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 …
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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 …
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 …
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 …
Pointing in the Wrong Direction
The good news is that my daughter’s teachers are at last beginning to use computers. The bad news is they are using them to make …
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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 …
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Coming to a Classroom Near You!
There are many ways to evaluate excellent educational leadership. Here is a true story demonstrating such leadership. A school principal recently led me on a …
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 …