An article that appeared in the Israeli newspaper HA'ARETZ, reporting discussion with three Harvard faculty, Helen Haste (HGSE), Jim Sidanius (FAS) and Ryan Enos (Government) about the recent worldwide protest movements.  Translated from Hebrew by Shai Fuxman

02.12.2011 02/12/2011

מאת: אשר שכטר By Asher Schechter…

Although I am hopeful that the talk on teacher-student relationships (Eliot Lyman, Oct. 6, 12 to 1:45pm) will provide much more food for thought, here is an appetizer that builds off the abstract of the talk:

As the educational world increasingly focuses on measuring teacher effectiveness, concern grows that "effective teachers" are defined narrowly as those who raise student test scores.  Through this talk we will explore the possibility that teachers' capacities to…

July 22

It's absolutely impossible to talk about Chinese citizenship education without mentioning Marxist ideology.

Though in the last three decades, Chinese citizenship education de-politicized its citizenship education curricula in junior sections (Primary, junior middle schools), Marxist philosophy, political economy, and theory of socialism still made up the core contents of citizenship education in senior sections (senior middle school, university,…

Hello CMEI participants.  I am looking forward to joining you next week to discuss the paper I've sent in advance.  And I've been asked to stimulate an early discussion here on the blog.  So...

Here are two thoughts about equality and adequacy in education. 

1. One fundamental distinction between equality and adequacy as applied to educational resource distribution is that adequacy seeks to ensure that all students have enough education and, if this condition…