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822 Posts by alfiekohn
822 Posts by alfiekohn
Study of 8 low-SES schls: the more direct instruction, the less progress in reading achvmt: Taylor et al, Rding Tchr 11/02
Voting = adversarial majoritarianism. Classrooms can offer students more democratic models of decision making
Video of kid being talked at about her scores (“data-based goal setting”): How *not* to do a tchr/stud conference
Video of kid being talked at about her scores (“data-based goal setting”): http://t.co/V5wZj6lA. How *not* to do a tchr/stud conference
Problem w/Romney’s stand on ed. isn’t that his policies wd undermine publ schooling but, says the NYT, that Obama has already adopted them
Google Privacy Inquiries Get Little Cooperation
nytimes.com/2012/05/23/technology/google-privacy-inquiries-get-little-cooperation.html
Forward http://t.co/eagKbtej to that guy who’s always grumbling about overregulation & thinks govt is the main threat to our liberties
Just read Peter Johnston’s lovely ’04 bk CHOICE WORDS, an analysis of superb teaching that invites readers to rethink their own classrms
Learning Together
alfiekohn.org/teaching/cl.htm
Posted on-line for the 1st time: my lengthy analysis/defense of cooperative learning (from 1992): http://t.co/qoF5KMPg
We sometimes have our students work in groups, but that doesn’t mean we’ve helped them know what it is to work AS a group
Parents sign petition against use of FCAT - Schools - MiamiHerald.com
miamiherald.com/2012/05/14/2799459/parents-sign-petition-against.html
Miami Herald covers Parents Across America’s petition to scale back standardized testing: http://t.co/4P2d8kXG
Top gender researcher J.S. Hyde (in May 9 Ed Wk): You never hear a good, modern neuroscientist say the brain is hardwired [for gender diffs]
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