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Tuesday, December 22, 2009

Review of Rosetta Stone

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There are any number of online reviews of the popular language learning program, Rosetta Stone. Reviews are mixed. Some reviewers love the...
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Friday, December 18, 2009

No Evidence for Learning Style Optimization. Educational Apocalypse?

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Cognitive scientists* reviewed over a thousand studies, but first, they thought it necessary to give the reading public a primer on basic re...
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Wednesday, December 16, 2009

Teachers with Masters Degrees Not Worth Their Pay?

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Schools are having trouble paying the bills. The extra pay teachers get for having a Masters degree costs schools nearly $9 billion per yea...
Wednesday, December 9, 2009

Stand and Deliver? No, Sit Down and Shut Up

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The movie, Stand and Deliver, told the inspirational story of one teacher's success in using Advanced Placement (AP) calculus with his d...
Thursday, December 3, 2009

Algebra in 2nd Grade?

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In February, 2009 a teacher in Montana made EdWeek headlines because she was teaching algebra to second graders and had been doing so for fi...
Wednesday, November 25, 2009

Dissing the Gifted

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For too long, the nation’s education system has neglected the needs of its high-potential students. Ann Robinson , president of the National...
Friday, November 20, 2009

Don't Blame the Schools of Education.

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They are just doing the best they can with what they've got, says Pedro Noguera. First he grants the schools of education deserve some...