Tag Archives: Education standards — U.S.
Innovative Learning
Benno Schmidt, Jr., former president of Yale University, discusses the Edison Project, a private educational initiative. At the time of this interview, Schmidt was a Trustee of the National Humanities Center. In the second segment [19:00] Richard Schramm, director of … Continue reading
Posted in Episodes, Schmidt, Benno C., Schramm, Richard
Tagged Edison Project, Education -- U.S., Education policy -- U.S., Education standards -- U.S., Public education, teaching
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Future Stakes, Part 3: Classroom Laboratories
In the late 1980s, what did the experts foresee for the future of American science and technology, especially with respect to scientific education and educational reform? Shirley Malcolm and James Rutherford contend that high school and elementary school teachers’ unfamiliarity … Continue reading
Posted in Episodes, Malcolm, Shirley, Rutherford, F. James
Tagged Education standards -- U.S., Science -- Teaching
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Future Stakes, Part 2: Teaching Standards
The national conversation on standards for American teachers in the late 1980s is exemplified in this conversation between two members of the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards, elementary school principal Sonia Hernandez and James A. Kelly, the educator-president of the NBPTS. Among other topics, … Continue reading
Posted in Episodes, Hernandez, Sonia, Kelly, James A.
Tagged Education standards -- U.S., Teachers and teaching
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Future Stakes, Part 1: Education and the National Economy
Former governor James B. Hunt, Jr. and economist Ray Marshall converse in the late 1980s about the role of education in maintaining a strong American economy. According to the Carnegie Forum on Education and the Economy, America’s ability to compete in world markets … Continue reading
Posted in Episodes, Hunt, James B., Marshall, F. Ray
Tagged Economics - U.S., Education standards -- U.S., Politics -- U.S.
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A Nation Prepared
According to Governor Thomas Kean and Marc Tucker, the improvement of teaching standards is directly connected to both economic growth and the standard of living in the United States. At the time of this interview, Kean, who was governor of New … Continue reading
Posted in Episodes, Kean, Thomas H., Tucker, Marc S.
Tagged Education standards -- U.S., Governor, teachers, teaching
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Adult Literacy in America
What does it mean for Americans to be literate at basic and advanced levels? In both social and individual terms, how should one best define literacy? What educational and utilitarian ends should these definitions serve? 305 – Adult Literacy in … Continue reading
Posted in Episodes, Haigler, Karl
Tagged Education standards -- U.S., Functional literacy -- U.S.
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Gifted and Talented Education
How does American education treat gifted and talented students? Who defines them, and to what educational and social ends? What should parents and students know about gifted and talented education? These questions are addressed by Denis Doyle, James Gallagher, and Gail Huffman. … Continue reading
Posted in Doyle, Denis, Episodes, Gallagher, James John, Huffman, Gail McKnight
Tagged Education policy -- U.S., Education standards -- U.S., Gifted students
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What Was Literature?
Leslie Fiedler discusses his book What Was Literature?: Class Culture and Mass Society, which describes literature, popular culture, and critical standards in the United States. He addresses the literary canon as created historically in American universities and the social and ideological … Continue reading
Posted in Episodes, Fiedler, Leslie
Tagged American literature, Education standards -- U.S., Literary canon
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