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...
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/
With the release of the official public draft of the college- and career-readiness standards in English-language arts and mathematics by the NGA and CCSSO’s yesterday (September 21, 2009), the ...
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/
One of the selling points of common academic standards for all states in the US is that they will ensure equity and fairness in the education a child receives, wherever he or she lives. But this ...
http://zhaolearning.com/2009/08/08/the-gardener-effect-common-standards-are-unfair-and-exclusive/
It seems that the U.S. will soon have national education standards that will be adopted and implemented in most of the nation. This is a very significant political victory for the national standa...
http://zhaolearning.com/2009/08/06/national-education-standards-without-national-input/