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Ogden, William R. – Education, 2008
With tongue tentatively hovering in the direction of the distal side of the tooth line and the lining of the inner cheek, the author suggests terminating the elementary school years with the seventh grade and requiring completion of nine to twelve months of paid work experience before the resumption of high school. Maintaining that a practical…
Descriptors: Grade 8, Student Experience, Middle School Students, Developmental Stages
Ogden, William R. – Education, 2007
The author calls for a reexamination of educational aims. Tracing the evolution of education in this country from earliest days, he questions today's over reliance on test scores as the final indicator of school success. Noting that during the 1800s the schools made a commitment to broadly educate all and to produce the educated electorate that…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Democratic Values, Revision (Written Composition), Educational Objectives
Ogden, William R. – Education, 2006
The author assesses the state of affairs in contemporary schools and focuses on current out-of-hand practices and trends relating to teacher certification, enrollments and increasing credit hours required for graduation in American institutions of higher education. He suggests that rather than continuing to certify teachers in existing colleges…
Descriptors: Colleges, Teacher Certification, Schools of Education, Educational Change
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Ogden, William R. – Education, 2004
Colleges of education and programs of teacher preparation are targets once again. Although reform plans and proposals stimulated by reactions to the National Commission on Excellence in Education's A Nation at Risk (1983), coupled with attempts from public and private entities to enter the teacher certification arena and the current teacher…
Descriptors: Campuses, Teacher Certification, Teacher Shortage, Schools of Education