KIPP: Waiting for the Marshmallow While Getting the Fist
Educators have jumped on the bandwagon, hoping to teach the skills of delaying gratification to inner-city kids. Dave Levin, co-founder of KIPP (a network of charter schools) employs teaching these cognitive tricks to all his students, who also each wear T-shirts emblazoned with the slogan “Don’t eat the marshmallow!” SourceWhen you hear white middle class corporate reformers talking about the nee
9-4-14 Schools Matter - 69 Hoops and No Appeal: Teacher Observation--Memphis Style
Schools Matter: 69 Hoops and No Appeal: Teacher Observation--Memphis StylePoint one that has to be remembered: half of Tennessee teacher evaluations are based on invalid, unreliable, and unfair test scores. The other half is based on observations. Teachers who worked for months on a new observation process last year were eventually dismissed when they disagreed with the two most outrageous aspect