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22 Dec 09

Cancer Ads and Claims for School Technology « Larry Cuban on School Reform and Classroom Practice

  • Like cancer ads, Miller’s words aim for the emotions, not the head. Those who read ads for a cancer center already have the disease and fear death; they seek hope that the center will cure the disease. The experts invited to the House Committee hearings are already true believers and will say what the Chair and champions of more technological aids in classrooms already know to be true in their hearts and want to hear.
  • Were such scrutiny undertaken, a self-evident truth would emerge: too much emotional appeal and too little hard thinking hurt those seeking miracles from cancer centers and from schools buying new electronic devices.

The 'Alternative?' Transparency & Honest Data - Bridging Differences - Education Week

  • Two recent books bring together the two ends of my obsession with schools. Sam Chaltain's American Schools: The Art of Creating a Democratic Learning Community, and Elizabeth MacDonald and Dennis Shirley's The Mindful Teacher. Chaltain tackles the Big Issue through specific experiences in democratic communities, and MacDonald and Shirley start with a close look at what good teaching and learning is about, and tease out its implications for schooling writ large. Both suggest some "practical" directions.

Tuttle SVC: What's Driving "21st Century Skills?"

  • Critiques of pedagogy implied or suggested as a result of these standards are valid, but beside the point. The community, including business, sets the standard. It is the responsibility of schools to figure out ways of meeting them. How else is it supposed to work?
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