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Enrichment programs: the winners win more at the expense of their classmates.		Aug 1, 2008	693
What's a computer for? Part II: computer science is the new basic skill.		Jul 1, 2008	686
What's a computer for? It all depends on your educational philosophy.		Jun 1, 2008	860
Online videoconferencing: Web tools such as uStream make video broadcasting accessible.		Jun 1, 2008	2750
Walter Isaacson on the Einstein Myth: a recent biographer shares some of Einstein's views on education.		May 1, 2008	660
Keeping up with the future: consider these suggestions for staying informed and inspired.		May 1, 2008	736
The games teachers play: we are cheating our students by turning reading into a game of dodgeball.		Apr 1, 2008	663
Please say thank you: the time is now to thank your mentors and heroes.		Mar 1, 2008	925
Teach the kids you have: there is no substitute for getting to know every student.		Feb 1, 2008	897
Landscape of a lifetime: Herb Kohl reflects on education today.	Cover story	Jan 1, 2008	3381
Beyonce feels your pain: let's all make a simple New Year's resolution.		Jan 1, 2008	689
Arts should be for all! There should be nothing elective about "arts" education.		Dec 1, 2007	763
George's Secret Key to the Universe.		Dec 1, 2007	97
Hooray for Diffendoofer Day!		Dec 1, 2007	92
The Number Devil: A Mathematical Adventure.		Dec 1, 2007	48
Blogs, Wikis, Podcasts, and Other Powerful Web Tools for Classrooms.		Dec 1, 2007	65
The Children's Machine: Rethinking School in the Ago of the Computer.		Dec 1, 2007	61
Painting Chinese: A Lifelong Teacher Gains the Wisdom of Youth.		Dec 1, 2007	59
The Book of Learning and Forgetting.		Dec 1, 2007	54
Come on, People.		Dec 1, 2007	62
Unconditional Parenting: Moving from Rewards and Punishments to Love and Reason.		Dec 1, 2007	58
Reading FAQ.		Dec 1, 2007	56
The Big Picture: Education Is Everyone's Business.		Dec 1, 2007	70
The Hundred Languages of Children: The Reggio Emilia Approach Advanced Reflections, 2nd ed.		Dec 1, 2007	74
Letters to a Young Teacher.	Letter to the editor	Dec 1, 2007	84
Stupidity and Tears: Teaching and Learning in Troubled Times.		Dec 1, 2007	51
Tested: One American School Struggles to Make the Grade.		Dec 1, 2007	67
The Children in Room E4: American Education on Trial.		Dec 1, 2007	66
The Game of School: Why We All Play It, How It Hurts Kids, and What It Will Take to Change It.		Dec 1, 2007	69
Letters to the Next President: What We Can Do about the Real Crisis in Public Education, 2008 Election.	Letter to the editor	Dec 1, 2007	73
Selling the Dream.		Dec 1, 2007	48
Slack: Getting Past Busywork, Myth of Total Efficiency.		Dec 1, 2007	54
The Inner Principal.		Dec 1, 2007	55
Lessons you can't learn in a book: Boeing makes my favorite educational technology.		Nov 1, 2007	736
Stop the insanity: here are simple strategies for addressing the growing epidemic of at-risk learners.		Oct 1, 2007	1494
Separate but "equal": banning school desegregation policies.		Sep 1, 2007	2176
Shaq's big challenge: the gentle giant is schooled on schooling.		Sep 1, 2007	712
My plan to fix NCLB: save a seat on the bus for me!		Aug 1, 2007	687
No double half-caf venti low-fat mochaccino left behind: a challenge for school leaders.		Jul 1, 2007	636
Refreshing the ISTE technology standards: Senior Editor Gary Stager interviews Don Knezek, CEO of ISTE, on the revised National Educational Technology Standards (NETS).	Cover story	Jun 1, 2007	4010
Oprah's edifice complex: what lessons for educators emerge from Oprah Winfrey's $40 million school?		Jun 1, 2007	597
Edugaming--a bad idea for all ages: the edugaming craze is based on ignorance.		May 1, 2007	648
Good books and bad reactions: the Newbery Medal was awarded to a book in which the word "scrotum" appears, How are schools responding? Badly!		Apr 1, 2007	679
The parental veto of curriculum: fanaticism must not overrule district leadership.		Mar 1, 2007	634
The truth shall set you free: we all need to brush up on African-American history.		Feb 1, 2007	1104
Homework vs. the happy family: I often thought that my family would never argue, had it not been for school.		Nov 1, 2006	869
Reinventing the square wheel: is your district choking the potential out of exciting new technologies?		Oct 1, 2006	1015
Education's place for debate: introducing The Pulse.		Sep 1, 2006	891
An open letter to Bill Gates: don't give up on schools, there is still much to be done.		Aug 1, 2006	1086
Unwind, recharge, bounce back: summer reading to make you a better educator.		Jul 1, 2006	952
Laptops in adolescence: growing pains and disappointing the elders.	Editorial	Jun 1, 2006	1093
Guess why they call it MySpace? It's time for adults to grow up.		May 1, 2006	1077
Stop the curriculum, there's a chance to learn: the measurable learning outcomes of Coretta Scott King.		Apr 1, 2006	672
Sounds better, less expensive: will your school impede the creative development of your students or embrace tools that let you get out of the way?		Mar 1, 2006	641
The human divide: education is the wrong career for martyrs.		Feb 1, 2006	733
Jonathan Kozol takes on the world.	Interview	Jan 1, 2006	5174
The elephant in the room: race and class in America.		Jan 1, 2006	963
