The personal blog of Gary S. Stager, Ph.D.
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 …
I finally got around to making my contribution to the NECC 2009 Keynote Debate available without viewers having to wade through two hours of video. …
I landed in Paris to read the sad news that Ted Sizer has passed away. This is the second loss of great leaders the progressive …
Your prayers have been answered! I’m in a film!
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 …