New Ways to Remember in MicroWorlds
Originally published in the October 2000 issue of Australia’s Hotsource online newsletter Most MicroWorlds users are familiar with the local and global variables built into …
1:1 computing / classic Stager / creativity / learning / project-based learning / teaching / technology
Every Kid a Publisher
Originally published in the Dec 1999 / Jan 2000 of Australia’s Hotsource online newsletter Cable television, specialty publications and the Internet have seen the rise …
President Obama Is Right
I’ve never understood what the protestors who commit mayhem at nearly every gathering of world leaders hope to accomplish via their chaos, incoherent messages and …
Back-to-School Night: America’s Annual Torture Convention
I used to refer to Back-to-School Night at my kids’ schools as “The Night of 1,000 Columns,” because of the comical inspiration provided by each …
Word of the Day (2002)
“Word-of-the-day,” a simple idea with multiple meanings A literate citizen has command of a large and expressive vocabulary. Schools “do vocabulary” presumably in the hopes …
creativity / learning / news / teaching / technology
What Makes People Want to Play Rock Band and Guitar Hero?
NYU psychologist Gary Marcus wrote an interesting article recently in the Huffington Post. He explores the phenomena that might account for the enormous popularity of …
leadership / news / Obama / politics
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 …
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 …
education policy / Featured articles / merit pay / news / Obama / politics
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 …