I have been teaching a course in interdisciplinary instruction for teaching candidates for many years. Currently, I use my own book in which I propose approaches to both interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary instructional unit planning. I retired from full-time teaching in 2008 but have continued to teach the course in the fall semester each year. Anyone interested in the specific interpretations I give to the interdisciplinary methodology may want to look at a website I use for students.…

How Do We Prepare Our Children for What’s Next?

Paul Schultz

What kids learn at a young age will determine whether they're prepared for a future full of unknowns.

When most of us were deciding what to major in at college, the word Google was not a verb.…

The Hidden Costs of Higher Ed

By NOAH S. BERNSTEIN

NY Times

Ten Tell-Tale Signs that It’s Time to Get Back to the Classroom

This is the listing of all of the videos from #140EDU Conference. Please feel free to share these videos with your friends and colleagues:

Chris Lehmann - http://blip.tv/140confevents/140edu-8-2-11-welcome-5465616

Jeff Pulver - …

I am growing tired of the number of posts and stories I read about everyone’s plan on “teacher accountability”. I see too many holes in too many plans to deal with what is being categorized as “THE PROBLEM” with education; bad teachers. Unfortunately, when the outcome of many of these ill-conceived plans like Merit Pay result in failure, that too will be blamed on the teachers for its failure to work and not the fact that the plan itself was flawed. Teachers are in a no-win situation with…

Aside from oodles of resources for educators to immerse themselves in (see my earlier blog "Educational Technology, Truly an Adventure for Everyone),  there are many nifty devices now and always newer, better, faster, and smaller on the way.  These include laptops (PC or MAC), netbooks, iPods, iPads, interactive white boards, and let’s not leave out the iPhone or other smart phones.  All of these devices are capable of accessing the Internet, downloading video, being highly interactive, and…

This is the first of a series of posts former U.S. Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings is writing for The Huffington Post over the next few weeks through back-to-school season on U.S. Education.

Hopelessness and lack of confidence, spending dominating policymaking conversations, angst at all levels of government, and a public disgusted, disconnected and disappointed -- descriptors of our current economic situation? No, (well yes), they're descriptors of the current…

Mathematics Education: A Way Forward

The 6 Dumbest Things Schools Are Doing in the Name of Safety

By:Sara J.,  Steve Blair August 14, 2011 …

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Dr. Elsa Sophia Morote, Chair of Educational Leadership, Administration, and Technology at Dowling College, describes her quests in keeping up with the continual changes and improvements in educational technology in her blog, Educational Technology, My Personal Adventure.  The analogy to an adventure is perfect because following the rapid advancement in technology is like a trek…

In my basement, we have an old dresser.  If you were to open any one of the six drawers of this dresser you would have to tug a little because each drawer is filled to the brim and overflowing with Lego.  But that’s not the only place you’ll find Lego in my house.  Bins of Lego can be found tucked behind chairs and stacked neatly (and not-so-neatly) on bookshelves in every room.  And of course, if you look in the heaters and other small crevices of my home, you will find errant pieces and…

Ten Tips for New Leaders