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Originally published in the September 2000 issue of Australia’s Hotsource online newsletter Now that most of you can be considered advanced beginners in using MicroWorlds, …
The personal blog of Gary S. Stager, Ph.D.
Originally published in the September 2000 issue of Australia’s Hotsource online newsletter Now that most of you can be considered advanced beginners in using MicroWorlds, …
Originally published in the September 2000 issue of Australia’s Hotsource online newsletter I recently attended the American Association of School Administrators Conference. The wares being …
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 …
“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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
From Curriculum Administrator Magazine — June 2000 Amidst the sadism, angst and mediocrity of middle school, two social studies teachers had an important impact on …