Originally Published at Ted Talks | To peruse the Transcript Behavioral economist Dan Ariely, the author of Predictably Irrational, uses classic visual illusions and his own counterintuitive (and sometimes shocking) research findings to show how we're not as rational as we think when we make decisions. It's [...]
In America, in respect to education there are as many questions as there are answers. There are as many problems as there are solutions, perhaps more. Indeed, the abundance of problems may be best understood through the numbers of solutions. The two are the same, humans. Humans [...]
Illustration by Brian Stauffer By Alex Morris | Originally Published at Rolling Stone. October 10, 2013 Private Christian schools are exploiting local laws to raise money while expelling kids for the crime of being not straight A strange thing happened to Tristan at the end of [...]
Gentrification is the predominant form of neighborhood development in many cities. | Photograph: Bill Cooper By David Madden | Originally Published at Guardian. Thursday 10 October 2013 07.30 EDT It's no secret that today's big cities are massively unequal, and gentrification is now the predominant form of [...]
So often we bat about statistics. Are children learning? Does testing tell us what their future will hold? Are Teachers doing their jobs based on evaluations? Is poverty a problem and if it is, what do we do about it. Ultimately, the answer is in an adult [...]
I was asked to write something for World Teacher Day, I did in Dutch, this is my attempt to translate my piece in English. Teachers are no superheroes They won’t save the world. But they will save their children in case of emergency. They are [...]
Photo Credit: aastock | Shutterstock.com By Paul L. Thomas, Ed.D. | Originally Published at AlterNet. | October 3, 2013 It's time for some new thinking about how to address the persistent inequalities that plague our education system. As the evidence mounts discrediting much of the movement for [...]
Photograph; Students look for their classrooms on the opening day of instruction at the Westchester Secondary Charter school. (Los Angeles Times / September 3, 2013) By Diane Ravitch | Originally Published at The Los Angeles Times October 1, 2013 Los Angeles has more charter schools than any [...]
By Stan Karp | Originally Published at Rethinking Schools. Fall 2013 | Illustration By Ethan Heitner Colleagues with a shared vision of teaching and learning. Freedom from central office bureaucracy. A welcoming school culture that reflected the lives of our students and families. Professional autonomy [...]
