Global+Comparisons+of+Education

What if Finland's great teachers taught in American schools? http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/answer-sheet/wp/2013/05/15/what-if-finlands-great-teachers-taught-in-u-s-schools-not-what-you-think/ Do American public schools really stink? http://www.politico.com/story/2013/09/do-american-public-schools-really-stink-maybe-not-97142.html http://www.thisamericanlife.org/radio-archives/episode/487/harper-high-school-part-one - Harper High School (poverty and violence in American schools) The Secret to Fixing Bad Schools - http://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/10/opinion/sunday/the-secret-to-fixing-bad-schools.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0 http://www.marketplace.org/topics/wealth-poverty/next-america/building-great-schools-how-make-it-america - Building Great Schools (the problem if transitory funding) http://www.ayearatmissionhill.com/ - A Year at Mission Hill http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zDZFcDGpL4U#t=16 - Changing Education Paradigms http://www.edutopia.org/stw-arts-integration-video - Arts Integration http://www.edutopia.org/stw-student-stress-meditation-overview-video - Meditation in high poverty, high violence middle school http://www.edutopia.org/waldorf-public-school-morse-video - Waldorf-inspired school http://www.edutopia.org/hawaii-real-world-relevance-technology-video - elementary technology http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1_rPCqBTuxQ - Shakespeare High http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DK3d42Ot2Qo- Beacon Hill http://fora.tv/2013/05/15/Milton_Chen_Reframing_the_American_Educational_System - Milton Chen - Reframing the American Educational System http://www.wral.com/news/education/video/12544865/#/vid12544865 - special ed teacher of the week http://www.wral.com/news/local/asset_gallery/3979570/ - teacher of the week http://dianeravitch.net/2013/01/25/good-news-major-re-analysis-of-international-tests/ - reanalysis of international test scores