On Classrooms, With and Without Computers Clifford Stoll's essay about computers replacing teachers and hands on experiences as a means for education is filled with his passion for experiencing nature with all of the senses we humans were born with. He writes of feeling the gooshiness of an octopu...

Reflections on andragogy Remember the first time you learned to bake brownies, replace a light bulb, or change a tire? Chances are you learned these skills, not through formal education, but through your own initiative, motivated by desire or need. You may have learned the skills on your own; or p...

One of the most important tools in the profession of education has always been technology. Technology allows the student to comprehend the subject matter at hand easier. Not only is technology beneficiary to the student, but it is also a great help to the teacher. Using certain tools can make a cla...

Kofi Annan once said, ""Literacy is a bridge from misery to hope. It is a tool for daily life in modern society. It is a bulwark against poverty, and a building block of development, an essential complement to investments in roads, dams, clinics and factories. Literacy is a platform for de...

Wenglinsky's publisher is "Teachers College Press," and in fact, Wenglinsky is a research scientist, advocate for the modernization of schools and teacher who has testified before the U.S. House of Representatives on school issues that have nothing to do with technology. His book offe...

Good Communication According to Joseph De Vito (1994) interpersonal communication is where you interact with others, learn about the and about yourself and reveal yourself to others. It is through interpersonal communication that you establish, maintain (and sometimes destroy) your pers...

The educational community is clearly unsettled by the President's "No Child Left behind Act" (NCLB) of 2001. Even though one of the strongest planks of the president's platform was his promise to address the faltering performance of the US educational system, the resulting bill had sent sh...

The curriculum framework of history-social science for kindergarten through grade twelve is an effort to strengthen education system by building on the best practices contained within previous frameworks. The revised framework focuses on the chronological study of history. Placed in its ...

Guided Reading Tompkins defined guided reading as a literacy activity where teachers support children's reading and writing during guided literacy activities, but unlike modeling or sharing the children actually do the reading. (Tompkins, pg. 18). Students meet with the teacher to read a b...

School Vouchers: The Wrong Choice Susie is a young girl who lives in Florida. Since kindergarten, she has attended a nearby private school. Her parents willingly pay her tuition, even though doing so forces them to cut other corners. They do not mind these sacrifices, since they know that their ...

School Vouchers: The Wrong Choice Susie is a young girl who lives in Florida. Since kindergarten, she has attended a nearby private school. Her parents willingly pay her tuition, even though doing so forces them to cut other corners. They do not mind these sacrifices, since they know that their ...

Using Transformational Leadership in the Era of No Child Left Behind: Creating Teacher Leaders to Increase Reading Achievement There is a dearth of information to be found on the subject of how to raise achievement scores in low performing schools. Millions of dollars have been spent on vario...

"Deschooling Society" Institutionalization in education was a fundamental concern for Ivan Illich. The arguments of the Illich in "Deschooling Society" seem rather obviously naive to many people yet in my opinion they are based on some quite profound arguments about knowledge a...

Do you remember your first elementary school Christmas program, your little sister's piano recital, or those Friday night football half-time shows? What about the first musical you sat through on a field trip or the band you wanted to form when you were fifteen? These are all common experiences for...

If I Were In Charge For me, the term "educated" means to be well rounded not only in the necessary scholarly subjects such as Math, English, History/Geography, and the Sciences, but in the problems that can face us in every-day life. "To be educated" isn't just a phrase t...