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 | Jun 28, 2018
Overview: These are proceedings from a conference that took place at Calif0rnia State University, Sacramento, in 2008. The goal of the conference was to provide an engaging forum for teachers and administrators to learn about the process of Lesson Study, for Lesson...
by Michael Nicoloff | Feb 26, 2018
Paper delivered at AERA Conference, New Orleans, 2002. Abstract: Lesson study is a widespread form of professional development in Japan that has recently emerged in a number of U.S. sites. This paper describes a collaboration between researchers and practitioners at...
by Michael Nicoloff | Feb 26, 2018
From Nagoya Journal of Education and Human Development, January 2002, No. 1. Excerpt: When I lived in Japan during 1967, I learned to love sushi. At that time, there were just a few sushi restaurants in the US, patronized almost exclusively by Japanese. I would have...
by Michael Nicoloff | Feb 26, 2018
From American Educator, 1998. Excerpt: In recent years, Japanese elementary school teachers have succeeded in making a basic change in their approach to science teaching. They have shifted from “teaching as telling” to “teaching for...
