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Joy Resmovits

Learning From Finland's Classrooms

HuffingtonPost.com | Joy Resmovits | Posted 01.24.2012

Read More: International Tests, Education News, Education, Obama Education, Finnish Education, No Child Left Behind, Race to the Top, Finland Schools, Standardized Testing, Finland, Pisa, Education Reform, Stanford University, Barack Obama, Finland Education, Education News

STANFORD, Calif. -- Finland is this decade's shiny icon of classroom success, the repeat winner of top results in a global ranking of national school ...

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Perry's Gaffe Represents Poor Texan and U.S. Educational Performance; Civics Lesson Needed

Michael Shank | Posted 01.11.2012

Read More: Violence, Florida, Institute for Economics and Peace, Louisiana, Politics, Education, Alabama, European Union, Texas, US Peace Index, Asia, Eu, Nevada, Oecd, Michael Shank, Middle East, Civics Education, Tennessee, Rick Perry, Pisa, Programme for International Student Assessment, Governor Rick Perry, Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, Elections 2012, Education News
Michael Shank

Without a strong American commitment to a quality education, it is no surprise that Rick Perry, a son of this education system, cannot recall government agencies.

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The Global Search for Education: More from Canada

C. M. Rubin | Posted 11.27.2011

Read More: Teacher Quality, Global Education, C. M. Rubin, The Global Search for Education, Canadian College System, Canadian and U. S. School Systems, Standardized Testing, Pisa, Dr. Ben Levin, Education Reform, How to Change 5000 Schools, Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, Education News
C. M. Rubin

The U.S. cannot improve its education system for all or even most children by keeping its present focus on charter schools, more testing, teacher evaluation and union bashing. None of those feature in the best-performing countries.

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

C. M. Rubin | Posted 10.31.2011

Read More: Howard Gardner, C. M. Rubin, The Real Alice in Wonderland Book, Global Education, GoodWork Project, Harvard University, The Global Search for Education, Standardized Tests, Teachers' Pay, Theory of Multiple Intelligences, Pisa, U. S. School System, Education Reform, Project Zero, Harvard School of Education, Education News
C. M. Rubin

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

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Joy Resmovits

75 Trillion Reasons Why U.S. Math Proficiency Matters

HuffingtonPost.com | Joy Resmovits | Posted 10.17.2011

Read More: Education News, Examinations, Economy, Math Performance, Harvard, Oecd, Barack Obama, Education, Poverty and Education, Education Policy, Kennedy School, Math Proficiency, Finland, Eric Hanushek, Tests, Pisa, Finland Test Scores, Naep, Education News

U.S. students rank poorly in proficiency on both domestic and international math exams, a problem that could cost the country $75 trillion over 80 yea...

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Pisa Bans Trashy Souvenirs

AOL Travel News | Posted 10.04.2011

Read More: Leaning Tower of Pisa, Tourism, Italy Tourism, Travel News, Pisa Tourism, Global Pulse, Italy, Tourism Italy, Pisa, Europe Travel, Travel News

Wherever will we get boxer shorts with strategically-placed leaning towers anymore? Thanks to the city of Pisa taking itself too seriously, vendors se...

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China No Longer Test-Obsessed; Do We Follow Suit To Compete?

GOOD | Liz Dwyer | Posted 08.09.2011

Read More: Minxuan Zhang, Testing Students, Ministry of Education, China Education, Center for International Education Studies, Standardized Testing, Pisa, Chinese Education, China, Education News

At a time when international test results--like last year's PISA data--seem to indicate that American students are falling behind their Chinese counte...

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The Global Standardized Test: An Interview With The Director Of PISA

C. M. Rubin | Posted 07.17.2011

Read More: Andreas Schleicher, C. M. Rubin, The Global Search for Education, PISA Test, Standardized Testing, Program for International Student Assessment, Pisa, Education News
C. M. Rubin

The performance of U.S. students in the 2009 PISA was poor, especially when you consider that the U.S. has the biggest global economy and is among the top 10 countries in standards of living.

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How The U.S. Education System Looks To A Leading Expert Abroad

Justin Snider | Posted 07.11.2011

Read More: Andreas Schleicher, Education Reform, Arne Duncan, Pisa, Multilingualism, Accountability, Barack Obama, Oecd, u.s. Education System, Education News
Justin Snider

OECD's Andreas Schleicher, an expert on educational systems around the world, discusses what he makes of the current push for reform in American public education.

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Less Testing, Respecting Teachers Spells Success In Finland's Schools

TIME | Posted 06.14.2011

Read More: Education Reform, Finland Teachers, Finland, Teachers, Pisa, Finland Schools, Finland Education, Education News

Spring may be just around the corner in this poor part of Helsinki known as the Deep East, but the ground is still mostly snow-covered and the air has...

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4 Reasons Americans Students Are Falling Behind In Science

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette | Posted 05.30.2011

Read More: Science, Stem, Pisa, STEM Education, Obama Science and Math, Science Education, PISA Test, Education News

The few times that Huan Kiat Koh came home with poor grades when he was growing up in Singapore, he vividly remembers his mother's response. "She wou...

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Lessons From Finland: Teachers And Unions In The World's Best Education System

Justin Snider | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Class Size, Teacher Evaluations, Henna Virkkunen, Teachers Union, Finland, Pisa, Teachers, Accountability, Oecd, Finland Education, Education Reform, Education News
Justin Snider

On March 16, I sat down with Finland's Minister of Education, Ms. Henna Virkkunen, for a discussion of the Finnish educational system -- and what less...

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Is Literacy A Must-Teach For All Subjects?

