The Washington Post recently published a really interesting article on the ability of well-connected parents to influence the decisions of their local school districts (hat tip to The Science Goddess). […]
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Tonight’s the night! Including myself, we’ll have 19 people for our discussion of Tribes here in Ames. I’m really looking forward to the conversation. We’re going to do our best […]
That teaching can occur without learning That learning academic content is more important than caring about academic content
I think it is becoming increasingly clear that our current system of education is going to go away. There are simply too many societal pressures and alternative paradigms for it […]
Update: Our two leagues (yes, two!) are now full. Sorry… It’s time for another season of edublogger fantasy baseball (and, yes, you have to be an edublogger)! Last year’s champion, Jim […]
[cross-posted at the TechLearning blog] India’s quest to create a $10 laptop is getting a lot of press this week. Fast Company notes that the proposed design will have 2 […]
A fairly disturbing chain e-mail (it mentions rape, murder, and skin flaying) is making the rounds among a group of elementary school girls here. [click here to read it] A few […]
I’m excited to be in Norman, Oklahoma for the University of Oklahoma K20 Center’s annual Winter Institute. I really like the folks at the K20 Center and am looking forward […]
Is it possible to spend an entire day with Wes Fryer and not have fun? Nope! I updated the materials from my keynote at the K20 Center’s Winter Institute, including […]
n [Download this file: pngpptpptx] n Imagine that, day after day, all you have to eat and drink are bread and water. When that’s all that you’ve ever had, it tastes […]
I love winter. But I’ll admit it’s been a bit nippy here lately. Here was the temp when I got out of my class in Mason City Wednesday night: My […]
In case you didn’t notice, we inaugurated a President yesterday! Back in October, before we knew who he would be, I invited edubloggers to write a letter to the next President. […]
Harvard University’s Berkman Center for Internet and Society just released a massive report, Enhancing Child Safety and Online Technologies. Here’s a quote from the study: Sexual solicitation and predation are […]
I just ran across this eSchoolNews video from my 2007 Leaders in Learning trip to Washington, DC. I had completely forgotten about it. For those of you who are interested, […]
It’s time to revive the crimson megaphone! After a long hiatus, I really, really need to get my list of blogs that deserve a bigger audience (DABA) back up and […]
If you haven’t seen them yet, here are two ads currently being aired by Kaplan University. They come out pretty strongly against the traditional postsecondary paradigm. What do you think?
Seth Godin passed along this video at Pwn or Die, noting that it’s pretty disturbing to watch the graphic intersection of commercialization and children. From a marketing sense, however, you have […]
This year I’m going to try and do a better job of letting folks know where I’m going to be. David Warlick’s excellent at this… (* = public events) n […]
I thought I’d share something that we’re doing here in Iowa… The School Administrators of Iowa (SAI), the state leadership association for principals and superintendents, and CASTLE, my center at […]
I’ve been thinking a lot about my previous two posts regarding Drs. Willard Daggett and Ruby Payne. Both make a great deal of money and have built mini-empires out of […]
This is my final post in my series on outside consultants. Parts 1 and 2 highlighted two controversial consultants, Drs. Willard Daggettand Ruby Payne, to illustrate some possible issues of concern. […]
As America becomes increasingly diverse, many school districts are experiencing changes in their traditional student populations. When districts have significant increases in the number of students of color and/or students […]
Spotted in Chambersburg, Pennsylvania: If you celebrate Christmas (or A Christmas Story), have a great day!
The work of Willard Daggettis HUGE here in Iowa. Dr. Daggett heads the International Center for Leadership in Education (ICLE). His emphasis on ‘rigor, relevance, and relationships‘ is so prevalent in […]
n This is Minnie, our Dell Inspiron 910 Mini “netbook” that’s the newest addition to our computer family. As the pictures show, she’s a lot smaller than my ThinkPad X61 Tablet. […]
Christmas 2008 is right around the corner and that means it’s time to play… SPOT THAT HOLIDAY VIOLATION! Here are the rules: Only American public schools are eligible. [sorry, international […]
[Download this file: pngpptpptx] [from Clarence Fisher, Literacy as Battleground (and Miguel Guhlin!)]
[Download this file: pngpptpptx] [from Sheryl Nussbaum-Beach, Letter to My Colleagues]
Michael Petrilli’s article on the education blogosphereis now available at Education Next: n n Press release n Article (you can get a PDF version too) n n Here’s a quick […]
Alfie Kohn’s new article in The Nation comes out in print next week. You can read it early online and get his perspectives on the next U.S. Secretary of Education. […]