timestranscript.com - The 'new stupid': assessing education efforts Mary Laltoo - Breaking News, New Brunswick, Canada:
"His article in Educational Leadership, titled 'The New Stupid,' examines how the phrases 'data driven decision making' and 'research based practice' have become convenient buzzwords which are used to justify incoherent proposals, to stand in for thoughtful reflection, and to dress up the same old fads.
According to Hess, there are three key elements to the new stupid.
1. Using data in half-baked ways."
"His article in Educational Leadership, titled 'The New Stupid,' examines how the phrases 'data driven decision making' and 'research based practice' have become convenient buzzwords which are used to justify incoherent proposals, to stand in for thoughtful reflection, and to dress up the same old fads.
According to Hess, there are three key elements to the new stupid.
1. Using data in half-baked ways."