Sunday, September 29, 2013

9-29-13 TeacherKen Daily Kos: Diane Ravitch calls this "Best Interview Yet"

Daily Kos: Diane Ravitch calls this "Best Interview Yet":








Diane Ravitch calls this "Best Interview Yet"
I suggest you take just about five minutes to listen to her talk with Steve Inskeep on Morning Edition on NPR take a listen here: and in case the embed does not show up on your computer, try this link and click on play. and you will understand why 1.  her book has just hit #10 in hardcover non-fiction on the NY Times best seller list 2.  her book is #1 on education on Amazon which is why if you h




9-28-13 teacherken at Daily Kos
teacherken at Daily Kos: Teaching as relationship - a personal reflectionAn incident yesterday is very much on my mind.  In my STEM Policy class we were talking about possible projects for which students could do Policy Briefs (their deliverables at the end of the semester course).  One young lady, a junior like all the other students, had decided to dispose of her original idea and explore anothe