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Burke, Jim – English Journal, 2009
Imagination is what the U.S. was built on and what it requires to achieve and maintain its status in the future. In this article, the author says that there is a failure of imagination in education in the No Child Left Behind (NCLB) era. Scores on tests do not translate into creativity or imagination; nor do such tests and the curriculum that…
Descriptors: Imagination, Federal Legislation, Education Work Relationship, English Teachers
Cooper, Patricia M. – University of Chicago Press, 2009
Teacher and author Vivian Paley is highly regarded by parents, educators, and other professionals for her original insights into such seemingly everyday issues as play, story, gender, and how young children think. In "The Classrooms All Young Children Need", Patricia M. Cooper takes a synoptic view of Paley's many books and articles,…
Descriptors: Play, Early Childhood Education, Young Children, Educational Philosophy