American Educator, Summer 2011

Vol. 35, No. 2

Notebook

Bridging the “Widest Street in the World”

Reflections on the History of Teacher Education

Jeffrey Mirel

Pedagogical Content Knowledge for World History Teachers

Lauren McArthur Harris, Robert B. Bain

Building a Common Core for Learning to Teach

And Connecting Professional Learning to Practice

Deborah Loewenberg Ball, Francesca M. Forzani

Ask the Cognitive Scientist: Can Teachers Increase Students’ Self-Control?

Daniel T. Willingham

“Paul Revere’s Ride”

Awakening Abolitionists

Jill Lepore

Why I Force My Students to Memorize Poetry

Despite the Fact That It Won’t Be on the Standardized Test

Andy Waddell

The Professional Educator: Lessons from Finland

Pasi Sahlberg