by Catherine Lewis | May 27, 2020
From San Francisco Examiner, December 2019. Excerpt: Look all over the country and the story of urban education is consistent. There is an achievement gap that is as predictable as the sun rising in the east and setting in the west. Schools with a majority...
by Michael Nicoloff | Nov 6, 2018
Originally aired on American Radioworks, August 2015. Description: Research shows good teaching makes a big difference in how much kids learn. But the United States lacks an effective system for training new teachers or helping them get better once they’re on the job....
by Michael Nicoloff | Apr 24, 2018
Originally aired on WBEZ Chicago, January 9, 2012. Excerpt: In the sunlit library at Jorge Prieto Elementary on Chicago’s’ northwest side, an experiment is underway. A provisional classroom has been set up. A white board sits at the front of the room, and 20 eighth...
by Michael Nicoloff | Mar 12, 2018
Originally published by National Council of Teachers of Mathematics, 2010. Excerpt: Results from the Third International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS) suggested that the nature of mathematics teaching in Japan is different from that commonly seen in the United...
by Michael Nicoloff | Mar 12, 2018
From The New York Times Magazine. Excerpt: When Akihiko Takahashi was a junior in college in 1978, he was like most of the other students at his university in suburban Tokyo. He had a vague sense of wanting to accomplish something but no clue what that something...
