Early Learning Indicators – Race to the Top
July 13, 2011By December 2011, the U.S. government will allocate $500 million to states through the Race to the Top (RTTT) Early Learning Challenge (ELC). The ELC is a new…
Taming the Tiger’s TB: addressing tuberculosis in China
July 12, 2011Recently I was fortunate enough to travel far and wide across China (after an equally exciting trip to Russia) to understand the growing epidemic of multi-drug…
A Real Breakthrough
July 6, 2011When asked for a simple way to think about performance measurement, I usually respond that there are two basic approaches. Setting clear goals and tracking you…
Can 4th Graders Save the World?
July 5, 2011Like many of you, I'm a big fan of TED. As part of my research for my series on creativity and education, I came across musician and teacher John Hunter and th…
