A number of people have asked me about my brief encounter with New York Commissioner John King at the NYSCOSS Fall Leadership Summit on September 24, 2012. Here is my recollection. A couple of we...
More about the book I am very pleased to announce that Corwin Press will release my new book World Class Learners: Educating Creative and Entrepreneurial Students in association with the National...
China’s Peking University (or Beida) has been under fire for trying to answer the nation’s call for more innovative and creative talents. In an attempt to attract more “unusual or extraordi...
More about the book: 1-10-2010: Lansing State Journal Op Ed: Education “Race” is Counterproductive. 12-17-2009: Panel Discussion about Education in the US on China Radio International, Beijin...
China has been working on another round of major education reforms. A national team of government leaders, education officials, and education leaders have been working on a mid and long term stra...
The Fall issue of AASA Journal of Scholarship and Practice includes a commentary of mine on the common core standards. This article gives me more space to lay out my views and bring evidence to s...
Yesterday(September 24, 2009) Secretary of Education Arne Duncan delivered his first major speech about the reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) 1965. The law’...
http://zhaolearning.com/2009/09/25/arnie-duncan%E2%80%99s-mistaken-view-of-education-and-nclb/
In a recent interview, I criticized the misperception that somehow Americans are less interested in the education than their Asian counterparts. American parents have been said to be not as devot...
http://zhaolearning.com/2009/09/14/when-education-is-not-education/
“Singapore Teachers: Lead. Care. Inspire.” This is the vision statement recently unveiled by the Ministry of Education (MOE) in Singapore for its teachers. Since 2008, the MOE has engaged in ...
http://zhaolearning.com/2009/09/01/what-do-we-want-from-our-teachers-an-answer-from-singapore/
On August 6th, the Missouri State Board of Education voted to join the Common Standards Initiative. This means that only three states (Alaska, South Carolina, and Texas) are not part of this nati...