Education in Crisis; An Incidental Conversation in a Bedouin Tent, Part 6
I was traveling in the 70’s with my husband. He was consulting in the Middle East and I was his sidekick. He was involved in desert irrigation. I was involved in photography. We were guests of the...
View ArticleNew York Gifted Kindergarten vs. New York Academic Progress
Don’t take away my chance to succeed. Now this takes the cake in light of the previous post on “Gifted Kindergarten” testing in New York. Here are these New York parents vying for placement for their 4...
View ArticleEducation; Vertical Thinking – Lateral Thinking
“You cannot dig a hole in a different place by digging the same hole deeper.” Edward DeBono In the last post “Race to NOwhere – NOWhere” our students are falling asleep in their one dimensional...
View ArticleEducation; The Lost Art of Engaging Students in Public Education and...
“No one is thinking if everyone is thinking alike.” General George S. Patten, Jr. There is a high school in a poor section of the Bronx called the Theater Arts Production Company School. Report card...
View ArticleEducation and the Teacher Cheaters
The New York Times July 16, 2011 editorial states, “A cheating scandal in which scores of teachers and principals in Atlanta’s public schools falsified student test results has thrown the system into...
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