$1.1 million-plus Gates grants: ‘Galvanic’ bracelets that measure student engagement - The Answer Sheet - The Washington Post

$1.1 million-plus Gates grants: ‘Galvanic’ bracelets that measure student engagement - The Answer Sheet - The Washington Post:

$1.1 million-plus Gates grants: ‘Galvanic’ bracelets that measure student engagement

by Valerie Strauss

In the ‘you-can’t-make-up-this-stuff’ category, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation is spending about $1.1 million to develop a way to physiologically measure how engaged students are by their teachers’ lessons. This involves “galvanic skin response” bracelets that kids would wear so their engagement levels could be measured.
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Challenging Eli Broad’s school memories

by Valerie Strauss

This was written by Carol Corbett Burris, principal of South Side High School in New York. She was named the 2010 New York State Outstanding Educator by the School Administrators Association of New York State.
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Michael Lewis tells Princeton grads: You are the ‘lucky few’ — and don’t let it go to your heads

by Valerie Strauss

Here’s the commencement speech that best-selling author Michael Lewis delivered at the recent Princeton University commencement ceremonies. This (full text below) was published on the school’s website, provided courtesy of Princeton University Office of Communications.
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