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What Students (Really) Need to Know

"A good rule of thumb for many things in life holds that things take longer to happen than you think they will, and then happen faster than you thought they could." - Lawrence Summers Read more

Apple and Education Publishing: The Disruptor

". . . we'd like you to come along for the ride. But if you choose not to, we won't hesitate to leave you behind . . ." -John Gruber, Daring Fireball, referring to his "guess" about Apple's strategy for the education textbook marketplace Read more

The Finland Phenomenon: Inside the World's Most Surprising School System

UPDATE January 19th: NEW VIDEO - Dan Rather in HDNET's this Tuesday's "Finnish First" - Watch video plus Bob Compton trailer to "The Finland Phenomenon" Read more

A Connected Teacher: Priceless

Does This Look Like Your School Classroom? Read more

The Best Book about Education for Everyone?

The Global Achievement Gap: Why even our best schools don't teach the survival skills our children need - and what we can do about it Read more

Something's Gotta Give

What stays, what goes, and what we're missing in education Read more

Learning how to teach better through "Lesson Study"

What we can learn from Japan Read more

Misconceptions about learning and teaching

"If I were trying to select a school system for my children or grandchildren, I'd beware of . . . ." Read more

What does it mean to be a tech-savvy and connected principal?

I wasn't there. In fact, I was almost literally half-way around the world. It happened in Philadelphia and I'm in China. Read more