Author Archives for Shelley Cochran

Learning From and Beyond PISA: Toward Achievement with Integrity

October 19, 2016 3:01 pm Published by This post was originally posted on InternationalEd News. In this latest post in the Leading Futures Series, edited by Alma Harris and Michelle Jones, Dennis Shirley describes how “imperial” and “insular” imperatives may limit learning about educational policies across countries. Drawing from his new book, The New Imperatives of Educational...

The Grandeur of Education

April 1, 2016 8:57 pm Published by Are arguments on behalf of a broader, deeper vision of education soft and feminine when what we need today is schooling that is tough and masculine? This appears to be the perspective of many who advocate for more grit, fortitude and determination among our educators and our young people. Pull...

Ascending the Summits of the Teaching Profession

February 29, 2016 3:55 am Published by For its sixth consecutive annual conference, the International Summit on the Teaching Profession will convene in Berlin on March 3-4. It should be a sparkling triumph for the German hosts. Just a little over a quarter century since re-unification, Germany is now the most admired country in the world. (1)...