Monday, December 19, 2011
What Happened to My Grade Book?: An Education Round Table (for fun)
What Happened to My Grade Book?: An Education Round Table (for fun):
An Education Round Table (for fun)
An Education Round Table (for fun)
On Twitter, Dr. Timony invited Secretary Arne Duncan for a drink since they are both attending the Title 1 Conference. I said I hope that Secretary Duncan accepts the invitation. While Dr. Timony and I certainly have not agreed on every issue surrounding #edreform, I do respect what he has to say and think he does have thoughtful ideas that should be heard by those above.
And so, it made me think, "Who would I invite to an education round table?" I think it would have to turn into more of a conference. Each person invited would then have the opportunity to invite 2 or 3 other people to the conference. One of the others invited should be a former student or a child in the public school system. And, because I wouldn't want it to turn into some sort of weird elite thing, people wanting to attend could apply to do so.
And so, those who
And so, it made me think, "Who would I invite to an education round table?" I think it would have to turn into more of a conference. Each person invited would then have the opportunity to invite 2 or 3 other people to the conference. One of the others invited should be a former student or a child in the public school system. And, because I wouldn't want it to turn into some sort of weird elite thing, people wanting to attend could apply to do so.
And so, those who
Why “Evidence-Based” Education Fails | Dailycensored.com
Why “Evidence-Based” Education Fails | Dailycensored.com:
Why “Evidence-Based” Education Fails
EducationDec 19, 2011
How did the largest and most aggressive federal education initiative, No Child Left Behind (NCLB), garner bipartisan support under George W. Bush, and how have the central tenants of that legislation—accountability, standards, and testing—maintained and increased their value as approaches to education reform despite the tremendous evidence that they do not work?
One answer may lie in the power of claims that NCLB and the accountability paradigm are “evidence-based,” scientific, and thus objective (as objectivity has endured as a central aspect of authority in the American mind for at least a century).
Two parts of this possible answer deserve some consideration: (1) Are evidence-based scientific approaches objective, effective, or both? and (2) If so, why does science fail education reform?
Scientific Education Reform: A Historical Perspective
Before examining how science as a term and concept functions in the
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