This is another snippet from an assignment in my master’s class on supervision and professional development, this time on my view of the purpose of supervision: The purpose of supervision (as it applies to the relationship between a school leader and school teachers) is: To assist in creating a tone A tone of respect A [...]
Is the Chinese educational system as high-stress as one might think? You’d better believe it. Wan Lixin provides a startling view of the extreme competition inherent in the system and suggests that a return–at least in part–to the moral education of the past may be the solution. From the article, here is a taste of [...]
It’s a bit unnerving to me that I have to begin preparing my Year 11 (U.S. Grade 10) students for their Pre-Scholastic Aptitude Test (PSAT) at this early stage of their lives. But if I do not, I potentially put my learners behind the 8-ball. I realize that universities need some tangible, standardized measure of [...]
Of course, I have to give a shout-out to my alma mater on this story. It appears that, of applicants who are accepted to universities across the U.S., Brigham Young University is rated second only to Harvard as a percentage of those students who actually arrive on campus the first day. Here’s one thing Harvard [...]
You would think that the poor world economy might lower the number of applicants to universities around the U.S. Well, think again. Jacques Steinberg and Tamar Lewin report that getting admitted to a top university may be as hard as or harder than ever. Representatives of Harvard, Stanford, Dartmouth, Yale, and Brown, among other highly [...]
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