June 2016 Blog Posts (43)

How do K-12 schools create functional illiteracy? Easily.

 If people understood the process, then they could help prevent it.

 Semi-literacy is the main thing killing our country now. Fixing this epidemic is the easiest way to fix the whole school system.

 Kids used to go to school for a year or two and they could read. That's how real education starts. The only way. Now we have an elaborate scam where public schools pretend to…

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Added by Bruce Deitrick Price on June 15, 2016 at 3:11pm — No Comments

What First-Generation College Students Want

What First-Generation College Students Want

As policymakers and educators debate how to help high-schoolers from all backgrounds get to and through college, young people’s ideas about the support they need to succeed are sometimes left out of the discussion. (Atlantic,…

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Added by Michael Keany on June 15, 2016 at 7:54am — No Comments

It’s Official: New York is making it easier for students with disabilities to graduate this year

It’s Official: New York is making it easier for students with disabilities to graduate this year

New York students with disabilities can now graduate high school without passing most Regents exams. The dramatic move by New York’s education policymakers could…

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Added by Michael Keany on June 15, 2016 at 7:52am — No Comments

Does yoga improve academic performance more than PE?

Does yoga improve academic performance more than PE?
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Added by Michael Keany on June 15, 2016 at 7:25am — No Comments

Would elementary schools be more successful if, like high schools, they used specialist teachers for particular classes?

Specialist teachers in elementary schools

Would elementary schools be more successful if, like high schools, they used specialist teachers for particular classes?…

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Added by Michael Keany on June 15, 2016 at 7:16am — No Comments

Engagement of Every Student is Shared Work

It seems we all take for granted that, unless a child is disabled in some way, by the time they are five years old, she or he can both walk and talk. They understand basic language and they can follow simple directions. We expect that there are variations in the capacities of children to accomplish these but also expect that they all can do it in some form. These days in addition to walking, talking, understanding, and following directions, some can read a bit and use technology. They…

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Added by Jill Berkowicz & Ann Myers on June 9, 2016 at 10:24am — No Comments

Leaders Must Be More Than Managers and Instructional Leaders

This is the time that calls for leadership with a capital "L".  Building leaders cannot be successful as one or the other, managers or instructional leaders, nor can their superintendents. In order to meet the demands of this century, the leaders' success can only be found in becoming a Leader. Those in positions of power, authority and responsibility, who are responsible for safety, making sure rules are followed, records are accurately kept, jobs are done properly, instruction is…

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Added by Jill Berkowicz & Ann Myers on June 7, 2016 at 9:30am — No Comments

How, bottom line, do we improve K-12 education??

 Here is one of my favorite themes: Almost everything we see discussed is the SURFACE of education. The skin. The outside. The superficial stuff that doesn't really matter.

 I think our Education Establishment is truly brilliant at keeping people distracted and bewildered. The trick is to get people discussing things that are not primary. Throw out five or 10 excuses for why the schools are bad – kids are lazy, parents don't care, there's not enough money, the Internet is…

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Added by Bruce Deitrick Price on June 6, 2016 at 6:08pm — No Comments

Being our best selves by Dennis Sparks

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Added by Michael Keany on June 4, 2016 at 10:05am — No Comments

Against Personalized Learning

Against Personalized Learning

Annie Murphy Paul



A couple of years ago, educator Benjamin Riley kicked up a fuss with a blog post provocatively titled “Don’t Personalize Learning.” Personalized learning, of course, is a very popular notion; as he slyly noted, it’s “a head-nodder phrase”: “Sprinkle the word into virtually any conversation or speech regarding education, and you’ll typically see at least a handful of heads nodding in the room in happy…

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Added by Michael Keany on June 2, 2016 at 12:28pm — No Comments

Shaping Our Tools to Fit the Brain

Shaping Our Tools to Fit the Brain

Annie Murphy Paul



We all have experience with things like ergonomic chairs: seats that are designed with the human body in mind. The designer of an ergonomic chair has to have a solid working knowledge of the human body and how it operates in order to build a chair that will be comfortable, supportive, and appealing to sit in. The same is true of the technological tools we use: the people who design them have to…

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Added by Michael Keany on June 2, 2016 at 12:27pm — No Comments

Using the Social Brain to Promote Learning

Using the Social Brain to Promote Learning

Annie Murphy Paul

A recent brain-imaging study showed just how powerfully teenagers are influenced by their peers. That's not necessarily bad news, however: “If your teen’s friends are displaying positive behavior, then it’s fabulous that your teen will see that behavior and be influenced by it,” said study author Lauren Sherman, a researcher at UCLA. Sherman's observation lines up with a favorite idea of mine:…

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Added by Michael Keany on June 2, 2016 at 12:25pm — No Comments

Should coding be an essential part of math curriculum?

Should coding be an essential part of math curriculum?

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Added by Michael Keany on June 1, 2016 at 5:31pm — No Comments

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