kitchen table math, the sequel

Barry G sends this link to this film of Siegfried Engelmann working with children at the Engelmann-Bereiter Preschool .

‘SUNY to boost online offerings, push early graduation’ Grace's post reminds me of something a student in one of my classes told me. I...

From College Degree, No Class Time Required : David Lando plans to start working toward a diploma from the University of Wisconsin this fa...

follow on to Why you don't want your child to be popular Last October, the National Bureau of Economic Research distributed a study s...

More from Why You Truly Never Leave High School : In 2007, for instance, Steinberg and two colleagues surveyed hundreds of adolescents in ...

Two people have told me about this article now: Why You Never Truly Leave High School I love this line: “Ironically, one of the reasons ...

talking about Mali I love the "back yard" line. update: full episode here (Ed is the first guest after the monologue, which i...

Talking about Mali. He'll be the straight man. Stephen Colbert . On Comedy Central.

I have been meaning to get this story posted for years now. In fact, I've been meaning to track down Phil Holmes to ask whether he'...

They're paying the adjuncts too much. sources: Moving Beyond Grade 12 By Lynn Olson Published: January 4, 2007 Education Wee...

Thinking about cells and bells, I realized that instructivist types actually do have 3 rhymes to our name: learn and earn college knowled...

from Education Week : We hear it all the time. "Students should take ownership of their school." 7 Ways to Increase Student Ow...

Trying to catch up on old copies of Ed Week....and I find.... Good news! Harvard Education School has partnered with Survey Monkey to cr...

I've just watched the "open spaces" video a couple of times. I don't see a single adult in any of the images. No classroo...

That's a new one on me. Cells and bells . Meaning: old-timey school buildings with old-timey teacher-dominated classrooms ( sage on ...

Parents, teachers rally against Common Core standards in Indiana schools Lawmakers, teachers and parents rallied Wednesday at the Stateho...

The associate director of the learning center at my college told me a fascinating story this week. Her son was hired by a major copy editi...

I've heard it remarked that what happens in Europe is just a preview of what's coming to our shores here in the US.  If that's t...

So glad we didn't have C. apply to Dartmouth (my alma mater): “The psychology department got more and more suspicious about how good a...

Wonderful post on Diane Ravitch's blog , written by a high school math teacher. The whole thing is great, but I especially love this pas...