Responding to a comment on his blog, Marc Tucker explains how the findings of NCEE's recent report, "What Does It Really Mean to be College and Work Ready? The Mathematics Required of First Year Community College Students", relate to the common core state standards. Read Full Post >
Marc Tucker interviews Kai-ming Cheng, Professor and Chair of Education and Senior Advisor to the Vice-Chancellor at the University of Hong Kong in Hong Kong, China. Read Full Post >
Marc Tucker provides some recommendations for improving the U.S. system of education governance. Read Full Post >
Marc Tucker addresses recent backlash against the Common Core State Standards and explains why they will benefit disadvantaged students. Read Full Post >
Marc Tucker explains the findings of his organization's study on the English and mathematics requirements to be successful in the first year of community colleges. Read Full Post >
Marc Tucker examines the meaning behind consumer resistance to mandated school testing. Read Full Post >
Marc Tucker explains why our education system fails to offset social inequities. Read Full Post >
Marc Tucker explains that at the root of the skills gap challenge, there is a failure to provide the kind and quality of basic education that is the foundation of good vocational training. Read Full Post >
Returning from a trip abroad, Marc Tucker explains how Australia has successfully automated almost all of the jobs in its biggest industry and how Singapore has developed a basic education system and a vocational education and training system that will sustain its future economy and workforce. Read Full Post >
Good teaching is not just about conveying the material well, but about helping students make that connection to something they think they can be good at, something they really want to work hard at, something they want to put the time into. Read Full Post >
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