January 21, 1998
Education Week, Vol. 17, Issue 19
Education
Opinion
Learning To Live With 'New Age' English
Language follows the patterns of ease and efficiency we find in
nature. A stream flows around hills, through valleys. For one thing,
it's often awkward to say something effectively except "incorrectly."
You can't always gracefully recast "different than" to "different
from," generally considered more correct. You may not always want to
recast sentences or revise punctuation according to classical rules
when it seems better to be more natural.
School Choice & Charters
Opinion
The Best (Only?) Alternative to Vouchers
Public education advocates are now in a panic.
The "V" word is seemingly on everyone's lips, and voucher advocates
boast that polls show a majority of the public now favors their
approach, signaling that people's faith in the so-called bureaucratic
"blob" is finally ebbing.
Teacher Preparation
Opinion
Where We Are From
As academics, we are concerned with other matters:
Will our research project work out, will we get that grant, will our
students leave our classes with all the knowledge we want them to
gain?
These are not trivial matters, but they are very different from those
faced by practicing teachers and other school professionals.
Education
Opinion
The Tyranny of a National Curriculum
National testing and national curriculum are one and the same. In spite
of U.S. Secretary of Education Richard W. Riley's assertion that it is
possible to support national testing (which he does) and oppose
national curriculum (which he also does), most educators agree that
"what is tested is what will be taught."