The Global Search for Education: In Search of Professionals – Part 1
“You have to invest in the whole system.” — Randi Weingarten. Photo courtesy of the American Federation of Teachers. Here’s a powerful challenge to the world of education: Improve the profession of teaching. If you believe that the future of learning depends on the future of teaching, Andy Hargreaves’ and Michael Fullan’s latest collaboration, Professional Capital, proposes an action plan...
The Global Search for Education: Racing to the Top at Four
“We believe that tutoring at such a young age should be done by the parents, not with a hired tutor.”– Michael McCurdy Put down your teddy bear! It’s time to take your standardized test. Does it matter that racing to the top threatens to push pre-schoolers into an academic environment too early? Michael McCurdy, the Co-Founder and CEO of TestingMom.com (a children’s tutoring service for...
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