The personal blog of Gary S. Stager, Ph.D.
US Secretary of Education Arne Duncan has decided to throw a few dollars around for parental involvement to distract the public from the anti-democratic school …
As some of you know, I have been writing about school improvement and the political, corporate and ideological forces that have been attempting to claim …
In anticipation of NBC News’ assault on public education, Education Nation, I decided to collect some inspirational tales of teaching excellence. I hope you enjoy …
The story of a boy’s academic pursuits in New Jersey and education’s lack of progress since then… Author’s note: As a response to the bile …
Author’s note: As a response to the bile being directed at teachers by President Obama, Oprah Winfrey and NBC News’ Education Nation, I’ve decided to …
Author’s note: As a response to the bile being directed at teachers by President Obama, Oprah Winfrey and NBC News’ Education Nation, I’ve decided to …
Author’s note: As a response to the bile being directed at teachers by President Obama, Oprah Winfrey and NBC News’ Education Nation, I’ve decided to …
Just in case you didn’t think teachers have enough to contend with after massive budget cuts, layoffs, standardized testing and scores published by teacher in …
Apprenticeship is a powerful way to learn. That’s why future doctors and teachers intern before being credentialed. The theoretical principle at work is that you learn best through the careful emulation, collaboration and supervision of a master practitioner. I remain staggered by the remarkable impact of student teaching on candidates – for good and bad.
Summer 2010 marked the 20th anniversary of my work leading professional development in schools where every student has a personal laptop computer. One of the …