Mea Culpa (November 2004)
I’m writing this column because I’m embarrassed. Two recent issues of District Administration have carried columns by Gary Stager that have attacked aspects of the …
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In Search of the Holy Grail (May 2002)
On the front seat of a New Orleans taxi was a television the cabbie managed to watch while driving. The TV was tuned to an …
No Double Half-Caf Venti Low-Fat Mochaccino Left Behind (2007)
There’s some serious thought behind the Frappuccino. It is no accident that people are willing to pay over four bucks for a cup of joe …
Gary Stager on Jazz Education (July 2004)
What sort of mature culture relies on Jessica Simpson to “Save the Music?” I first encountered Roy Haynes 26 years ago as a high school …
The Best Way to Make Enemies
The Best Way to Make Enemies… Do the impossible © 2008 Gary S. Stager Since 1990, I have worked in schools where every child has …
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Perestroika and Epistemological Politics
In July 1990, Dr. Seymour Papert was the closing keynote speaker at a historic event, the World Conference on Computers in Education, held in Sydney, …
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Alfie Kohn Kicks Butt Again!
Check out the transcript chronicling a debate between Alfie Kohn and Gene Wilhoit, executive director of the Council of Chief State School Officers. The subject …
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My Educon 2.2 Sessions
This weekend, January 29-31, I will be in America’s winter vacationland, Philadelphia, to participate in a timeless tradition, the annual running of the bull at …
Everything I Know About NCLB (now RTTT) I Learned from Primetime Live
In 1963, Stanley Milgram, a Yale psychologist began a series of studies “intended to measure the willingness of a participant to obey an authority who …
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If You Really Want to Honor Dr. King…
Author’s note – Monday, January 21, 2008. I originally published this in The Pulse: Education’s Place for Debate in January 2007, but alas it is …