Noguera: The Origins of My Views on Education
I've learned new and important lessons about the way education in American society works. I've also learned that the position you occupy often influences how you see the issues. Read Full Post >
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September 19, 2012
September 13, 2012
On Diane and Mission Hill
Dear Diane, I shall miss writing to you, but count on me to respond often to your blogs. Read Full Post >
September 11, 2012
We Bridged Our Differences
I am also energized to speak out against the well-funded effort to spread misinformation about the status, condition, and progress of American public education. Read Full Post >
August 31, 2012
Digital Immigrants Helping the Natives
The case for digital literacy education may best be explained by teachers. Read Full Post >
July 27, 2012
21st Century Learning, At All Levels
Last Friday, Mark Edmundson, an English professor at The University of Virginia, wrote a scathing critique of online learning in The New York Times. Mr. Edmundson's understanding of his subject lacked an in-depth intellectual or practical study of the myriad diverse programs available to students from grade school to graduate school. Read Full Post >
June 27, 2012
Is Trust a Reasonable Default Position?
The "push out" rate at charter schools—not to mention the already too high rate at regular public schools—is a frightening example of how we push and pull at the same time without much thought. Read Full Post >
June 21, 2012
Letter From Cape Town
The children in these townships attend government-funded and -operated schools. That is, they seem to have four walls and a roof, and very little else. No books—except textbooks of a sort for older children and workbooks for young ones. When I think of all the books we regularly toss out in New York City schools it gives me chills. Read Full Post >
June 16, 2012
Should Students Wear a Galvanic Skin Response Bracelet?
The most intriguing topic of the past week was discovering that the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has been subsidizing research into something called "galvanic skin response monitors." This research is intended to develop a bracelet that may be worn regularly by students and teachers to gauge their physiological reactions to what is happening in the classroom. Read Full Post >
June 14, 2012
Lessons From Chinese Classrooms
What both countries seem to be engaged in is how to move closer to the other, without losing the strengths of each. And, of course, their "purposes" are not wholly in synch. Both want to strengthen their economies, but the Chinese state schools are not trying also to produce feisty and critical citizens for a democracy. Read Full Post >
June 06, 2012
Travels in Education
She made clear that it wasn't for me to think. But even more serious, I had missed the whole point: "Hadn't I read the curriculum guide?" Read Full Post >
