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What to Do if Your Child Is a Loner

Susan Stiffelman | Posted 03.09.2013 | Parents
Susan Stiffelman

Mostly sweet and sensitive, socially awkward kids quietly inhabit the fringes of our world. If they're lucky, they have one similarly-afflicted friend; someone to take the edge off the loneliness.

The Global Search for Education: More on Cheating

C. M. Rubin | Posted 12.04.2012 | Home
C. M. Rubin

After reading Howard Gardner's article, Harvard's Cheating Scandal as a Play in Four Acts, and listening to Dr. Gardner and Dr. Tricia Bertram Gallant on 90.9 WBUR Radio Boston, I was curious to find out more about Dr. Tricia Bertram Gallant's research on academic integrity.

The Global Search for Education: The Education Debate 2012 -- Howard Gardner

C. M. Rubin | Posted 11.30.2012 | Home
C. M. Rubin

Has there ever been a more important time to debate the big picture questions of education? As nations around the world reform education to prepare their students for the 21st century workplace, are our students ready to compete?

The Global Search for Education: On Cheating

C. M. Rubin | Posted 11.03.2012 | Home
C. M. Rubin

According to a survey of 24,000 high school students in grades 9-12, 95% of students said they cheated during the course of their education, ranging from letting somebody copy their homework to cheating on tests.

Recognizing and Assessing Multiple Intelligences

Kris Jamsa, Ph.D., MBA | Posted 10.23.2012 | Home
Kris Jamsa, Ph.D., MBA

Intelligence is a measure of one's ability to learn. Everyone, by definition, possesses a level of intelligence. That said, each of us learns in different ways and at different rates.

The Global Search for Education: What Is Good?

C. M. Rubin | Posted 09.29.2012 | Home
C. M. Rubin

Truth, Beauty, Goodness -- what do they mean to young and old in a 21st century world experiencing dramatic technological and philosophical change?

Art in Earnest: Harlem-Based Artist, Tyson Hall

Eric J. Henderson | Posted 06.06.2012 | Arts
Eric J. Henderson

Hall dwells specifically at the intersection of Art and Policy, his work aiming to touch people in the everyday. That is so clichƩ that it hurts as I strip the meaning of that universality down to a feel-good thing to say. I don't mean it that way.

More Music Please

C. M. Rubin | Posted 04.08.2012 | Home
C. M. Rubin

All children should have the opportunity to experience, learn and perform choral music by great composers. Francisco J. Nunez, Artistic Director and Founder of The Young People's Chorus of New York City, believes this.

Memo to Mayor Bloomberg: Let Them Make Games!

Dr. Idit Harel Caperton | Posted 03.14.2012 | Home
Dr. Idit Harel Caperton

Children learn best when they are the designers, builders, navigators, engineering and key operators of their own learning.

Who Is Currently Identified as Gifted in the United States?

Scott Barry Kaufman, Ph.D. | Posted 03.06.2012 | Home
Scott Barry Kaufman, Ph.D.

Hopefully ten years from now, there will be greater changes in gifted education than there have been in the past ten years.

The Global Search for Education: What Do We Value Most?

C. M. Rubin | Posted 10.31.2011 | Home
C. M. Rubin

According to Howard Gardner, our analysis of the educational problems in the United States is very distorted.

What's The Best Approach To Teacher Incentives In U.S. Education?

Posted 09.18.2011 | Home

Atlanta is in the middle of an educational crisis with allegations and reports of widespread cheating across the district's school teachers. Now the t...

Who Is America's Most Influential Educator?

John Merrow | Posted 08.28.2011 | Home
John Merrow

A month or so ago, I speculated about the most influential person in American education, then put forth four nominees -- Wendy Kopp, Big Bird, Arne Duncan and Joel Klein.

Cooperation Not Competition: Finland's Model For Education Success

C. M. Rubin | Posted 08.01.2011 | Home
C. M. Rubin

"The Finns had a crisis," professor Tony Wagner explains. Starting with the principle that cooperation is a key pillar of success, the Finns revised their educational framework.

The Global Search for Education: The Way Out of Poverty

C. M. Rubin | Posted 07.10.2011 | Home
C. M. Rubin

American educators and policy makers are trying to figure out how we, as a highly developed nation, can improve our education systems so that America can stay at the top in a rapidly changing world.

Why Passion Is a Gift

Scott Barry Kaufman, Ph.D. | Posted 05.25.2011 | Home
Scott Barry Kaufman, Ph.D.

Why don't we view passion and interest as gifts?

To Raise Test Scores, Plant a Garden

Sarah Garland | Posted 05.25.2011 | New York
Sarah Garland

In response to pressure to raise achievement, administrators at a struggling New Jersey school planted a garden. They also added a peer-mediation program. Over a decade, test scores rose dramatically.