September 15, 1999
Education Week, Vol. 19, Issue 02
Teaching Profession
Opinion
Teaching in 2020: The Triumph of 'the Slow Revolution?'
American schools have long been polite places where no one confronts anyone else too directly.
Teaching Profession
A Teaching Gem
Opal McAlister was young, ambitious, and grateful when she took her first teaching job in 1923. One teacher's journey from Calvin Coolidge to Gerald Ford.
Teacher Preparation
Educating the Educators
In 1857, the year the National Education Association was founded, teacher and lecturer William Russell made a bold proposal: Give teachers control over entry into their profession.
Teaching Profession
The Paradoxical Teacher
In a world that likes to pigeonhole people, Albert Shanker was a paradox.
Teaching Profession
The Course of Teaching: Introduction
The men and women charged with educating the nation's young people occupy a special place in American society. Teaching has long been considered more than just a job--even a calling.
Standards & Accountability
Opinion
Confusing Harder With Better
If our students are memorizing more forgettable facts than ever before, if they are spending their hours being drilled on what will help them ace a standardized test, then we may indeed have raised the bar--and more's the pity. In that case, school may be harder, but it sure as hell isn't any better.
Teaching Profession
'The Not-Quite Profession'
The century was young when the activist Margaret Haley dared to speak from the floor of the National Education Association's convention in Detroit, challenging the assertions made by its president. Teachers, she complained, were grossly underpaid.