Resources from the people I follow on Twitter, professional emails, and my own surfingAspiring Adults Adrift: Tentative Transitions of College Graduates by Richard Arum and Josipa Roksa is a follow up to their landmark Academically Adrift that made the case for how many college students end up learning very little, end up unemployed or under employed, and living at home. Now they follow this same college cohort two years after graduation and see that many found a difficult transition to adulthood. Together these works should challenge students and colleges to rethink the aims, approaches, and achievements of higher education. Click here to read my summary of Academically Adrift.
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October 13th, 2014The Battle for New York Schools: Eva Moskowitz vs. Mayor Bill de Blasio by Daniel Berger
September 29th, 2014The Battle for New York Schools: Eva Moskowitz vs. Mayor Bill de Blasio by Daniel Berger portrays the battle between the person who runs the most successful charter school association in New York City and its Mayor. I’m left wondering why the public schools aren’t looking to build on the success of this group of charters that is having amazing success, at least in terms of the standardize tests. Your school might want to see what they are doing.
Read entire post...Exams Measure What We know, But They’re Also the Best Way to Learn – Article Summary
September 22nd, 2014Exams Measure What We know, But They’re Also the Best Way to Learn by Benedict Carey takes a look at how pretests that resemble final exams can improve learning. This is from the New York Times Magazine, September 7, 2014. Click here for the full article. Click below to buy his book. Benedict J. Carey […]
Read entire post...Everything is Illuminated, The story of Big History by Andrew Ross Sorkin
September 16th, 2014Everything is Illuminated by Andrew Ross Sorkin (New York Times Magazine, Sept. 7, 2014) tells the story of how Bill Gates got the idea of bringing a course created by David Christian called Big History to schools in place of existing history courses. While this sounds very cool it is not without controversy. To get an idea of what this is all about, you can watch Christian’s TED Talk, The History of Our World in 18 Minutes.
Read entire post...New Math – New Technology = Failure by Elizabeth Green
September 5th, 2014(New Math) – (New Technology) = Failure by Elizabeth Green (no relation) deals with the Common Core’s approach to teaching math and how few schools seem to have shown teachers how to teach it. This if from the July 27, 2014 edition of The New York Times Magazine. Read the entire article here.
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