Growing awareness that the current U.S. K-12 education system is producing woeful results and that incrementalist strategies for reforming it (smaller classes, added graduation requirements, etc.) haven't made much difference. Bolder alternatives - including some that overturn yesterday's axioms and…

Although teacher leadership is an established feature of educational reform, it was only 30 years ago that most literature on school improvement focused on principals and superintendents. Though the idea of teacher leadership is not new, the conception of this role has evolved considerably. The…

I don't know what your destiny will be, but one thing I know: the only ones among you who will be really happy are those who will have sought and found how to serve. – Albert Schweitzer One's belief that one is sincere is not so dangerous as one's conviction that one is right. We all feel we are…

An end suction pump complete with isolation valves, vibration isolators, a suction strainer, long-radius ell and reducer at inlet, spring-supported inertia block, drain pan, and other amenities normally associated with hydronic service is a single stage pump with only one impeller. Isolation valves,…

A major and pressing problem facing educators, particularly in the context of the current national agenda of achieving schooling success for each student, is the consistent finding of differential correlation among low, mid-range, and high academic achievement in different groups of ethnic minority…

Learning is a complex process. We learn by building on past experiences; by trial and error; by starting with simple tasks and combining them over time to accomplish more complex tasks; and, by gaining insight and understanding of the relationship between various parts of a problem. Research…