Feb
05
2010
05
2010
Is Education a Mudslide?
"It's like trying to stop a flow of lava with a Scott's paper towel. It's been this way for years!" The lady who said this wasn't talking about education, but she could very well have been. The lady in ...
Jan
21
2010
21
2010
I’ll Take that Education to Go: Individualization vs. Standardization
We live in a world of double-decaf-non-fat-lattes-with-room. We live in a world that is slowly beginning to customize everything from our coffee orders to our spa treatments. But it won't just stop with luxury items.
Some teachers complain about ...
Jan
10
2010
10
2010
How do we “Fix the Schools?”
Ellen Berg, my colleague in The Teacher Leaders asked this very simple question the other day. I had so much fun in answering and I believe so deeply in the power of this simple question that I wanted to ...
Jan
07
2010
07
2010
LA Times Article: Bailing on Schools Doesn’t Fix Schools
So a colleague of mine commented yesterday on my article "Is TFA a Volunteerism Succubus?" David Cohen (fellow member of The Teacher Leaders Network and creator the ACT ning) said the following in response to my article:
"...They won't invest ...
Jan
06
2010
06
2010
Is TFA a Volunteerism Succubus?
The New York Times recently published an article, which shares an analysis of the post-service Teach for America corps and their subsequent level of civil service. To those involved in TFA, the findings were somewhat cringe-worthy. To the rest of ...
Dec
22
2009
22
2009
The Truth About Tenure
I've posted before about this topic, but I wanted my readers to know that The George Lucas Foundation's Edutopia.org has just posted my article on "The Truth About Tenure." You can read it here.
Tenured or untenured. I hope you all feel ...
Dec
19
2009
19
2009
Studies Find There’s No Such Thing as Learning Styles – As Teachers, Should We Care?
According to Psychcentral.com, "Learning Styles are being re-evaluated" and negated. This theory, according to a recently published journal article claims that there is really no research out there to prove that students learn differently from one another.
Shrug. Cue ...
Dec
09
2009
09
2009
L.A. Times: “Don’t Forget a Note of Thanks”
Sunday's LA Times took a tip from Miss Manners and decided to include a "Yuletide Tip Guide" in Booth Moore's article "Don't Forget a Note of Thanks." Warm and fuzzy, right? Well, you should read the list.
Dec
07
2009
07
2009
Arizona to Abolish Teacher Tenure
According to the Arizona Star, AZ is about to become the first state to eliminate teacher tenure entirely from its educational system. AZ's an interesting state. They are definitely onto something with abolishing the time change thing. Now THAT'S antiquated. ...
Nov
21
2009
21
2009
The Rules of Netiquette for Online Gaming and RPGs
The upcoming issue of Imagine Magazine is going to focus on online gaming and role-playing games, so I was pumped when they approached me to see if I was interested in contributing again to their magazine. After all, ...
