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State of Education Reform

Sunday, April 18, 2010

If you have an interest in education reform and its historical, political, and global context, this video is well worth your time. “What Type of School Reform Do We Really Want?” comes from the NYU Radical Film and Lecture Series. Please also see Doug Noon’s notes, partial transcription, and additional resources in his post. As [...]

Do Unions Really Think This?

Thursday, December 18, 2008

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I guess I just didn’t realize that teacher unions think the educational system is mostly OK and just want “a whole lot more money … and a whole lot less accountability.” I can at least say that I don’t know any teachers who would agree.

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In the Set of All Factors, Money Wins
This chart pretty clearly illustrates the correlation between student performance and socio-economic status: I have no interest in defending ineffective teachers, but we also have to talk honestly about what schools can and can’t do to help students. I don’t doubt that the effectiveness of a teacher is the single largest factor in determining a [...]
The Impermanence of Digital
Simon Winchester, commenting on the fact that the Oxford English Dictionary won’t be reprinted and future editions will only be available in digital formats: The printed book is about to vanish at extraordinary speed … Books are about to vanish; reading is about to expand as a pastime; these are inescapable realities. In practical and environmental [...]
It’s Popular because It’s Easy
Marion Brady presents two theories of learning and suggests that the one currently driving reform is based on the notion that learning is all about transferring information from books and teachers into the empty brains of students. No research says how much of what’s recalled at test time remains permanently in memory, nor to what [...]