November 2011 Archives
The 10,000 Hour Rule At Play: Federer Video
What Does It Take To Get Really Good At Something? (Humor) Read more
College: Debt too damn high - Should I stay or should I go?
Should I Stay or Should I go? Another bubble about to pop? Read more
Math Education: Arguing Over False Choices
"I tell my students that expertise in any subject, math or otherwise, has three components - facts, skills, and understanding. Each of these components is learned in a different way." Read more
Singapore Math Demystified!
Guest Post By Scarsdale NY Teacher Bill JacksonThe Daily Riff EXCLUSIVE
Can It Help Solve Our Country's Math-phobia? Read more
How Much Do Early Years Lead to Student Success?
"Well, I'm going to follow up a little bit with the notion that a parent is the child's first teacher. Parents are also the most consistent teacher that a child will have over time. . . ." Read more
Does Education Need "A New Sheriff"? Elizabeth Warren
Gotta Watch Two Minute "Truth in Humor" Rap Viral Video: Elizabeth Warren Read more
Exercise: "Miracle-Gro for the Brain"
PBS Video: Results of a 6-year high school program prove reading levels and Math test scores significantly increased by exercise BEFORE . . . Read more
Pardoning of the Turkeys: "West Wing" Flashback
A Thanksgiving Video (Humor) Read more
Teachers: Don't Leave Out the Parents
"I think we should start assuming that parents are truly on our side and not someone who is out to get us." Read more
"Why Can't Playgrounds Look More Like This?"
"Because a playground doesn't have to cost a million bucks and come in a box. In fact, it's better if it doesn't." Read more
The Daily Riff's "Person of the Year" in Education 2009
Video - High Tech High with Larry Rosenstock - - 'the great liberal arts HS in disguise' Read more
The Creativity Initiative in Singapore
Principles for Transformation in Education Read more
Thugs In The Locker Room: Listen To The "Culture Of Silence"
" . . . sports columnist Sally Jenkins wrote about the swagger of young male athletes and the culture of silence that protects their thuggish locker-room behavior." Read more
The Flipped Class: Shedding light on the confusion, critique, and hype
The Flip is in flux . . . as is an educator's evaluation of any instructional practice. Plus "Is Khan Academy an example of the flipped class?" Read more
Bullying: "Most parents have no idea . . . kids aren't talking" - 4 tell-tell signs
Photo above: Kameron Jacobsen, age 14, died from suicide brought on by bullying Read more
Are students "respectful" of adult "values?" Why should they . . . if adults in authority don't walk the talk?
"We do not tolerate intellectual dishonesty from our children in our schools. But it is apparently tolerated and promoted everywhere else. Educational standards cannot be improved until adults begin to model the education values that they loudly espouse." Read more
Dr. Jane (Ph.D.) Can't Network, Either
Guest Post: "Dr. Jane Knows How To Narrowly Present Herself To A Unique Audience Of Like-Minded Individuals. Is It Any Surprise That Students Aren't Well-Equipped For Our Present Economy?" Read more
The Flipped Class: Show Me the Data!
Ultimately, in teaching, there is no one size fits all. You, as a teacher, must do what is best for YOUR set of students. Read more
Saying No to Standardized Testing for College?
Colleges & Universities Jump On Board the "Test Optional" Movement: No SAT or ACTVIDEO: One Student's Journey + Lawrence University Shares Views Read more
Why Our Kids Don't Get Math
Three surprising reasons why and how it may change our idea of "rigor". Guest Post. Read more
Stephen Colbert Infiltrates Occupy Wall Street
Dressed as Che Guevara Read moreNow, keeping in mind these fourfold interests - interest in conversation, or communication; in inquiry, or finding out things; in making things or construction; and in artistic expression - we may say they are natural resources, the uninvested capital, upon the exercise of which depends the active growth of the child..John Dewey, The School and Society, 1900
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