Teacher Magazine: Perspective

July 3, 2009

Perspective

Observations on the current state of schools and education-reform efforts.

Help Wanted: Leader to Promote a Culture of Learning

Author and school consultant Kirsten Olson thinks schools need to create a new leadership position to keep the focus on organization-wide learning. (July 1, 2009)

Below the Bar: Why We (Can’t) Forget Students Left Behind

A high school teacher finds an unintended consequence of the push for accountability: The students who need the most help often end up getting the least. (March 4, 2009)

Are Your Students High-Maintenance?

Tired of giving directions multiple times, one middle school teacher uses competition to make her class more independent. (February 4, 2009)

Collaborative Teaching:

The three authors discovered that they could meet the challenges of No Child Left Behind with a powerful tool learned in their collective 37 years in education: collaborative teaching. (May 20, 2008)

Are We Smarter Than a (Russian) 4th Grader?

Questioning the value of international data comparisons, Nancy Flanagan says there needs to be less number crunching and more concrete solutions to address the ills of the American education system. Add your comments at the end of the story. (March 12, 2008)

Are Teachers Ready for 21st Century Learning?

Members of a TLN e-mail discussion group explore whether teachers have embraced technology in their lives and their practice. Add your comments at the end of the story. (March 5, 2008)

Living History

An educator strives to create education opportunity by reopening the school where Brown v. Board of Education originated. (March 3, 2008)

Please Sir, May I Have some More?

Relying on charity and private-enterprise models will only entrench gaps in education, argues Mary Tedrow. Add your comments at the end of the story. (February 26, 2008)

Staying Power

Jonathan Kozol shares insights on career satisfaction from his new book, Letters to a Young Teacher. (August 29, 2007)

Doctor, Lawyer, Teacher

Want to be treated like a professional? Fire your principal. (April 20, 2007)

One Size Fits Whom?

What good is the core curriculum if students can't read? (February 26, 2007)

The Real World

Personalized, not standardized, assessments are the way to go. (December 22, 2006)

Flight from Failure

Unhappy with Detroit's schools, parents consider the alternatives. (November 10, 2006)

99.9 Percent Bunk

No, Madame Secretary, NCLB is not close to perfect. (September 29, 2006)

Wishful Thinking?

A new report's recommendations for improving the teaching profession are encouraging but unrealistic. (August 12, 2006)

Flawed Fixes

If you want teens to become adults with college degrees, attend to their needs. (April 14, 2006)

It Doesn’t Add Up

Forcing kids to take higher math doesn't always compute. (February 17, 2006)

Worlds Collide

True learning happens only when schooling and the "real world" collide. (December 21, 2005)

Whaddaya Know?

Who's buried in Grant's tomb? Our education system makes it difficult to care. (November 11, 2005)

Use It or Lose It

Research could help reshape schools, but it's usually misued or misunderstood. (September 30, 2005)

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