Give us your tired, your poor, your befuddled masses @educationweek
Good friend Gary Valiant today kicked off a rather interesting idea: a boycott of Education Week, the education publication of record, apparently. Even an anonymous education blogger for the publication is frustrated. To wit: I understand the frustration with EdWeek. As I have responded when this has been raised elsewhere, I think it is important to […]
A new letter to go viral: Is this parody or not, you decide? #commoncore
Based on a previous post on the food edition of common core, I happened upon another letter dictating what is best for common core implementation. If only we had well-behaved, clean, happy, stable, plastic children, then CCSS would go off without a hitch. Let’s keep piling on those cosmetic changes, people. We’ll get there.
The Common Core: Food Edition
Here’s a picture of a letter sent out by a local school working group on common core. Now, on the whole, I completely support healthier eating habits for children. I would encourage more physical activity and better food choices, especially given how predatory fast food marketing is towards children and their families. It takes a […]
Saving DC Schools with Catastrophe Innovation!
Emma Brown in The Washington Post offers an important window into schools reform occurring (ad infinitum) in Washington DC: D.C. Council member David A. Catania plans to announce wide-ranging legislation Tuesday that could substantially reshape the city’s public education system, as he seeks to increase funding to educate poor children, give more power to principals, […]
Why “Reform” Failed: Part Two of James Paul Gee and The Anti-Education Era
James Paul Gee’s The Anti-Education Era uses cognitive science to explain in a nuanced manner why test-driven reform has failed. This second post on Gee’s subtle analysis will help explain why “reformers” and others have failed to improve public schools. A third post will present Gee’s thoughts on improving education. Gee explains that “formal education […]
Just Let Them Play!
Tonight the Bands at our little school will give their final concert performance “The Concert in the Park”, which is actually a concert held on the front lawn of the school. Along with a chicken barbecue dinner, this event is one of the best attended in the community. It occurs to me that the top […]
6-4-13 @ THE CHALK FACE knows SCHOOLS MATTER
@ THE CHALK FACE knows SCHOOLS MATTER: Guest Post: Why My Family is Boycotting the State Field Tests by Lauren Cohen I previously wrote about the NY State Field Tests, in which unsuspecting students have their learning time hijacked so they can do free research for Pear$on. This piece, from a fellow member of NYC-based Change the Stakes, was originally published on Schoolbook. Why My Family is Boycotting the State Field Tests by Jinnie Spiegler There […] Just a quick announcement, NBD by Chalk Face, PhD I am teaching myself to use Xcode. In three months time, by the end of thi... more »