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Monday, October 11, 2010

The Answer Sheet - Willingham: 'Manifesto' more like a job wish list

The Answer Sheet - Willingham: 'Manifesto' more like a job wish list

Willingham: 'Manifesto' more like a job wish list

My guest today is cognitive scientist Daniel Willingham, a psychology professor at the University of Virginia and author of “Why Don’t Students Like School?”

By Daniel Willingham
Joel Klein, Michelle Rhee, and 14 other big-city school system heads have published a “manifesto” in The Washington Post.

The reforms suggested ought to surprise no one who follows these