Resources from the people I follow on Twitter, professional emails, and my own surfingThe July 23, 2010 op-ed page in the New York Times offers an article from two professors at Williams College in Massachusetts (Engel and Sandstrom). They cite a new state law and the fact that many other states are taking similar measures. Their research finds that in order to combat bullying, schools need to make […]
Read entire post...Readicide – How Schools Are Killing Reading and What You Can Do About It by Kelly Gallagher
June 8th, 2010
Readicide: How Schools Are Killing Reading and What You Can Do About It by Kelly Gallagher (©2009, Stenhouse Publishers: Portland, ME) explains how most schools teach reading in a way that kills most students love or reading. It also gives advice on how to fix the problem. Educators at the middle school and elementary levels along with parents should read this.
Read entire post...What the Internet does to your brain – Nicholas Carr
June 4th, 2010The June 2010 Issue of Wired Magazine brings us a review of a new book by Nicholas Carr titled The Shallows: What the Internet is Doing to Our Brains. It should be out some time in June 2010 from W. W. Norton and Company. The message I get is that we should balance the time […]
Read entire post...Do Districts Need a Tech Director?
May 28th, 2010I am now a guest blogger at Dangerously Irrelevant, which is a popular blog devoted to technology, leadership, and the future of schools. The author is Scott McLeod, L. D., Ph. D. who is a professor at Iowa State University. The post is an article that I did on the idea that districts should think […]
Read entire post...Creating A New Teacher Profession – edited by Goldhaber & Hannaway
May 24th, 2010Here is a review of an Edited book by Goldhaber and Hannaway that looks at a wide variety of human resource issues in education. Everyone who does any teacher hiring, evaluation, or staff development should have this book. It is also essential for policy makers. The bottom line is that we have an outmoded system […]
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