this is being posted near simultaneously at Education Policy Blog, School Matters, and EduratiI recently received an email from Wade Tillett, a teacher, parent and activist in Chicago Public Schools, about a 2-minute statement he made he made June 24th, and included an additional statement he made...
On the uses and misuses of Advanced Placement - a personal reflection
I teach 3 sections of Advanced Placement US Government and Politics, mainly to 10th graders. I have mixed feelings about this. On the one hand, it gives me access to some of the brightest students in our school, students who stretch me as a teacher. On the other hand, I have the responsibility of...
How Does Our Language Shape the Way we Think?
from Edge, h/t neuroanthropology:For a long time, the idea that language might shape thought was considered at best untestable and more often simply wrong. Research in my labs at Stanford University and at MIT has helped reopen this question. We have collected data around the world: from China, Greece,...
Ed Links and Other Unrelated Stuff
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To Succeed, Principals Need Support
Reposted from my dean's blog, originally published 2/18/11
A.G. Rud
A New York Times article about the shortage of people prepared to lead our schools reminded me of the value of the College of Education’s principal certification program and Ed.D. degree in educational leadership. Our colleagues...