The poor performance of U.S. students on international measures of science and math has been bemoaned by everyone from the president to concerned parents. The first Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS) results were released in 1995 and the first Program for International Student Assessment (PISA) test results in 2000. The education reforms that they helped to ...
There’s a lot of talk these days about 21st Century Skills. At nearly every confab on education, the latest just-released report is cited calling for an urgent rethinking of our education system to produce graduates who possess not just mastery of content, but also the skills considered highly prized for a rapidly restructuring economy. The mantra-like calls for graduates ...
If you missed 60 Minutes last night, then take 12 minutes today to watch the interview with Freeman Hrabowski, president of the University of Maryland Baltimore County.
Under Hrabowski’s leadership, the school has become a leader in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) education — last year, 41 percent of the bachelor’s degrees earned there were in STEM fields, well ...
Today began with a visit to Töölö Special Upper Secondary School that enrolls students 16 to 18 years of age. Language teacher Ann Edstrom was preparing her 11 students for a quiz the next day by reviewing a worksheet that was projected on the board. When asked why the class was all female, she responded, “Our boy is not ...
Delegates on the trip are becoming restless, or perhaps agitated provides a better descriptor. Decisions made in Finland in the 1970s and in the years following resulted in vast changes in the country’s public schools. My fellow travelers sense that partisanship and the politicization of public education in North Carolina have frustrated attempts to move from successful pilots of ...