A Must Listen: Diane Ravitch Says Standardized Testing Undermines Teaching from NPR Fresh Air Cover photo by Emily Ranquist on Pexels.com This interview is a couple of weeks old, but it is one of the best discussions I have heard on the issues of American education. I encourage you to take time to listen or read the highlights. My commentary: When you listen to the … [Read more...] about A Must Listen: Diane Ravitch Says Standardized Testing Undermines Teaching from NPR Fresh Air
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A Must Listen: Teach For America Founder Wendy Kopp on Seattle’s KUOW
KUOW's Steve Scher interviewed Wendy Kopp and took some very challenging questions. I encourage you to listen to the show via the web or download it to your device of choice. Wendy discusses the history and future of Teach for America as well as the need for structural reforms in US education. You can find the show here: http://kuow.org/program.php?id=23156 … [Read more...] about A Must Listen: Teach For America Founder Wendy Kopp on Seattle’s KUOW
Education: Uncertainty isn’t the Only Risk at Fast Company
Yesterday I gave a talk at the Snoqualmie Valley School District Foundation fundraising luncheon. My role was to help them envision the future of education. Some of the comments I made yesterday will be relevant to the scenarios we build on this blog. As an avid anti-futurist, I said I didn’t know what education would look like, but that I was tracking how many of … [Read more...] about Education: Uncertainty isn’t the Only Risk at Fast Company
More early survey results->Formal vs. Informal Learning
Interesting that 62.6% of respondents use social for informal learning, but only 26.4% use it to support formal learning. This gets to one of my key issues: we need to formalize the relationship between traditional institutions and emerging learning opportunities and the technology that supports them. Educators need to keep up with the latest technology so they can use the … [Read more...] about More early survey results->Formal vs. Informal Learning
Why Colleges Need Better Connections with Technology Companies
If you look at the courses offered in many colleges and universities, they fall into two ends of a spectrum. They are either obsolete or nearing obsolescence, or they are advanced and theoretical. None of them is in the sweet spot of "I just took this course and can go apply my current skills to work, or use them to help me land a job." Technology suppliers need to take college … [Read more...] about Why Colleges Need Better Connections with Technology Companies