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Literacy, Reading Comprehension, Teachers, Pisa, Subject Matter Literacy, Secondary Literacy Pilot, Education News

When students learn about the genetic code or pore though Huck Finn, do they really understand what they're reading? That's what New York schools ...

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Art Education, the Innovation Economy and the PISA tests

John M. Eger | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Creativity, Science, Pisa, Art, Innovation, Competitiveness, Education Reform, International, Education News
John M. Eger

The hearse is at the back door of America, as we have known it. Either we make the changes to succeed in the wake of globalization, or the world's greatest experiment in democracy fails.

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Lessons From Finland and Asia About Real Education Reform

Leonie Haimson | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Testing, Samuel Abrams, Class Size, Arne Duncan, Pasi Sahlberg, Finland, Pisa, Asia, Parents Across America, Education News
Leonie Haimson

The Finns "trust teachers" and allow them to "design their own courses, using a national curriculum as a guide."

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Unemployment 'Math': Statistical Lies

Iris Mack | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Market, Unemployment Math, Statistics, Population Employed, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Bls, Journalist, U.S., China, Wall Street Journal, Journalism, Obama Administration, Unemployed, Economists, Part-Time, Minimize, Distorting, Lying, Employees, Policies, Unemployment Benefits, Jobs, Employment Numbers, Unemployment Report, Weather, Jobs Report, Students, Math Literate, Falsehoods, Homeless Shelters, Reading, Household Data, Egypt, Legal Residents, Statistical, Economy, Full-Time, Media, Unemployment Rate, Taxpayers, Msnbc, Government, Underemployed, Real Unemployment Data, Data, International Math Exams, Americans, Hire, STATISTICAL LIES, Paid Government Servants, Population Estimates, Benefits, Labor Department, Tent Cities, Math Illiterate, Science, United States, Survey, Chinese Goods, Parole Officers, Fuzzy Math, Mainstream Media, Analytical Reasoning, Credit Cards, Wall Street, Holiday Shopping, Math Proficiency, Pisa, Statisticians, Social Networking, Washington Math, Job Market, Unmarried Women, Women, Business News
Iris Mack

Parents need to demand that their children learn math. Math literate citizens can will use analytical reasoning to see through the lies of government and the ridiculous insults from the mainstream media.

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Our Sputnik Moment, Revisited: Hire the Best and Brightest!

Fred Belmont | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Arne Duncan Education Secretary, Arne Duncan, Public Education Reform, Teacher Recruitment, Arne Duncan Pisa, Pisa, Education Reform, PISA Test, Global Pisa, Education News
Fred Belmont

If America does not start today in filling its teacher ranks with the best and brightest students, in 10 years we may find our students are behind those in Kyrgyzstan.

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PHOTOS: Traveling To (And Through) The Heart Of Italy

Paolo Rossi | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Lucca, Holidays, Siena, Romance, Roadtrip, Road Trip, Italy, Travel, Pisa, Tuscany, Florence, Slidepollajax, Travel News
Paolo Rossi

Over 40 million tourists travel to Italy every year, making it the fith most visited country in the world. The capital Rome is by far the most popular...

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Can the Philanthropic Billionaire and the President of the AFT find common ground?

Mike Klonsky | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: School Reform, Bill Gates, Randi Weingarten, Chinese Education, Arne Duncan, American Federation of Teachers, Pisa, School Reforms, Chester Finn, Education News
Mike Klonsky

There's nothing wrong with trying to raise the bar on teacher quality. But if Gates' reform strategy is to make all teachers equal in skill, he's barking up the wrong tree.

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PISA Test Doomsayers May Have It Wrong

Dr. Jim Taylor | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Arne Duncan, Pisa, Education Reform, Public Education, Timss, PISA Test, Education News
Dr. Jim Taylor

Societal and economic factors have an immense impact on the over-all quality of our public education system and the test results that are used in international comparisons.

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Equity at the Core of International Score

Rep. Mike Honda | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Rep Mike Honda, National Commission on Equity and Excellence, Education, Equity, Pisa, Students, Canada, Oecd, China, Education News
Rep. Mike Honda

One of the greatest lessons to be learned from the Program for International Student Assessment report released this month is that equity matters.

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Scaling Up Success

Randi Weingarten | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Education, American Federation of Teachers, Public Education Reform, Teachers Unions, Finland, Pisa, Education Reform, Teachers, Teaching, Public Education, Randi Weingarten, Education News
Randi Weingarten

To our children's detriment, decision-makers are more likely to choose "reforms" lacking evidence of effectiveness than they are to adopt and expand educational approaches proven successful.

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WATCH: Michelle Rhee Explains 'U.S. Education System In Crisis'

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Michelle Rhee, Parker Spitzer, Teachers Union, Pisa, Studentsfirst, Merit Pay, Video, Education News

Former Washington, D.C. Schools Chancellor Michelle Rhee appeared on CNN's Parker Spitzer Dec. 15 to share her views on the state of the American educ...

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Successful Schools Have a Global Orientation

Anthony Jackson | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Oecd, Finland, US Department of Education, Pisa, Education, Foreign Languages, International Education, Education News
Anthony Jackson

High-performing Asian school systems, like high-performing nations elsewhere in the world, truly have a global orientation.

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Poor PISA Performance Requires Radical Curriculum Rethink

Rep. Mike Honda | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Rep Mike Honda, National Commission on Equity and Excellence, Education, Pisa, Equity, Students, US Department of Education, Oecd, Education News
Rep. Mike Honda

America continues to be outcompeted on the international Program for International Student Assessment. In the most recent study, the US scored 17th in reading, 23rd in science, and 31st in math.

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