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Newton, Xiaoxia – Education Digest: Essential Readings Condensed for Quick Review, 2007
In traditional Chinese medicine, a key maxim is "Zhi Bing Yao Zhi Gen," which literally means, "To cure a disease one must cure the underlying cause." The author was reminded of this principle when she reflects on K-12 math education reform when the US. President Bush's 2006 State of the Union Address prompted yet another wave…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Educational Change, Foreign Countries, Mathematics Instruction
Hardy, Lawrence – Education Digest: Essential Readings Condensed for Quick Review, 2005
Thirty years ago, at the close of the tumultuous 1960s, futurist Alvin Toffler wrote a bestseller, "Future Shock," which warned of the effects of accelerating change, or what Toffler described as "the dizzying disorientation brought on by the premature arrival of the future." In the section of the book which was on education,…
Descriptors: Educational Trends, Futures (of Society), Student Evaluation, Foreign Countries