Witness to History
In Washington D.C. for the Presidential Inauguration. Watch this space in the next few days… Gary StagerVeteran educator Gary Stager, Ph.D. is co-author of Invent To …
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The Most Wonderful Night of the Year!
Spoiler alert: Don’t play the video clips (below) unless you have already enjoyed the annual television extravaganza. There is a great American holiday tradition that …
I’ve Angered Hooked-on-Phonics(R) – revisited
I just remembered a remarkable kerfuffle I stumbled into twelve years ago. In December 2008, President-Elect Obama nominated the worst Secretary of Education and I …
Registration Now Open for CMK 2009!
How does one possibly top a summer institute where Alfie Kohn, Peter Reynolds, Bob Tinker, Marvin Minsky and an all-star faculty joined educators from around …
The $100 Laptop in Vanity Fair & a Colombian School
Vanity Fair writer and widow of Tom Russert, Maureen Orth, wrote a charming article about a small school she built in the Colombian Andes while …
David Thornburg to present at Constructing Modern Math/Science Knowledge
Dr. David Thornburg will lead two workshops at Constructing Modern Math/Science Knowledge January 22, 2009 in Philadelphia prior to Educon 2.1. Read more and register …
Hey, Look at How all that Rah-Rah Paid Off!
For the past month or so, I’ve been the big old meanie who could love the messenger, but hate the shallow superficial condescending message of …
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They Hate Me, They Really Really Hate Me!
Kevin Carey, of the “independent” and “innovative” Education Sector, didn’t have the decency to defame me by name when he attacked the cover story, School …
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Bill Gates and Eli Broad Go Gangsta
Note: I wrote the article below two years ago. In light of Eli Broad’s takeover of the United States government and Kanye West’s latest outrage, …
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Let Them Eat Tech Standards
A funny thing happened to me while in India (besides losing my luggage, teaching for three days on three hours sleep, and confronting an elephant in traffic). While speaking at a conference, I encountered another educator whose work blew my mind.