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A collection of articles that stimulate thought, express opinions, etc.
Updated on Jun 06, 14
Created on Jul 24, 09
Category: Schools & Education
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Interesting post by Rae Pica about the importance for schools to be developmentally appropriate.
Dr. Gary Houchens from Western Kentucky University shares Richard Elmore’s recent response (during an educational forum) to the question: “Can schools as we currently know them ever accomplish the mission we've established for them?”
Highlights the disconnect between our beliefs about teaching responsible behavior from one area to another.
A lengthy, well-written article on The Daily Beast that examines the investment in college.
An article on ASCDEDge that examines the idea of standardization in education.
A commentary in Education Week by Yong Zhao that addresses education reformers’ tendency to hold contradictory goals that may cancel each other out. He discusses efforts to promote entrepreneurship and creativity yet test rote knowledge as demonstration of learning.
An interesting article on Bloomberg that compares the lifetime (net) earnings of four fictional people: a doctor, a plumber, a teacher, and a teacher with a Master’s degree.
An interesting article from The New Yorker that explores the question: Why do kids rule the roost?
An article that looks at both sides of this issue.
Dr. David Katz writes on the Huffington Post an interesting article about the importance of listening.
Audrey Waters examines the conflicting views regarding the role of entrepreneurs in education.
A long, but interesting article that examines the competing narratives about digital resources: “realizing that ancient dream of unifying all knowledge” vs. “portending an age of information overload.” It addresses how these concerns are not new and have emerged throughout history.
Dean Shareski, a teacher in Canada, writes about the trade offs we make with technology and reflects on the nostalgia that often exists when thinking about the “old days.” [This article could generate thoughtful conversation and could be then be applied to educational practices – what we “used to” do. NB]
This entry on the Shanker Blog: The Voice of the Albert Shanker Institute asks some tough questions about the role of technology in reforming education and cautions, “We are trying to change education in ways that accommodate the use of new technologies, instead of thinking of ways to change education for the sake of education—and then figuring out whether and how technology can be used to help implement these changes.“
Cathy Davidson writes a stinging rebuttal to a recent OpEd piece in the New York Times that labeled Gen Y’ers as the “Generation Why Bother” and questions whether the authors have ever really talked with teens today or are basing their perceptions on faulty history and nostalgia.
An essay that questions the unrealistic expectations placed on teachers.
This article in the Washington Post highlights a school board member who took the math and reading tests required of 10th graders and how he fared.
A rebuttal by Arne Duncan on the DOE website to the recent findings of the American Enterprise Institute and the Heritage Foundation that indicates America’s teachers are overpaid by more than 50 percent.
Interesting post that reflects on privilege and history.
A (fairly scathing) look at the flaws and assumptions associated with using the Global Report Card to compare school systems to international scores.
156 items | 3 visits
A collection of articles that stimulate thought, express opinions, etc.
Updated on Jun 06, 14
Created on Jul 24, 09
Category: Schools & Education
URL: