Sunday Dialogue - A Talent for Teaching - NYTimes.com
A little late to the party, but I’m glad I got here. And I really like the letter by the high school student!
Invitation to a Dialogue - The Art of Teaching - NYTimes.com
“Often it is the least orthodox teacher who most engages and excites students” How do you measure that?
The ethos of early college high schools: catch students up, not by relegating them to the kind of remedial classes required at community colleges but by bombarding them with challenging work.
Bard High School Early College, a Second Chance for Disadvantaged Youth in Newark - NYTimes.com
Who Knew That Greenwich, Conn., Was a Model of Equality? - NYTimes.com
Economic integration leads to more equitable educational outcomes. Demography may not be destiny, but it sure is a fact.
And it suggests that the angry, worried debate over how to improve the nation’s mediocre education — pitting the teachers’ unions and the advocates of more money for public schools against the champions of school vouchers and standardized tests — is missing the most important part: infants and toddlers.
Studies Highlight Benefits of Early Education - NYTimes.com
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Standardized achievement tests are a vital tool, but treating test scores the way a corporation might treat sales targets is wrong. Students are not widgets. I totally reject the idea that students from underprivileged neighborhoods cannot learn. Of course they can. But how does it help these students to have their performance on a one-size-fits-all standardized test determine their teachers’ compensation and job security? The clear incentive is for the teacher to focus on test scores rather than actual teaching.
Eugene Robinson: The racket with standardized test scores - The Washington Post
New, Inexpensive Tools Help Smart, Low-Income Kids Realize Great College Opportunities, Study Shows | UVA Today
Cool! Especially considering that students from low-income backgrounds tend to reap the most benefits from selective colleges.
Ex-Atlanta Schools Chief Charged in Cheating Scandal - NYTimes.com
A bad egg or another reason not to use standardized tests as the sole or largest measure of student learning?
