Amber Winkler, Fordham’s VP for Research, recently traveled China as a Senior Fellow with the Global Education Policy Fellowship Program (GEPFP). She’ll be passing along her observations on education in the People’s Republic with periodic “Postcards from China.”
I've now had the opportunity to sit and peek...
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Amber Winkler, Fordham’s VP for Research, recently traveled China as a Senior Fellow with the Global Education Policy Fellowship Program (GEPFP). She’ll be passing along her observations on education in the People’s Republic with periodic “Postcards from China."
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Education governance is a...
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Amber Winkler, Fordham’s VP for Research, is currently traveling China as a Senior Fellow with the Global Education Policy Fellowship Program ( GEPFP). She’ll be passing along her observations on education in the People’s Republic with periodic “Postcards from China,” but today she’s sharing some of the more scenic (and...
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Amber Winkler, Fordham’s VP for Research, is currently traveling China as a Senior Fellow with the Global Education Policy Fellowship Program (GEPFP). She’ll be passing along her observations on education in the People’s Republic with periodic “Postcards from China.”
Another city (hospitable Xi'an) and another tour guide. These...
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Amber Winkler, Fordham’s VP for Research, is currently traveling China as a Senior Fellow with the Global Education Policy Fellowship Program (GEPFP). She’ll be passing along her observations on education in the People’s Republic with periodic “Postcards from China.”
A few days in bustling, smoggy Beijing and one thing is clear:...
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Review: Efficacy of Schoolwide Programs to Promote Social and Character Development and Reduce Problem Behavior in Elementary School Children
Are schools responsible for students’ character development as well as their cognitive achievement? Is this best done via discrete “character development” programs or by creating an overall school culture that seamlessly fosters...
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Finland gets high praise for doing well on PISA but apparently Finnish mathematicians don’t think too highly of the test. Here’s what they have to say:
The PISA-survey leaves us, thus, with unanswered questions regarding many skills . . . [O]ne has to consider the possibility that the first place in...
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I've been on jury duty for the last week. It was a federal criminal trial—and judging from the number of individuals involved, it cost the taxpayers a heavy chunk of change. A couple hours ago, we rendered our verdict and now I'm free to talk about it....
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I’ve been on jury duty for the last week. It was a federal criminal trial—and judging from the number of individuals involved, it cost the taxpayers a heavy chunk of change. A couple hours ago, we rendered our verdict and now I’m free to talk about it. In a nutshell,...
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I had the soggy pleasure yesterday of trudging, in the pouring rain, over to 101 Constitution Ave. for the latest update on the Common Core Standards Initiative from NGA and CCSSO. Apparently attendees didn't mind getting wet because it was a packed house. I weaseled my...
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