Tag: 2008
January 2008
Vote for a Change
As we enter 2008, there is a sense of optimism in the U.S despite ongoing international conflicts and gloomy economic indicators. The only explanation for this paradox must be that...
February 2008
An Educational Stimulus
It now seems inevitable that the U.S. economy will go into recession over the next year. Economic analysts will disagree about the causes, its severity and its duration, but one thing we...
March 2008
Redrawing the Political Langscape
Now that the Republicans have chosen their Presidential candidate and the Democratic contest is reaching its climax, political analysts across America are searching for demographic indicators to help predict the...
April 2008
Entrepreneurial Educators
As the specter of recession looms large in government accounting offices nationwide, and lawmakers, confronted with the “unexpected” prospect of diminishing tax revenues, are slashing education budgets with abandon, the only real surprise...
May 2008
Reading All Formats
Barely a week goes by without the release of a new report highlighting the growth of the literacy crisis in the U.S. At the same time, we are constantly hearing about the...
August 2008
Creating Global Classrooms
As fuel prices inflate the cost of travel and concern for the environment increases, the ideal that everyone should have the opportunity to study abroad becomes less attainable. At the same time,...
September 2008
Going for Gold
As the world’s most spectacular sporting event of all time draws to a close, the scale of the Beijing Olympics, and the commitment of its organizers continue to impress.
Five and a...
June 2008
Multicultural Education is No Luxury
During difficult economic times, there is a general acceptance that education should endure budget cuts like all public services. We are led to believe that the most we can...
July 2008
A Trilingual America
Barack Obama’s recent suggestion that “everybody should be bilingual...or trilingual” has been met with a barrage of criticism from conservative commentators claiming that he is criticizing Americans who speak only English...
November 2008
Greater Expectations
In a recent commentary published online in Education Week (Give Latin a Chance, September 22, 2008), Baynard Woods, a public school teacher from Washington DC, explained how his experience convinced him that...