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Sunday, March 30, 2014

Stephen Krashen Blog 3-30-14

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Adumbrationism and the Book Whisperer
There are 222 reviews of the Donalyn Miller's terrific Book Whisperer on Amazon. 182 gave it a "5"31 gave it a "4"8 gave it a "3"Nobody gave it a 2And HH gave it a 1Here is HH's review, followed by my comment, also posted on Amazon.Save yourself some time, March 16, 2014 By  HH. "Great for novice teachers or anyone needing a refresher but more or less a culmina

Misinformed at the common core

Too many people remain misinformed about the common core. Here is the latest distortion.Alan Greenblatt just attacked the Opt-Out movement, saying that it is irresponsible and selfish.  There are over 300 comments on the website.  Greeenblatt and most of those who commented have no idea what is going on. His review appears at: > http://www.npr.org/2014/03/28/295270259/of-me-i-sing-americans-cons


Stephen Krashen Blog 3-29-14
SKrashen:21st Century Skills?21st Century Skills?Stephen KrashenYogi Berra: "It's hard to predict, especially about the future.""I contend that, instead of insisting on more and more standardization, we should be increasing variety, flexibility, and choice in what we offer in our schools (Noddings, 2009, p.243)." ... useful knowledge changes as societies change" (Zhao, 200