kitchen table math, the sequel

Most of us who read education blogs are aware that Penelope Trunk has become a radical unschooler .  (For those not familiar with her, she...

I'm here in Seattle, attending Morningside Academy 's Summer Institute, and ---- wow. We should just turn the entire K-12 system o...

re: memorization, Erica writes : Memorization seems to be pretty strongly predictive of later success ---- ! That's because you can...

" Academic Music " No idea what to make of this, but I don't rule it out. Temple always used to say that music was the prec...

Don't think I've ever mentioned the Dana Foundation's Brain in the News . I'm a fan. Free subscriptions here I've ju...

more from the Times : Last month I asked my students to take a pro or con position on the topic of genetic engineering; one student vocife...

Well, thanks to Texas Republicans including the words "critical thinking" in a statement no one outside a tiny group of public sch...

In the Times: In just five months, the Obama administration has freed schools in more than half the nation from central provisions of the ...

The real horror, however, was on a one-page sheet – this was not on the agenda and was meant to be buried — titled, “Summary of January 201...

On the subject of full inclusion, palisadesk writes : The full inclusion movement in my district definitely evolved from three separate tr...

As I would learn in my five years on the board, there are no absolute victories and no deafening defeats in the land of education governanc...

At some low point in my tenure on the board of education in my small school district, a friend advised, “Don’t worry. You are like gravity. ...

Bullying and Victimization: The Role of Conduct Problems and Psychopathic Traits Kostas A. Fanti1,*, Eva R. Kimonis2 Article first publis...

Larry Summers, economist : Suppose the educational system is drastically altered to reflect the structure of society and what we now under...

The " critical thinking " discussion brought David Mulroy 's The War Against Grammar to mind. I remember Mulroy making an a...

from Glen : I don't know whether the Texas GOP is objecting to the program of political indoctrination or the deprecation of knowledge, ...

re: Texas Republicans and "Knowledge-Based Education ," I've sent this email to an address that I hope belongs to Andrew Rosen...

I added a chart to the post on group learning : The blue bar represents the low performers, the red bar high performers. All have the s...

re: Texas Republican Party's purported opposition to 'critical thinking' The indignation exhibited in the [NYT] comments is mi...

No Comment Necessary: Texas GOP’s 2012 Platform Opposes Teaching “Critical Thinking Skills” By ANDREW ROSENTHAL I say it's time for ...