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Good Ones
A Conversation with Maurice Sendak
May 9, 2012 2:19 PM
"There's something in this country that is so opposed to understanding the complexity of children." -Maurice Sendak, author, Where the Wild Things Are Read More
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Teaching Students to Ask Their Own Questions
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
Are we creating innovators? 22 Insights
C.J. Westerberg dissects new book by Tony Wagner - "Creating Innovators" Video Trailer 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
Is Math Art? Dream or Nightmare?
"A Mathematician's Lament"Every parent & educator should check out this book excerpt Read more
Can Messy Be A Sign Of Brilliance?
Einstein's Desk In Photo: What He & Agatha Christie May Have In Common Read more
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A Conversation with Maurice Sendak
05.09.2012
"There's something in this country that is so opposed to understanding the complexity of children." -Maurice Sendak, author, Where the Wild Things Are
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Would You Hire Your Own Kids? 7 Skills Schools Should Be Teaching Them
05.01.2012
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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Teaching Students to Ask Their Own Questions
04.22.2012
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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Are we creating innovators? 22 Insights
04.20.2012
C.J. Westerberg dissects new book by Tony Wagner - "Creating Innovators" Video Trailer
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Individuation and Pluralization: The Implications of Multiple Intelligences
04.03.2012
"MI is not a statement about learning styles" - Howard Gardner
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Choke: Test-takers - - - a different way to look at test-prep?
04.02.2012
"Most students will not find a steady diet of test-prep drills and worksheets to be particularly meaningful, and accordingly, they will not put forth optimal learning effort."
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What's Missing in Education: The Entrepreneurial Edge?
03.16.2012
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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Are you "That" Parent?
03.15.2012
How many good questions aren't asked about schools and education because of the apprehension of being "that" parent?
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Deborah Kenny on Morning Joe: "these types of things cannot be measured by a standardized test."
03.02.2012
"You have to empower teachers and the only was is to have real authentic accountability." "First of all, the most important things cannot be measured objectively." (referring to how a student speaks or writes) ". . . these types of things cannot be measured by a standardized test." - both quotes by Deborah Kenny, CEO, Harlem Village Academies
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Learning Math: The Symbol Barrier
02.29.2012
Street Math, School Math, and Video Games
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Is Math Art? Dream or Nightmare?
02.17.2012
"A Mathematician's Lament"
Every parent & educator should check out this book excerpt
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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School Leadership: Jumping From Good To "Great"- Jim Collins & The Top Ten
01.17.2012
What Jim Collins, Best-Selling Author of "Good To Great" and A School Principal Have To Say About What Leaders Students & Teachers Need Now
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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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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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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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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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