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Wednesday, December 29, 2010

Cultural Sacred Cows of American Education

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As long as comparative studies show so many other countries outperforming American students, there will be those who dismiss the findings be...
Sunday, December 12, 2010

Making Enemies of ED Reform Allies

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Alienating “ed reform” allies seems to be a counter-intuitive strategy, but one that “common-sense teachers” rely on more and more frequentl...
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Wednesday, November 24, 2010

I Love Math Manipulatives...But

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I love math manipulatives. I really do. Manipulatives allow students to physically model mathematics concepts. But manipulatives are no p...
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Monday, November 8, 2010

Patient vs. Impatient Problem Solving

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According to Dan Meyer, the problem with a steady diet of TV sitcoms is students learn to expect easy problems resolved in twenty-two minute...
Friday, November 5, 2010

Review: Zeroing In On Numbers and Operations

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Anne Collins and Linda Dacey. (2010). Zeroing In on Number and Operations: Key Ideas and Misconceptions . Portland, ME: Stenhouse Publishers...
Monday, October 18, 2010

The Agrarian Model Myth

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The model of public education is not primarily agrarian, although the needs of a predominately rural population may have influenced the scho...
Friday, October 15, 2010

Teach Tony Danza, Episode 2

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In the second episode, Tony Danza gives his first quiz which half the class fails. When he hands back the quiz, a clash of expectations occu...