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Brian Crosby, an upper elementary teacher for 29 years, guides the learning in a model technology classroom in Sparks, Nevada. Coming from a background in outdoor education and educational technology, Brian fuses his “at risk” students’ use of technology with field trips, art, hands-on activities and a problem-based approach, to build their schema of the world while at once connecting them to it.

Brian’s students are acclaimed for the “community service” projects they accomplish and he espouses, believing that if children are seen as the valuable public resource they are, while they do important work and learning, society will be more willing to invest in them.

Building a wiki web site to leverage the learning at a local animal park, developing an advertising campaign for a non-profit that recycles bicycles, producing award winning public service announcements about diversity and bullying, including a classmate with leukemia utilizing video-conferencing and then producing an award winning video teaching others how to follow their lead, are just some examples.

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If Media Reported on National Security (For Example) Like They Do Education

Posted August 15, 2011 | 15:49:38 (EST)

Crisis in national security? If we follow the lead of NBC and their Education Nation and other media outlets' education coverage it might look like this:

We would put together a panel to discuss national security "in depth." The panel would consist of college professors and online university presidents that...

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Models of Education Innovation: What Else Should We Try?

Posted July 29, 2011 | 12:05:16 (EST)

In comments on this and other blogs about education, one of the constant complaints from commenters is that no solutions are proposed, only reasons why some program or policy won't or doesn't work. These are frustrating and non-productive since usually the solution is implied (if too much testing is the...

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Innovation Starts With Having Autonomy

Posted July 14, 2011 | 13:33:04 (EST)

One of the most infuriating aspects of the discussion about education reform or change has been that there really hasn't been a discussion. Money and power have trumped experience for far too many years now with the media and the U.S. Department of Education rushing uncritically to get every quote...

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Another Health Care and Education Discussion

Posted November 12, 2010 | 17:21:21 (EST)

Weight is one of the most important indicators of human health. My health care provider requires a weight test to be sure members pass the health test. Let's use a patient that weighs 1,000 pounds to see how the numbers on the test might not be what they seem (this...

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'Discussion' About Ed Reform is Just like a Political Ad... Maybe Worse

Posted November 4, 2010 | 02:07:12 (EST)

If you haven't noticed we are at the end of the most recent political cycle. As usual the ads for various candidates and ballot measures have continued their geometric progression into negativity and double-speak hell. However, the current blitz about ed reform just might give political ads some competition when...

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NBC's Education Nation and the 'In-Depth Education Discussion'

Posted October 4, 2010 | 01:25:53 (EST)

As a teacher with 30 years experience teaching in both private and public schools I really want to commend NBC News, Brian Williams and all the reporters that worked on their stellar Education Nation broadcast. They billed it as an "...in-depth conversation about improving education in America," and truly it...

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