Two, four, six, eight! Sorry tests are not that great!
If students can't do their best work unless adults hop, skip, strut, twist and shout about the test, we're doing something quite wrong in assessment, and in our messaging about education. ...
Month: April 2015
Crime and Punishment for Atlanta Educators
As a teacher, I do not tolerate cheating by my students, but I also take responsibility for creating assessment conditions that minimize cheating. Will any policy makers accept responsibility for the ...
Calexico, Just In Time
A Calexico album is like a great meal, with a variety of complex flavors that complement each other without being pretentious, well-presented and paced....
Thriving Schools Need Libraries and Librarians
If you know anyone who still imagines a librarian is a glorified book clerk whose main interaction with patrons is "sshhhh!" then I urge you to have them visit a library, and talk to a librarian about...
#EdJourney Seeks the Future Now
Grant Lichtman's #EdJourney takes the reader to 60 innovative schools around the country, offering a contemporary glimpse of what will hopefully be more common approaches to education in the future....