The personal blog of Gary S. Stager, Ph.D.
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 …
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 …
Just returned home from speaking at another large international conference where meaningless clichés filled the air and rolled off of people’s tongues. Aside from being …
My colleague showed me a web site for a local artisanal bakery in Los Angeles. He pointed out how this piece of what you might …
The following is a paper I wrote for a conference in 2006. The problems I identify have become more acute since. One day, I’ll revisit …
The International Educator recently published an article I wrote, One-to-One Computing and Teacher Growth. Feel free to read, share and enjoy the PDF here. Gary …
New Trends, New Learning Opportunities As we approach the new millenium, technology – and its use in schools – continues to evolve © 1998 Gary …
Insomnia can ruin a perfectly good day. I have a sense that today will be such a day. I awoke to a tweet from my …