The personal blog of Gary S. Stager, Ph.D.
The following is the program description and proposal for my upcoming “conversation” at Educon 2.5 in Philadelphia, January 26th. You Say You Want Tech Standards? …
Girls and Technology – Overcoming Myths and Malpractice1Version 1.0Presented at the 2002 Alliance For Girl SchoolsGirls and Technology Conference – Melbourne, Australia© May 2002 Gary …
Dear colleagues and friends of progressive education, It is time for us to stop arguing against high-stakes testing. Americans LOVE the idea of high-stakes as …
The first step in improving Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (S.T.E.M.) in our classrooms is to find evidence of its existence. S.T.E.M. currently suffers from …
On October 12, 2012, MSNBC host and former West Wing writer, Lawrence O’Donnell, dedicated his “Rewrite” commentary to the sorts of changes he believes would …
I hold Dr. Nancy Carlsson-Paige of Lesley University (aka: Matt Damon’s mother) in great esteem, but was alarmed by her recent contribution to The Answer …
I enjoyed a lovely lunch today in the Republic of Užupis. In between bites of pizza, I couldn’t help but think of how many teachers …
Will Richardson wrote a nice blog post, “The Thin Value of Proposition,” in which he argues that the true value in education is the relationship …
First, my good friend Chris Lehmann wrote about in “Why I Am Against For Profit Schools,” how the school privatization movement (and I would add …
Few authors, activists, intellectuals or teachers move me like Jonathan Kozol. For nearly a half century, Kozol has given voice to the optimistic, playful, scared, …