There were two opinion pieces in the editorial section of Sunday's Atlanta Journal Constitution newspaper to shed light on an issue that surfaced as the result of a report released by the Governor's Office of Student Achievement. The report (Governor’s Office of...
Carl Rogers wrote a book many years ago entitled Freedom to Learn. One of the most significant chapters in his book was "My way of facilitating a class." I read this chapter many times, and it had a profound influence on the way that I facilitated my classes at...
Carl Rogers wrote a book many years ago entitled Freedom to Learn. One of the most significant chapters in his book was "My way of facilitating a class." I read this chapter many times, and it had a profound influence on the way that I facilitated my classes at...
I ask this as a question, rather than making it a declarative statement. But I was prompted to write about this topic based on a lead article in yesterday's USA Today entitled Teachers take test scores to the bank as bonuses. The author described some examples of...
I am driving to Texas, where I will be for a couple of weeks. Tonight I read an article in the New York Times entitled College Panel Call for Less Focus on SATs. In an earlier post, I suggested that high school high-stakes examinations be eliminated. Today's article...
In yesterday's post, I described Science Debate 2008, and efforts to engage the two major candidates for President to answer 14 important questions about science. The one question that focused on science education was as follows: A comparison of 15-year-olds in...
