Education
My opinions as an educator.
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http://www.npr.org/v2/?i=130188627&m=130188605&t=audio There was an interesting discussion on NPR’s Tell Me More about fathers getting involved in their children’s education. I didn’t respond in time to be on air but wrote a post accompanying the segment. Also interesting is bigWOWO’s podcast of his conversation with two recent Asian American fathers. The two events got me thinking…
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http://www.youtube.com/v/Dj4H3Ioxs6s&hl=en<\/embed><\/object><\/div>";” alt=””> Even before my eldest could write proper words, I made him keep a journal. I was inspired by a friend of ours whose daughter (same age as my eldest) kept a sketchbook diary – images of events she felt were important to record. Every week I would ask him to “write” – usually…
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This weekend it occurred to me Mark Twain’s Diaries of Adam and Eve is an allegory for educational policy, practice, and reform. An extract from Adam’s diary on Monday: This new creature with the long hair is a good deal in the way. It is always hanging around and following me about. I don’t like…
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I am going to play to stereotype and quote Bruce Lee: Knowledge in martial arts actually means self-knowledge… ultimately, martial arts means honestly expressing yourself. Now, it is very difficult to do. It has always been very easy for me to put on a show and be cocky, and be flooded with a cocky…
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Maybe it was a just the times – Leonard Nimoy on In Search Of narrating the mysterious death of Howard Carter and asking: “Could it have been the mummy’s curse?” The curse was missing from the Discovery Expo’s King Tut exhibit. In its place facts about his family tree. The sheer size of the…
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Robyn Jackson provides this example of “classroom currency” in the February 2010 of Educational Leadership : For instance, earning good grades is a currency we may recognize. Maybe your students are not motivated by grades but really want the approval of their friends. When you recognize that being motivated by grades is really your preferred…
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When I posted about the Beverly Hills Unified School District expelling non-district (or “permit”) students I made assumptions. I assumed wealthy residents were seeking to expel middle and low income families from their community. My knowledge of Beverly Hills – a composite of scenes from the Slums of Beverly Hills and pictures of Rodeo Drive.…
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What would you do to change education if you ruled the world? That’s how Jon Snyder began the Bank Street Niemeyer Panel at the Times Center on 41st Street – March 1, 2010. The discussion: Race, Class, and Reform. The panelists: Irving Hamer Jr., Peter McFarlane, Michael Nettles, Jeannie Oakes, and David Sciarra. The mental…
Vincent Young 