Inquiry

By Jerome Hausman Download your electronic version now! The MAGNITUDE of the challenges confronting us requires responses that are revolutionary—a paradigm shift! Often we find ourselves speaking of “change,” “growth,” or “development” as shifting scenarios in our lives. Things do happen in the course [...]

The New Jim Crow is a stunning account of the rebirth of a caste-like system in the United States, one that has resulted in millions of African Americans locked behind bars and then relegated to a permanent second-class status—denied the very rights supposedly won in [...]

Retention or Transfer? What does it mean for education systems? High rates of grade repetition can be costly for countries. In countries where more students repeat grades, overall performance tends to be lower and social background has a stronger impact on learning outcomes [...]

Dan Ariely challenges readers' assumptions about making decisions based on rational thought. Ariely explains, "My goal…is to help you fundamentally rethink what makes you and the people around you tick. I hope to lead you there by presenting a wide range of scientific [...]

There is far more to education than teacher compensation and "school choice reforms." To do well by and for our children we must consider motivation! How do we best serve our children and The Seventh Generation? We invite you to participate in another conversation, Dan Ariely: Education [...]

Originally Published at The RSA (Royal Society for the encouragement of Arts. November 28, 2009 How new ways of thinking about human behaviour might change politics, policy and practice For the last fifteen years the prevailing consensus in British politics has been that voters are best [...]

Most States Are Cutting Education Download PDF of this report (14pp.) | By Nicholas Johnson, Jeremy Koulish and Phil Oliff Updated February 10, 2009 RELATED States Continue to Feel Recession’s Impact State Revenues Plummet Policy Points: Recession Still Causing Trouble for States An Update on State Budget [...]

School Violence on the Rise In the last few weeks, [Fall of 2006], school shootings have dominated the news. The frequency of these seems to be increasing. People throughout the nation are panicking; what are we to do? President George W. Bush spoke of this situation [...]

Two years ago, the 50th anniversary of Brown v. the Board of Education, the U.S. Supreme Court’s 1954 landmark decision to desegregate public schools, came and went rather quietly. During that anniversary year, a number of conferences, panels, and presentations referenced this monumental [...]