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Tag Archives: Education
If You Overemphasize Test Scores, Don’t Be Surprised When People Cheat to Raise Them
Last Monday, Michelle Rhee condemned a USA Today investigation of the successes that Washington, DC, public schools achieved under her tenure. From 2006 to 2010, most of which saw Rhee as chancellor, the percentage of students in Crosby S. Noyes … Continue reading
A Plea for Civics Education
Civics used to be a class taught to most children in the United States. Now, it has been incorporated into history classes, and is only a brief part of most history curricula. Civics is the “study or science of the … Continue reading
Posted in American Politics, Education
Tagged Citizenship, Civics, Education, Governmennt, Voter turnout
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The Big Lie – by Steve Miranda
So much attention in education gets focused on things like teacher credentials, textbook adoption, and creating the right standardized tests. We focus on content delivery and assessment. There is—stunningly—very little attention paid to what’s going on in the mind of … Continue reading
Posted in Education, Science
Tagged content delivery, Education, information, polynomial equations, standardized tests, teacher credentials, textbooks
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Pizazz and Razzle-Dazzle – by Steve Miranda
I never liked attending in-service trainings as a classroom teacher. It felt like they all had the same message: “Here’s a clever way to trick your students into learning!” Sometimes it involved using rap music, one time it was about … Continue reading
Posted in Education, Technology
Tagged content delivery, Education, learning, open source digital textbooks, pizazz, teachers
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The Power of Leveraging "Social Exchanges" in Transforming Schools
A few years ago, researchers Uri Gneezy and Aldo Rustichini collected data on a childcare facility that was having trouble getting parents to pick up their kids on time. So the facility began enforcing a fine on a per-minute basis … Continue reading
A New Climate: The Clash of Science and Politics
I discovered possibly the most bizarre relationship between religion and science this week in one of the oddest places: politics. It seems there is a new trend, of not only entwining religion and politics but of rejecting an intersection of … Continue reading
Posted in American Politics, Religion, Science
Tagged Climate Change, Education, evolution, Religion and Science, Tea Party
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Toga! Toga! Toga! – by Steve Miranda
From John Medina’s book Brain Rules: Hermann Ebbinghaus was born in 1850. As a young man, he looked like a cross between Santa Claus and John Lennon, with his bushy brown beard and round glasses. He is most famous for … Continue reading
Revolution or Orthodoxy: Consider the Edible Schoolyard
Roll out the red carpet, New York: Alice Waters is coming to town. The hero of the food(ie) revolution, chef, and owner of Chez-Panisse is bringing her project, the Edible Schoolyard (ESY), to Brooklyn, and with it, a host of … Continue reading
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