Barry Stern, Ph.D. Senior Fellow of the Haberman International Policy Institute in Education
Barry E. Stern, Ph.D.
Dr. Stern is principal of a consulting firm that specializes in high school transformation, workforce development and industry-education partnerships. His clients have included agencies in several states and U.S. foreign aid missions. Previously, he was Director of Planning and Research at Macomb Community College, Director of Policy and Planning for the Michigan Department of Career Development, and U.S. Deputy Assistant Secretary of Education, where he administered the $1.4 billion federal program in career-technical and adult education. His career has also spanned school and hospital administration, administration of employment-training programs, high school and college teaching, and public policy research and evaluation for the U.S. Secretaries of Labor and Education.
The Governor of California appointed Dr. Stern to the State Job Training Coordinating Council. He has 70 published articles and editorials on technological education, school-to-work transition, school reform, worker retraining, skill and performance standards, educational and career information systems, and adult education. His Ph.D. is from Stanford University in Education and International Development.
Articles by this Author
High School Design Affects Student Work Ethic
- By Barry Stern, Ph.D. Senior Fellow of the Haberman International Policy Institute in Education
- Published 09/9/2007
- Commentaries and Reports
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Senior fellow of the Haberman International Policy Institute in Education
Many have observed that today’s high school students lack the work ethic. I concur with the following points of view: Far too many students coast through school and exert little effort; the current design of high schools contributes to their lack of interest and effort.
Interview with Senator Lamar Alexander on the America COMPETES (Creating Opportunities to Meaningfully Promote Excellence in Technology, Education, and Science) Act
- By Barry Stern, Ph.D. Senior Fellow of the Haberman International Policy Institute in Education
- Published 05/6/2007
- No Child Left Behind , Commentaries and Reports
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Senator Lamar Alexander
by Barry E. Stern, Ph.D.
Columnist EdNews.org
Senior Fellow, Haberman International Policy Institute in Education
Senator Alexander, you are the only U.S. Senator who has also been U.S. Secretary of Education. Has being in the Senate changed your beliefs about the federal role in education from when you were Secretary?
No! I’ve always been a skeptic about the federal role in education. I’ve been around so long that I’ve taken about every possible position, which means I’ve learned as I’ve gone.
A Program to Handle the Crisis of Competence
- By Barry Stern, Ph.D. Senior Fellow of the Haberman International Policy Institute in Education
- Published 03/26/2007
- Workforce Development , K-12 , Commentaries and Reports
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Barry Stern, Ph.D. is an educational and workforce development consultant and Senior Fellow of the Haberman International Policy Institute in Education.
FOLLOWING IS A COMPOSITE STORY OF STUDENTS IN LOS ANGELES, DETROIT, FLINT AND OTHER CITIES WHO IMPROVED THEIR WORK AND COLLEGE READINESS THROUGH AN INTENSIVE, COMPUTER-ASSISTED, TEAM TAUGHT PROGRAM CALLED "FAST BREAK".
American Education Must Restore the Marriage of Hand and Mind
- By Barry Stern, Ph.D. Senior Fellow of the Haberman International Policy Institute in Education
- Published 01/28/2007
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Every once in a while a film comes along that reminds Americans about what we can do to improve our Nation, including our educational system. Such a film is Something the Lord Made, which recounts the true story about a relationship between an ambitious white surgeon, Dr. Alfred Blaylock, and an African-American carpenter, Vivien Thomas, who became his lab assistant and eventual partner in developing an operation that saved "blue babies" from chronic circulatory failure.
