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politically correct
Monday, January 21st, 2008To honor MLK’s birthday, I’d like to take a little stab at political correctness.
It is my view that promoting politically correct speech is a bad idea. Political correctness catches as many dolphins as it does tuna in it’s all encompassing net. It is the stuff of alienation and power playing, not community building. It […]
How?
Saturday, January 19th, 2008In my experience, classes that are heterogeneously grouped (or, in the case of an advanced group, include unable students) create slower moving classes that disadvantage better students and brings down the level of education overall. I know this is true in the middle grades, where most of the literature […]
the military-industrial complex employs your kids
Sunday, September 23rd, 2007CoolCatTeacher blogs about relevance and getting out of our ruts… and boy is she right. We need to prepare our children for the future. But does that mean they shouldn’t learn to sew a hem or make their own cheese, even? It’s worthwhile learning. Should they only learn things that make […]
heresy outright
Saturday, August 4th, 2007Here’s a hypothesis. If degree granting was not such a lucrative business and if people didn’t want a fair shake, SAT scores would still be as high as they were in the 1950s. Prior to the early 60s, most people did not go to college. Only 26% of the American […]
prelude to heresy
Friday, August 3rd, 2007Decline in student performance is easily documented. Average SAT scores, which rose in the 50s and 60s, began slipping in the 60s and have been in free fall ever since. Decline in scores shows no preference for gender or high and low performer. Surprisingly, not everyone worries about this trend.
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teach a man to fish…
Thursday, August 2nd, 2007David Warlick’s got a good point. He talks about independent learners and preparing students for their futures. And he’s right. Learning how to be an independent learner is not just an essential skill… it’s the essential skill. David talks about it in terms of preparing students for […]