Teach And Learn
Science and mathematics education, leadership, and urban school reform. Here comes the science.
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- Slashdot on Performance Pay
The geeks over at Slashdot have an interesting thread on the Department of Education's performance pay initiative. I'd argue that to recruit and retain the next generation of teachers, this web intelligentsia are the people to be listening to....
Wed, 27 Dec 2006 05:39:00 -0600 - Implementation
The recent report from RAND entitled Evaluating Comprehensive School Reform Models at Scale highlights a facinating finding that really ought to get lots of attention. Making things work in schools is a difficult, messy business. Well designed interventions--from the ones...
Fri, 17 Nov 2006 17:31:00 -0600 - Fuzzy Policy, Not "Fuzzy Math"
Jere Confrey's commentary about mathematics improvement in Education Week (Fuzzy Policy, Not 'Fuzzy Math,' Is the Problem) should go a long way towards reframing the debate about mathematics performance in the country and what we should do about it. Confrey...
Thu, 16 Nov 2006 23:42:00 -0600 - Atlas Of Science Literacy, Part 2
Congratulations to the folks at Project 2061 for announcing that the second part of the Atlas Of Science Literacy will be available soon. The first version is a great resource for curriculum developers, one that I've used it both with...
Wed, 15 Nov 2006 22:37:00 -0600 - Songs For A Frustrated Special Education Teacher
I love Tiny Mix Tapes. A few weeks ago, they wrote up this mix in their automatic mix tape generator. Songs for a burned out special education teacher who became a college grad in May 2003 at a school that...
Tue, 14 Nov 2006 22:52:00 -0600 - Rocket Science and other Misconceptions
This MSN article entitled Is Teaching Easier than Rocket Science? (there's been other versions of this available in the past) raised some insightful dialogue in several places, particularly on the math-learn discussion list. I particularly like this comment from John...
Mon, 13 Nov 2006 05:20:00 -0600 - Coke and Mentos, Redux
I just can't get enough of the Coke and Mentos phenomenon. Here's another experiment, sure to get lots of play in science fairs and classrooms all over the country. Too much time on their hands, indeed....
Sun, 12 Nov 2006 16:33:00 -0600 - Data-driven To Distraction
This recent EdWeek editorial (Data-driven to Distraction) by Andy Hargreaves has some great insights. Data-driven decision making remains essential to schools and school leadership. As a concept, however, it's quickly become incredibly misused and misunderstood. Hargreaves points that out nicely--I...
Sat, 11 Nov 2006 11:28:00 -0600 - Who likes math?
The Brookings study about happiness in student learning is best skewered by Sara Mead at The Quick and the Ed. There's lots of great data in there, but the sense that happiness doesn't matter in teaching mathematics isn't the big...
Fri, 10 Nov 2006 04:40:00 -0600 - Reinventing the Square Wheel
Most of District Administration is puff, but I'm finding more and more I like reading Gary Stager's columns about technology. In Reinventing the Square Wheel, he actually slams PowerPoint and most of the typical ed tech juggernaut, and he doesn't...
Thu, 09 Nov 2006 06:32:00 -0600 - Google Teacher Academy
Looks like I'm not the only one who things that the Google Teacher Academy might be more about making converts to the Google cause than actually helping teachers and students. I mean, how hard is it to use Google in...
Wed, 08 Nov 2006 20:57:00 -0600 - Reality Check 2006
The recent Reality Check 2006 survey of district leaders had this fascinating quote about STEM education. Despite forceful calls from business leaders and policymakers to upgrade math and science education, most superintendents (59 percent) and principals (66 percent) say this...
Tue, 07 Nov 2006 21:07:00 -0600 - Giant Monsters All Out Attack
On the LAUNCH blog (do these guys have great graphics, or what?) there's a fun post about giant monsters all out attack, just right for a science lesson. Thanks for the support--great to see future principals engaging in mathematics and...
Mon, 06 Nov 2006 22:41:00 -0600 - NSB Commission on 21st Century Education in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics
The website of the new National Science Board's Commission on 21st Century STEM education is well worth a read. It's unclear what sort of recommendations this group will come up with, but I understand that their charge is to make...
Mon, 06 Nov 2006 05:44:00 -0600 - Scientists and Politics
Chris Mooney of The Republican War On Science fame has a overview of the growing mobilization of the scientific community in politics politics in the November Seed. I guess we'll know on Wednesday morning if any of this renewed interest...
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