May 19, 2008 | Technology
There is no good evidence that most uses of computers significantly improve teaching and learning, yet school districts are cutting programs — music, art, physical education — that enrich children’s lives to make room for this dubious nostrum, and...
May 19, 2008 | Teacher Training
What is the HOUSSE Model? The High Objective Uniform State Standard of Evaluation (HOUSSE) for Highly Qualified Teachers (HQT) is one method being offered to help Alabama teachers meet the HQT requirements of the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 (NCLB). Teachers who...
May 17, 2008 | Education Heroes, News
Comment: In early fall of 2007, a friend invited me to visit an elementary school in nearby Panama City, Florida, to hear Marva Collins. After teaching “the worst class in the school” for three hours that morning, Mrs. Collins met with the faculty and...
May 16, 2008 | Social Emotional Learning
From Will Fitzhugh In Peanuts, when we see Lucy offering Psychiatric Help for a nickel, we know it is a joke: (“The Psychiatrist is IN”), but when English teachers in the schools insist that students write about the most intimate details of their private...
Jul 24, 2006 | Consultants, News
by Wesley Fryer July 24, 2006 Please see the original for embedded links… I listened to many EXCELLENT podcasts in my 3000+ miles of driving to and from Wyoming and Montana the last couple of weeks, but the #1 podcast for me had to be the “Schlechty Center/Texas...
Jan 26, 2004 | Technology
This audio segment is based on Todd Oppenheimer’s book: “The Flickering Mind: The False Promise of Technology in the Classroom and How Learning Can Be Saved”.
Oct 22, 1999 | Consultants
From Investors Business Daily When Willard R. Daggett gave a day-long series of talks to the Grosse Pointe, Mich., school district last November, faculty, parents and students thought they were listening to a top expert in education. Such an expert, in fact, that...
