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Cunninghamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18160288758906798678noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21843852.post-59933814412622349312011-08-11T01:33:09.380-05:002011-08-11T01:33:09.380-05:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Christian Louboutin salehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08562241093057446520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21843852.post-5971240795386624012011-06-14T04:34:13.378-05:002011-06-14T04:34:13.378-05:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.hopehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09008682060867195361noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21843852.post-525988148276044802009-06-06T07:49:28.301-05:002009-06-06T07:49:28.301-05:00As I read through this blog, I too, was looking fo...As I read through this blog, I too, was looking for content on international education and was surprised to find the most recent post from December 2007! <br /><br />Just as watching the Japanese economy could have given us insights to help us anticipate our own economic issues, learning about the educational systems of the world can only inform US educational policy, particularly when our educational policies are adrift and when our children are growing up into a global world.<br /><br />Our new tool, Global Education Explorer (www.globaleducationexplorer.com) allows for comparisons of curriculum, assessments and customs surrounding education around the world. I hope it will bring education in other countries into this dialogue.<br /><br />Liz Perelstein<br />School Choice InternationalLiz Perelsteinhttp://www.schoolchoiceintl.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21843852.post-55093994011225914502007-12-10T14:09:00.000-06:002007-12-10T14:09:00.000-06:00Wayan,Thank you for the link. I believe my paradig...Wayan,<BR/><BR/>Thank you for the link. I believe my paradigm just shifted. That is a disappointing comment by Negroponte. Does he have some sort of Messiah complex?<BR/><BR/>I think we would all advance the cause for free, open education if we would just keep ourselves in check. As a high school administrator aspiring to be a principal or superintendent someday, I would hope that I would not think my goals and proposals would be the saviors of a school or a district. I would hope none of us would think we have the answer, the cure, or the remedy. We are but parts of the whole solution.mikeparenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03907586077841968772noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21843852.post-63726310553759531542007-12-10T14:07:00.000-06:002007-12-10T14:07:00.000-06:00This comment has been removed by the author.mikeparenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03907586077841968772noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21843852.post-49219779872370219132007-12-10T13:57:00.000-06:002007-12-10T13:57:00.000-06:00Mike,I appreciate your reality check that OLPC wil...Mike,<BR/><BR/>I appreciate your reality check that OLPC will not serve as a panacea for poverty. Its only too bad that Negroponte believes that <A HREF="http://www.olpcnews.com/people/negroponte/olpc_poverty_world_peace.html" REL="nofollow">OLPC the only hope to eliminate poverty and create peace</A>. <BR/><BR/>I believe his hubris overload is harming the program's goals as he comes off the fool when saying such things to Ministers - his end buyers.Wayanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01043498116724223566noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21843852.post-25023709369886658432007-12-10T10:55:00.000-06:002007-12-10T10:55:00.000-06:00The hundred dollar laptop may turn the poor toward...The hundred dollar laptop may turn the poor toward the joining the worldwide conflagration of consumerism, or it may turn the poor into people who know how to build wells and grow crops. The latter is based on capitalism to solve human needs, and the other is based capitalism to create a need that, otherwise, would go unnoticed and whose solution threatens the sustainability of the planet. See Benjamin Barber's new book.James Hornhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04462754705431590571noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21843852.post-48421616415900339742007-12-10T09:50:00.000-06:002007-12-10T09:50:00.000-06:00I am a great supporter of the OLPC project. While...I am a great supporter of the OLPC project. While I admit that it alone will not end world hunger, suffering, or serve as a panacea for poverty, it is a necessary project that will help advance the third world's children. Furthermore, I don't believe Negroponte actually believes that his project will solve the world's problems - he is just doing what all other special interest groups do; bringing their agenda to the masses.<BR/><BR/>Would Dvorak have the same reaction to the multiple pet ptojects of the philanthropic world? Furthermore, to each his own; let Negroponte address this issue while countless other organizations address hunhger, poverty, and malnutrition. Are we supposed to tackle the world's problems one idea at a time? No, you address the many fronts of poverty at the same time - Negroponte is doing his part. Let the others do there's. Does Dvorak offer us a step-by-step solution to ending the world's suffering? If he does, nominate him for the Nobel.<BR/><BR/>In closing, I am a dedicated educator. Education is my business. Education is Negroponte's. Our business does not belong in the business of housing, water purification, or economic restructuring. I would hope those dedicated to those endeavors would welcome our help in tackling the world issues without our insisting that we come first. Am I making sense?mikeparenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03907586077841968772noreply@blogger.com