Good schools have good teachers and the best schools have excellent teachers. At TheBestSchools.org, we highlight some of the outstanding teachers active today and in the past (such as Jaime Escalante, pictured to the left — more on him here). So much of education these days focuses on process — are proper procedures being followed […]
Great Teachers: Mary Poplin
Mary S. Poplin holds a Ph.D. in Education from the University of Texas at Austin. A former public-school teacher, she is currently Professor of Education at Claremont Graduate University in Claremont, California. Dr. Poplin has come to the attention of those concerned with public education in America for two different reasons. First, as the director […]
Great Teachers: Jaime Escalante
Most of the great teachers out there are unknown beyond the circle of their students, colleagues, and families. That is certainly not the case with Jaime Escalante. Escalante is the celebrated high-school math teacher who led a group of students from Garfield High, in a tough neighborhood of East Los Angeles, to excel at such […]
Geoffrey Canada Interview
As many of you will know, Geoffrey Canada is the founder, President, and CEO of Harlem Children’s Zone, a multifaceted educational effort based on the idea that transforming a school requires transforming the community surrounding the school. Mr. Canada is a graduate of Bowdoin College (BA) and Harvard Graduate School of Education (MA). He holds […]
Thoughts on “Super Teachers”
Anyone who has read a newspaper or looked at a television news program in the last few years is well aware that the American public education system is considered to be in crisis. How to describe the crisis, how to understand the reasons for the crisis, and above all what to do about it are […]
