocked! Shocked! Reading First Plagued by Corporate Welfare, Cronyism and Demonization
Originally published on Wednesday, October 04, 2006 in The Pulse: Education’s Place for Debate Aside from reducing teachers to script-reading robots and reading to an …
Stager’s SLA Manifesto
At last January’s Educon 2.1 Conference I enjoyed the great privilege of serving on a panel discussion about school reform with a number of impressive …