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Why math education is like the Titanic
Math education is failing too many students. We are owners and participants in an entrenched school system that is tough to change, and we could all list the thousands of reasons why. Big systems have a lot of inertia, like … Continue reading
Student support of education reform - video
This is a 5 minute EDtalk shot at the Learning@School conference I keynoted in New Zealand in February. I touch on how students can be allies and advocates in the effort to improve schools, and how this enhances digital citizenship … Continue reading
Posted in blogs, education reform, service learning
Tagged edreform, education, empowerment, reform, student, tech support, technology
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Big problems require small solutions
While co-hosting the TEDxNYED event last week, I found myself wondering how the amazing solutions I was hearing could spread. How could we get more students connecting globally like Brian Crosby’s kids; how could more at-risk students be freed from … Continue reading
Teacher working conditions are student learning conditions
“Teacher working conditions are student learning conditions” - a quick Google search didn’t turn up the source for this quote, but I’ve heard it for years. It’s one of those simple yet profound statements that sums up interconnectedness, yet vast … Continue reading
Elevating the Education Reform Conversation - Live Monday 5PM EST
Don’t miss this! FutureofEducation.com and Edutopia are sponsoring Elevating The Education Reform Debate from 5 pm EST to 7 pm EST. The all-star panel of educators will tackle some of current controversy around education “reform” stirred up by the movie … Continue reading
Connecting ed-tech to ed-reform
The design of American education is obsolete, not meeting the needs of our students and our society, and ignores most of what we have learned about education and learning in the past century. This panel will explore a new paradigm, … Continue reading
Posted in blogs, conferences, constructivism, education reform, research
Tagged education, progressive, reform, technology
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Jerry Bracey, Rest in Peace
from EPIC. Education and the Public Interest Center, School of Education, University of Colorado at Boulder. posted with permission. October 22, 2009 Jerry Bracey, Rest in Peace Brilliant. Blunt. Independent. Truth. Integrity. Iconoclast. Irascible. Uncompromising. After our colleague and friend … Continue reading
Posted in education reform, In the news
Tagged education, Gerald Bracey, Jerry Bracey, reform, research, RIP, statistics, tribute
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Words are just words
Speculation on Obama’s choice for Secretary of Education is flying fast and furious. Several governors, superintendents of big school districts, an education professor, and a couple of businessmen are rumored to be in the running. The language being used in … Continue reading
Posted in education reform, In the news, web 2.0
Tagged 21st century skills, education, obama, reform, secretary of education, technology
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Time to share your big ideas for education
From David Warlick: Big Ideas — Bring Education Back into Focus David has launched a project to quickly collect some ideas for education that will be presented to the new administration in Washington. The project features four phases (these are … Continue reading
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Tagged Big Ideas, David Warlick, education, reform
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The art of being an unreasonable educator
Many educators I speak to daily are very reasonable people. They have dreams about how education should be, but still show up for work every day in a system that is slow, if not hostile to change. They compromise with … Continue reading