Sunday, October 5, 2008

CNN, the PKK, and why all education is the same

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I saw a report on CNN that followed a reporter who had travelled with the outlawed PKK (Kurdish rebels.) She reported on their daily life wh...
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Tuesday, September 2, 2008

How to reform the school system

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Today I read one of those announcements that come from states from time to time about how they want to hire a head of their schools system w...
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Thursday, August 14, 2008

"engaged learning" (re-posted from Feb. 2008)

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I realize that I have been barking up the wrong tree. Here I am trying to fix education when I suddenly realized that all you need is a good...
Wednesday, August 13, 2008

Death to the Standardistas! (re-posted from Feb, 2008)

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The more things change the more they stay the same. Or more accurately, the more we try to change things, the more people who misunderstand...
Tuesday, August 12, 2008

Good News on Math? (re-posted from June, 15, 2007)

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Today the New York Times published this editorial. I have abridged it and then I have a few questions to think about. EDITORIAL Good News on...
Monday, August 11, 2008

Wrong Problem, Wrong Solution (re-posted from Dec 2006)

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Math and Science, oh my. What will we do? We don’t produce enough students interested in math and science. Something must be done. I hear th...
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Sunday, August 10, 2008

Accountability! (re-posted from Dec, 2007)

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The following is from an article on the front page of the New York Times (Dec 23, 2007): Mr. Obama, for instance, in a speech last month in ...