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Good Ones
Can Messy Be A Sign Of Brilliance?
January 19, 2012 2:47 PM
Einstein's Desk In Photo: What He & Agatha Christie May Have In Common Read More
Favorite Books
The Best Book about Education for Everyone?
The Global Achievement Gap: Why even our best schools don't teach the survival skills our children need - and what we can do about it Read more
A Holiday Dinner Conversation: Why didn't I learn this in school?
Now, here were college grads looking for jobs, and not recognizing that showing curiosity and asking engaging questions could show MORE about WHO they were than reciting some resume paragraph to interviewers in a random interview. -C.J. Westerberg Read more
Holiday Reading: Thinking fast and slow
Because it is much easier, as well as far more enjoyable, to identify and label the mistakes of others than to recognize our own. Read more
Three Great Books to Read Aloud to Your Tweens & Teens (Yes, you heard right)
Interesting that two of these three recommendations have to do with a teacher - isn't it? Read more
The Chinese Curse. Is America Next?
"HIGH SCORES BUT LOW ABILITY"Is America Leaving Behind What Asia Wants? : Controversial Book & Video Read more
PREVIOUS BOOK RIFFS
Can Messy Be A Sign Of Brilliance?
01.19.2012
Einstein's Desk In Photo: What He & Agatha Christie May Have In Common
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The Best Book about Education for Everyone?
01.17.2012
The Global Achievement Gap: Why even our best schools don't teach the survival skills our children need - and what we can do about it
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How U.S. Education is Failing our Kids: Eric Ries
01.05.2012
. . . how our educational system teaches students that incremental effort always brings incremental benefits. Not so . . ."
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A Holiday Dinner Conversation: Why didn't I learn this in school?
01.03.2012
Now, here were college grads looking for jobs, and not recognizing that showing curiosity and asking engaging questions could show MORE about WHO they were than reciting some resume paragraph to interviewers in a random interview. -C.J. Westerberg
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Holiday Reading: Thinking fast and slow
12.20.2011
Because it is much easier, as well as far more enjoyable, to identify and label the mistakes of others than to recognize our own.
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Would You Hire Your Own Kids? 7 Skills Schools Should Be Teaching Them
12.15.2011
Tony Wagner, Former HS teacher, Principal & Co-Director At Harvard School Of Education Posts. "The Ability To Ask The Right Questions Is The Single Most Important Skill."
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Are Girls Really Alright?
12.11.2011
"The Morale of this Story? Embarrass Your Daughters"- Rachel Simmons
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Three Great Books to Read Aloud to Your Tweens & Teens (Yes, you heard right)
12.10.2011
Interesting that two of these three recommendations have to do with a teacher - isn't it?
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What's Missing in Education: The Entrepreneurial Edge?
12.04.2011
Video Interview- Eric Ries, "The Lean Start-up," and Mark Suster: . . . numerous take-aways for educators, parents and students, covering topics such as the necessity of failure; Steve Jobs; what the next middle class will look like; getting out of our silos (one of my favorite topics); how software development is not just about creating another Facebook; and what's missing in education.
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Why I Would Fail Third Grade Math
11.20.2011
Guest post from a physics college professor with a Ph.D who shadowed his own daughter's 3rd grade class
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The Flipped Class: Shedding light on the confusion, critique, and hype
11.11.2011
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?"
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What Would Ted Sizer Say About Technology?
11.08.2011
Guest Post About Harvard & Phillips Academy Andover Education Legend
"One Of The Great Educational Minds Of Our Time"
A More Complex Steve Jobs Revealed
10.24.2011
Reporter Steve Kroft of CBS' "60 Minutes" reporter Steve Kroft interviews biographer Walter Isaacson in 2 prime time videos PLUS Jobs' relationship and views on Bill Gates, Larry Page of Google, and Mark Zuckerberg of Facebook.
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Ending the Dinosaur Era?
10.19.2011
Global is not a test score. Two thought-leaders. Fred Wilson interviews Carlota Perez in this illuminating and inspiring video about our global future
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Choke: Test-takers - - - a different way to look at test-prep?
10.12.2011
"Performing poorly in pressure-filled testing situations can also lower people's confidence in their ability to succeed and their willingness to venture further in particular areas."
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Modern Manhood: Bill Bennett on Morning Joe
10.04.2011
William Bennett promoting his new book, "The Book of Man," below, which prompted an interesting discussion on MSNBC's Morning Joe today.
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Schools and Parents: A Kabuki Dance?
09.20.2011
We asked then, why do some schools still play a kabuki dance when it comes to parental/family engagement?
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Is Math Art? Dream or Nightmare?
07.22.2011
"A Mathematician's Lament"
Every parent & educator should check out this book excerpt
Being Parented To Be Sexualized And Snippy?
07.20.2011
Cyberbullying. On-Line Sexting. Promiscuity is a badge of honor that is filtering to younger and younger girls in affluent communities. Time to step in.
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How 7 Principles Of Baseball Can Help Transform How Teachers Teach
02.01.2011
How to Teach so Kids Can Think and Learn - by Harvard's David Perkins
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