Reading fads: why Tom Friedman does not compute.		Dec 1, 2005	716
Radical reformer: Dennis Littky drew on his 30 years of education innovation to create a new school model. Now he won't be satisfied until he replicates it throughout the country.		Nov 1, 2005	4504
Letting the sunshine in: we need to decrease class size and increase expertise now.		Nov 1, 2005	719
Laptop woes: bungling the world's easiest sale.	Column	Oct 1, 2005	716
Global thoughts: lessons learned abroad.	Column	Sep 1, 2005	757
Gary Stager on adults behaving badly: why are students and adults becoming antagonists?	Column	Aug 1, 2005	733
Gary Stager on how computers will save music education; express yourself during your summer vacation!		Jul 1, 2005	665
Gary Stager on tech insurgents: do your teachers need a computing IEP?		Jun 1, 2005	679
Do these Web sites work? Sometimes they work, sometimes they don't. Learn what our online experts, Odvard Egil Dyrli and Gary Stager, say is right--and wrong--with these district Web sites.		May 1, 2005	1014
Gary Stager on high-quality online education: how to make your online courses better than your traditional classes.		May 1, 2005	667
John Dewey is ours!		Apr 1, 2005	676
Are you ready for personal computing?		Mar 1, 2005	695
17 creative ways to enhance computer use in your district.		Feb 1, 2005	718
Gary Stager on the State of Ed Tech: why the tech movement is on life support.		Jan 1, 2005	677
Gary Stager on last-minute gift ideas: if you're looking for a last-minute gift idea for a friend or colleague, why not consider one of my favorite things?		Dec 1, 2004	604
Gary Stager on lifelong learning: picking up lessons for schools in three-quarter time.		Nov 1, 2004	644
On direct instruction: perhaps it's time to end political social promotion.	Editorial	Oct 1, 2004	699
Gary Stager on one-sided parent contracts: here's a list of promises I think schools should keep.		Sep 1, 2004	606
Gary Stager on Kerry's education plan: raise test scores--win a prize.		Aug 1, 2004	697
What sort of mature culture relies on Jessica Simpson to "save the music?".	Column	Jul 1, 2004	712
What I learned at camp: how a summer of nature hikes, PBJ sandwiches and skinned knees can help create a great teacher.		Jun 1, 2004	627
Let them eat tech standards: a hole in the wall as science and public policy.		May 1, 2004	712
When pigs fly, Part two: time to let go of the afterschool workshop.		Apr 1, 2004	624
When pigs fly: Gary Stager's technology plan for America's schools.		Mar 1, 2004	602
The lying curriculum: insincere letters and pointless worksheets.		Feb 1, 2004	680
Pointing in the wrong direction: PowerPoint is ruining classes by depriving students--and teachers--of creativity.		Jan 1, 2004	711
Meet Frank Smith: gifts of wisdom for educators.	Biography	Dec 1, 2003	649
The case for basket weaving: teacher preparation is too important to be discarded.		Nov 1, 2003	704
Who moved my stalag? Awakening the leader within.		Oct 1, 2003	696
Embrace the back row: the start of the school year is a time to reflect on our past practice and relationships with students.		Sep 1, 2003	726
The lessons of American Idol: educators can translate what worked in the television show into their district. (Speaking Out).		Aug 1, 2003	591
Halt the testing madness: before accepting overtesting as inevitable, try debating the issue with parents and students. (Speaking Out).	Column	Jul 1, 2003	722
The end of textbooks: with so many vital sources of information available to students, why are schools slavishly holding onto textbooks? (Speaking Out).		Jun 1, 2003	709
Knot in my class! Alarmists would like you to believe that crayons and mud pies are developmentally appropriate. KidPix is not. (Speaking Out).		Apr 1, 2003	659
Reinventing the slate: what Silicon Valley giveth, schools taketh away. (speaking out).		Mar 1, 2003	661
How about "national pencil standards?": ISTE's vague standards and a potential exclusionary "seal of alignment" make one wonder whose side the group is on. (speaking out).		Feb 1, 2003	1081
Why's the weather? Scripts, curriculum fillers and a lack of vigorous thought are only three of the things wrong with schools today. (speaking out).		Jan 1, 2003	710
Why teachers don't use computers: blocked Web sites, IT staff that exist to hinder staff, and restrictive policies make integrating technology too hard to overcome. (speaking out).		Dec 1, 2002	668
The power of her ideas: education expert Deborah Meier explains why trusting teachers, involving parents and knowing your students are still the foundations of a great education.	Interview	Nov 1, 2002	3082
Infectious ideas: sound bites won't fix education. It will take sound education practices, hard work and the ability to turn ideas into action. .	Column	Nov 1, 2002	663
Enron and education: why are education experts being tossed aside in favor of politicians and business officials? (speaking out).		Oct 1, 2002	655
The best kept secret this side of Italy: Reggio Emilia has been an Italian success story since it was created more than 50 years ago. Learn how it can improve preschool education in the United States.	Panel Discussion	Aug 1, 2002	1608
Laptops keep falling on my head: Maine's great laptop experiment should not be picked at, but applauded. (speaking out).		Jul 1, 2002	727