This morning I read a post: A Teacher's Take on Brill's 'Class Warfare' which covers some the arguments for and against Brill's analysis of education through the lens of educator, Patrick Welsch's review of Brill's book in The Washington Post (“Class Warfare: Inside the Fight to Fix America’s Schools” by Steven Brill). As with much of what should be strategic political dialog … [Read more...] about Education: Embracing the Messiness of the Future
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A Must Listen: Ravitch: Standardized Testing Undermines Teaching from NPR Fresh Air
This interview is a couple of weeks old, but it is one of the best discussions I have heard on the issues of American education. I encourage you to take time to listen, or read the highlights. My commentary: When you listen to the privatization advocates, they make sense. When you listen to testing reform groups, they make sense. When you explore slow learning, that makes … [Read more...] about A Must Listen: Ravitch: Standardized Testing Undermines Teaching from NPR Fresh Air
Economic Balance Can’t Come from Sovereign State Policy Makers
Today's strategy+business article, A Continuous Quest for Economic Balance, discusses what countries must do to balance their economies. It starts, in its first sentence, revealing a bias by focusing on "what cracks the storm [the economic crisis] revealed in the foundations of national economies." I think there is a larger crack that appeared during the financial crisis, … [Read more...] about Economic Balance Can’t Come from Sovereign State Policy Makers
Twitter, Egypt and Strategy
Some people have an issue figuring out Twitter's strategy. Perhaps today's events in Egypt have helped them define that strategy: Our goal is to instantly connect people everywhere to what is most meaningful to them. In the context of this week's events, this "goal" makes a lot of sense. If gives Twitter a meaningful purpose (at the same level as Google's mission to … [Read more...] about Twitter, Egypt and Strategy
The Strategy of Freedom in the Middle East
Scenarios help us use our imagination. I heard and read several commentators who said something along the lines of: "we would never have chosen Tunisia as the starting point for revolution. No one could have seen this coming" That is because we are not looking. We must pay attention to the world around us in deep and profound ways. We use our imagination too little when … [Read more...] about The Strategy of Freedom in the Middle East
