Interesting+Perspectives


 * Sometimes, it's interesting to see what the World Outside of Education thinks of the institution. This page aims to keep those perspectives coming on a regular basis. Read to your heart's content, but be wary.... **

A High-Tech Route to Smarter Kids? //The Bulletin,// Bend, Oregon, March 11, 2010.

Scholar Diane Ravitch: We've Lost Sight of Schools' Goal //USA Today,// March 9, 2010.

**Effective Teachers Plan Gets Rolling in Pittsburgh School District** //Pittsburgh Post-Gazette,// March 9, 2010.

Celebrities Lend Weight to Promote Civics Education //Education Week,// August 25, 2009

Colbert Nation: I's on Edjukayshun--Texas School Board March 16, 2010 Historian Eric Foner is the guest.

Dangerously Irrelevant

The Fischbowl Karl Fisch's always fascinating odyssey as a teacher in the 21st Century. Includes links to such popular items as Karl's //Did You Know: Shift Happens// presentations.

Thomas Friedman: The Green Revolutions--Plural June 25, 2009

Thomas Friedman: The Real War of Ideas July 20, 2009

[|**How Christian Were the Founders?**] Russell Shorto, //New York Times,// Feb. 11, 2010

[|**Socialist Studies: Left, left, left**] //Pittsburgh Tribune-Review,// Feb. 19, 2010

Pierce, Charles. P. //Idiot America: How Stupidity Became a Virtue in the Land of the Free.// Doubleday, 2009.