What isn't genetic you pick up from your peers. Teachers – and parents – have irritatingly little to do with it Toby Young Toby Young 8 November 2014 I participated in a lively discussion about character education at Policy Exchange earlier this week. For those of you who don’t follow every twist of the education debate, the idea that ‘character’ should be taught in schools has gained a lot of traction in recent years. And support for it doesn’t divide along party lines: both Tristram Hunt and Nicky Morgan are advocates of character education. By ‘character’, the supporters of this idea have various desirable traits in mind, such as … [Read more...]
Teaching Kids ‘Grit’ is All the Rage. Here’s What’s Wrong With It
The problem with KIPP's character-education model By Jeffrey Aaron Snyder May 7, 2014 Imagine attending a high school where your teachers grade you on how well you handle disappointments and failures; respond to the feelings of your peers; and adapt to different social situations. Imagine, too, that the results are tabulated in a document called a “character growth card” and sent home to your parents along with your report card. Sound far-fetched? Well, keeping tabs on a student’s character development is at the leading edge of the “new character education.” Paul Tough’s bestselling 2012 book, How Children Succeed: Grit, Curiosity and the Hidden Power of Character, … [Read more...]
Study: Computer Use in School Doesn’t Help Test Scores
Study: Computer Use in School Doesn't Help Test Scores In top-performing nations, teachers -- not students -- use technology. Computer use in schools may not have the desired impact on test scores. By The Hechinger Report Sept. 22, 2015, at 8:30 a.m. + More For those of us who worry that Google might be making us stupid, and that, perhaps, technology and education don't mix well, here's a new study to confirm that anxiety. The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development looked at computer use among 15-year-olds across 31 nations and regions, and found that students who used computers more at school had both lower reading and lower math scores, as measured by PISA … [Read more...]
‘The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn’ removed from Philadelphia-area school curriculum over student concerns about racial slurs
PHILADELPHIA — A suburban Philadelphia school is removing “The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn” from its 11th grade curriculum, saying the language and portrayal of blacks makes students uncomfortable. The Philadelphia Inquirer reports that Friends’ Central School decided the “community costs” of reading Mark Twain’s 1885 classic outweigh the literary benefits. Art Hall, principal of the school in Wynnewood, says the book’s use of racial slurs was “challenging for some students, who felt the school was not being inclusive.” The school is guided by a Quaker philosophy. The book will remain in the school’s library. The book about manners, race and rebellion in pre-Civil War has inspired … [Read more...]
The successor to No Child Left Behind has, it turns out, big problems of its own
By Valerie Strauss December 7 (EPA/MICHAEL REYNOLDS) U.S. lawmakers always have reasons for what they do, so there must be one for why they didn’t make public the 1,059-page rewrite of the 2002 No Child Left Behind until a few days before Congress began voting on the compromise legislation last week. Could it be that they didn’t want critics to take too close a look? The Every Student Succeeds Act is now expected to replace NCLB as the newest version of the 1965 Elementary and Secondary Education Act, an overarching law that defines federal involvement in K-12 education. The House passed it last week and the Senate is expected to pass it this week, with President Obama … [Read more...]
Roseville City School District Embraces Chromebooks, But At What Cost?
A Case Study of a California Father Fighting His Daughter’s School District Over Digital Privacy Katherine W. was seven years old, in the third grade, when her teacher first issued Google Chromebooks to the class. Katherine’s father, Jeff, was concerned. It wasn’t because he had a problem with technology. In fact, Jeff and his family are technology enthusiasts. “We bought a house in this area primarily because of the school district. And one of the things that excited us about the school was the use of technology,” Jeff explained during a recent interview with EFF. That enthusiasm waned when the school retired its former laptops and brought in Chromebooks for the … [Read more...]
ESSA – What’s really in it?
This is a repost from a blog. The writer spent 3 days reading the entire 1000+ pages and offers their thoughts with details: WHAT ESSA REALLY SAYS 07 Dec, 2015 by Heather in education, ESEA, ESSA, NCLB, secretary of education Leave a comment Image source: Gifted Education Online Resources What is actually contained in the Every Student Succeeds Act, the reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act? I wanted to know. So I spent three days straight reading EVERY SINGLE WORD the 1061 page bill which is set to go to the Senate for a vote tomorrow. I ask all congressmen to read the bill, especially the more concerning portions outlined below. Know … [Read more...]
ESSA
Anaylsis on ESSA Analysis of the conference report on ESSA Sources: Actual Vote https://www.govtrack.us/congress/votes/114-2015/h665 US Parents Involved in Education (USPIE) http://www.uspie.org/federal-mandates.html Text of Bill https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B0Ee8FdtdhGNdGtrV2FsbHA4N0U/view?pli=1 Christel Swasey's Analysis https://whatiscommoncore.wordpress.com/2015/12/02/this-is-the-moment-congress-we-are-watching-you-vote-and-we-know-whats-in-this-bill/ TAE http://truthinamericaneducation.com/elementary-and-secondary-education-act/the-esea-reauthorization-conference-report-is-now-public/ Mercedes … [Read more...]
BILL GATES AND THE EROSION OF STUDENT PRIVACY
This article appears at: http://www.studentprivacymatters.org/bill-gates-and-the-erosion-of-student-privacy/#st_refDomain=www.facebook.com&st_refQuery=/ Bill Gates has had an enduring fixation on the need to expand the collection and sharing of personal student data. In 2005, the Gates Foundation organized a “data summit” among its grantees, at which launched the Data Quality Campaign, “to Improve the collection, availability and use of high-quality education data, and Implement state longitudinal data systems to improve student achievement.” The Data Quality Campaign has received more than $13 millionsince 2013 from the Foundation, which they have used to advocate for the US … [Read more...]
Common Core Math Video
You judge whether the 21st Century math is better than 20th Century math... https://youtu.be/ZIz3vASG40g … [Read more...]
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