Ban Ki-moon's new education initiative must emphasise teaching and targets
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Earlier today, I posted about New York Principal Carol Burris’ great article on how using test scores to evaluate hurts students.
I sent it to our school’s principal, Ted Appel (who has shared his thoughts on…
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If the UN's refreshingly positive Education First scheme is to succeed, it must prioritise quality teaching and define clear goals…
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What Kinds of Reports Do Parents Really Want on Their Children?
From the Marshall Memo # 452
“Decades of research show that grades don’t lead to deeper understandings, increased intellectual risk-taking, or better performance on complex tasks,” say Jim Webber (University of Nevada/Reno) and Maja Wilson (University of Maine/Orono) in this Kappan article. “Similarly, conversations based around…
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The Malpractice of Over-parenting
From the Marshall Memo #452
In this thoughtful New York Times article, clinician/consultant/author Madeline Levine offers advice on how parents can strike the right balance between being overly protective and overly permissive with their children. “The happiest, most successful children have parents who do not do for them what they are capable of doing, or almost…
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The movie “Won’t Back Down,” which will open in theaters Sept. 28, already is drawing a lot of attention, particularly from educators, parent activists and other public school advocates who believe its portrayal of parent engagement and what…
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TINA TRUJILLO is an assistant professor in the Graduate School of Education at the University of California, Berkeley. She earned a Ph.D. in education from the University of California at Los Angeles and an M.A. in education from the University of Colorado Boulder. This …
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The New York Times’…
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After 20 years in schools, it is completely obvious to me that schools are limited in their abilities to overcome every challenge that every child faces.
Even in affluent schools, children are plagued by all kinds of out-of-school factors including mental illness of various levels resulting in depression and…
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