Our Gettysburg Address?
On our nation’s Independence Day, I humbly offer this text for historians interested in understanding early 21st Century America (because I surely can’t). Paul Begala …
Category: politics
Recipe for a Disruptive Keynote
Should I be concerned that I got to keynote NECC the very year that they are killing off the brand? Was it something I said? …
Books / classic Stager / creativity / education policy / Featured articles / learning / news / teaching
Must-read Classic for All Conference Attendees
Back in the late 1960s, Neil Postman wrote extensively about how educational quality and a healthy democracy were dependent on each citizen having a highly …
Be Careful What You Tweet For!
The strangest thing happened today (6/25/09). I was invited to be part of the keynote debate and dialogue at the National Educational Computing Conference in …
education policy / Featured articles / learning / news / Obama / politics / teaching
Proud of My Alma Mater
Imagine if just one President or Dean of a prestigious American university had the courage to speak out against the draconian policies of blaming, shaming, name-calling, ranking, sorting and endless testing that are destroying American public schools.
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Get Herb Kohl’s New Anthology for Free & Signed at CMK 09!
Very few living educators have earned their own anthology. Herb Kohl just did. Register for Constructing Modern Knowledge by June 5th and get a copy of The Herb Kohl Reader for free. Bring it with you to CMK09 and get it signed by the author!
Guiding Principles for New Teachers
I recently began teaching two new “methods” classes for preservice educators after a teacher-education hiatus of about a decade. While creating my syllabi, I decided to express some of the principles that I believe should guide excellent teaching. Here is that list of guiding principles.
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President Obama Must Pursue Justice
I’ve been outspoken in my concern about the education policies of President Obama, who I supported and voted for. I am not alone in pointing …
Obama Wants Tip Jar for Teachers
There seems to be a part of a politician’s reptilian brain hardwired to believe that teachers are deliberately suppressing the almighty student standardized test scores until the government awards them an extra buck a day.
Even Budget Cuts Can’t Prevent Stupid Field Trips!
Thanks to NY Teacher for the blog, Field Trips – Good and Bad. The blog reminds us how educational (and cost-effective) field trips can be …