Wednesday, November 30, 2011
Monday, October 24, 2011
Daniel Pink On Grades, Autonomy & Inquiry
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Daniel Pink On Grades, Autonomy & Inquiry
Daniel Pink was recently interviewed on a local Washington, D.C. television show along with a local university official. You watch it all here, but I thought the few minutes he spent discussing the role of grades, autonomy and inquiry in education to be particularly thought-provoking. I used Tube...
Tuesday, August 16, 2011
Sunday, June 12, 2011
The Cave
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Listen to The Cave by Mumford & Sons on Sigh No More
http://grooveshark.com/#/s/The+Cave/3AG9zi?src=5
Monday, May 23, 2011
Sunday, May 15, 2011
Malcolm X London: High school training ground
When poet Malcolm X. London spits that “the educated aren’t necessarily the educated,” he’s referring to the inequalities of the public school system. The18-year-old Lincoln Park High School senior argues that our “failing” schools are actually succeeding at what he says is their real purpose: Preparing young people for a future that mimics the problems and contradictions of society as a whole. “My high school is Chicago,” he recites. “Diverse and segregated on purpose.”
Louder Than a Bomb: High School Training Ground from WBEZ on Vimeo.
Louder Than a Bomb: High School Training Ground from WBEZ on Vimeo.
Tuesday, May 3, 2011
Monday, May 2, 2011
Saturday, April 23, 2011
Tuesday, April 19, 2011
Wednesday, March 30, 2011
The value-added formula
y = Xβ + Zv + ε where β is a p-by-1 vector of fixed effects; X is an n-by-p matrix; v is a q-by-1 vector of random effects; Z is an n-by-q matrix; E(v) = 0, Var(v) = G; E(ε) = 0, Var(ε) = R; Cov(v,ε) = 0. V = Var(y) = Var(y - Xβ) = Var(Zv + ε) = ZGZT + R.L.A. Times
Monday, March 28, 2011
John Kuhn, superintendent of Perrin-Whitt Consolidated Independent School District speaking at the Save Texas Schools rally.
Uploaded by SaveTXSchools on Mar 20, 2011
Wednesday, March 23, 2011
Monday, March 7, 2011
Interview with 3 education reformers (including Pedro Noguera)
Watch the full episode. See more Need To Know.
http://www.thenotebook.org/blog/113413/district-recommends-termination-hope-moffett
Tuesday, March 1, 2011
The Bells of St. Mary, 1945
Bing and Ingrid argue theory of education
From the film "The Bells of St. Mary", one my favorites. Not everyone is suited to be shoehorned into the public education system, so Bing argues...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7MctafuXLho
Sir Ken Robinson says schools kill creativity
http://www.ted.com/talks/ken_robinson_says_schools_kill_creativity.html
About Ken Robinson
Creativity expert Sir Ken Robinson challenges the way we're educating our children. He champions a radical rethink of our school systems, to cultivate creativity and acknowledge multiple types of… Full bio and more links
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