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By June 13, 2007 at 11:20 AM

Dear Diane, I'm home at last. I survived our three-week jaunt with great pleasure. Shanghai to Hangshou, to Guilin, to Xi'An to Beijing—combining "business" with pleasure with my son Nicholas Meier (also an educator) and my colleague Eleanor Duckworth of Harvard. The hardest part was the leg from San Francisco to Boston, which took nearly 15 hours and required flying first to LA! It was all amazing. I feel as though I have seen the future and it leaves me both troubled and curious. I spent time with wonderful, kind, gracious and interesting people. Including people from a wide...
China

By June 11, 2007 at 7:50 AM

Bridging Differences was on a brief hiatus while Deborah Meier traveled in China. Today, the blog returns with a new post from Diane Ravitch. Dear Deb, I hope you had a wonderful trip to China and that you are not too wiped out. I have been there a few times, first in 1987, most recently in 1998. I hear it has changed quite a lot since then. Lots of things happening in your absence, none to gladden your heart. The Center for Education Policy released a report on NCLB, concluding that it was overall having a positive effect on achievement. ...
China No Child Left Behind Act

By June 11, 2007 at 7:21 AM

The Bridging Differences blog resumes today! Diane Ravitch's first post-break entry will be published shortly....

By May 25, 2007 at 11:29 AM

Editor's note: While Deborah Meier travels in China, Diane Ravitch shares some quick thoughts and recommendations from her summer reading list. The Bridging Differences dialogue will return soon. With Deborah safely in China, I can now turn to my summer reading. I am trying to start a new book, so I am reading quite a lot of books about the business model in education and also books about American business. The classic in this genre is Raymond Callahan's "Education and the Cult of Efficiency," which I will re-read. I am currently reading Larry Cuban's "The Blackboard and the Bottom Line: ...
Great Books

By May 23, 2007 at 8:35 AM

Editor's note: Deborah Meier is currently traveling in China. While she is away, the Bridging Differences blog will go on a brief hiatus. The blog will return on June 11. The following is Diane Ravitch's final new entry before the break begins. Dear Deb, No, we are not going to agree. We just can't bridge our differences when it comes to curriculum. I hate to write this while you are in China, but I guess it will still be here when you get back. As far as I can tell, in your view, curriculum is whatever the teacher decides to ...
Curriculum

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