More Initiatives Result in Less Education
by Stuart Singer, The Teacher Leader In a recent post Mel Riddile related the story of a teacher whose school was implementing 18 different educational initiatives within one year. Not surprisingly,...
View ArticleHigh Stakes Tests Create Desperate Teachers and Principals
“It’s a sign of a fundamental imbalance: The tests matter deeply for teachers and principals, whose jobs and salaries depend on improving scores. But the lengthy exams don’t matter much to students.” –...
View ArticleDesperately in Need of Assistance
By Stuart Singer, The Master Teacher In a recent post, Mel Riddile clearly enunciated one of the most difficult problems with utilizing standardized testing as a measure of the competence of...
View ArticleWhen Dirty is NOT a Dirty Word
By Stuart Singer, veteran math teacher and author of The Algebra Miracle You may not think you know Mike Rowe but you probably do. He is that very likeable fellow wearing the baseball hat in numerous...
View ArticleSchool Reform: Movie Sets and the 59th Minute Surprise
By Mel Riddile Note: This is an update of a previous post. I went back and re-read an interview with Texas Superintendent, John Kuhn, who is famous for his Letter from the Alamo. In the interview, Kuhn...
View ArticleThe Wrong Basic Instincts
By Stuart Singer, The Teacher Leader, and author of The Algebra Miracle. It was a lesson learned on the frontlines of education. As the 2013-14 school year unfolds across the country that experience...
View ArticleAn Homage to Today’s Educators
By Stuart L. Singer, author of The Algebra Miracle I look at my retirement with a blend of joy and sorrow. I love that the pension provided by my forty years of service allows me to pursue many of my...
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Driving on the Wrong Side of the Road?
By Malbert Smith and Mel Riddile A friend recently sent us a web link with the title “40 Maps That Will Help You Make Sense of the World”. For purposes of this blog, we highlight four maps for...
View ArticleStop Patching Education!
By Stuart A. Singer, author of The Algebra Miracle and a forty-year veteran math teacher. This is the first in a series of rants from a frustrated educational writer. At the intersection of politics...
View ArticleFifty Years in the Making
By Stuart A. Singer, author of The Algebra Miracle At first glance it seemed like an unlikely place for an extended philosophical discussion of education. Then again perhaps it was the perfect setting...
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