UPDATE: New research casts doubt on key theory of vocabulary learning - The Answer Sheet - The Washington Post

New research casts doubt on key theory of vocabulary learning - The Answer Sheet - The Washington Post:

Why the ‘rithmetic of school reform doesn’t add up

by Valerie Strauss

Sometimes things about school reform just don’t add up. Here, Larry Lee, the former director of the Center for Rural Alabama who coordinated the study, Lessons Learned from Rural Schools, tries to do the math. He can be reached at larrylee33@knology.net
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New research casts doubt on key theory of vocabulary learning

by Valerie Strauss

There are times when we learn that something we thought was true is actually incorrect. Cognitive scientistDaniel Willingham tells us about a new such episode here. Willingham is professor and director of graduate studies in psychology at the University of Virginia and author of “Why Don’t Students Like School?” His latest book is “When Can You Trust The Experts? How to tell good science from bad in education.” This appeared on his Science and Education blog.
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Schools chief loves Twitter — 29 (plus 3) times a day

by Valerie Strauss

A growing number of school superintendents around the country spend part of their day on Twitter, and one of the most prolific — if not the most — is Joshua P. Starr, superintendent of the high-achieving Montgomery County Public Schools in Maryland.
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What teachers say they won in Chicago strike

by Valerie Strauss

What did the Chicago teachers win — and not win — in their seven-day strike?
Here’s a chart put together by the Chicago Teachers Union on what Mayor Rahm Emanuel and the school system’s Board of Education first proposed in the negotiations and what the teachers won during bargaining.
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