Skip to content
  • Can we determine a universal definition of College Readiness?

    July 28, 2012

    If you have not had the chance to read the article in Education Week, Common Core Assessment Consortium Ponders Meaning of “College Readiness”, in July 18th edition, I highly recommend it as a piece that shows how absurd the task will be to develop a national assessment that is robust, meaningful, and universal based on…

  • Is Khan Academy and Online Learning a Threat to Formal Schooling?

    July 25, 2012

    When I think of “school” I think of a time, space or place for learning.  But I’m not sure my definition would be widely accepted as accurate.  The definition of school that turns up after a Google search is: An institution for educating children. A large group of fish or sea mammals. It is hard…

  • Promote Collaboration to Improve Faculty Culture in Schools

    July 24, 2012

    In reading a variety of unrelated articles and books recently a common theme emerged that struck me as important, but not necessarily novel.  Collaboration and cooperation are two extremely powerful ideas that directly impact on our ability to think creatively, and thus innovate.  Here are some of the readings have gone into my recent thinking…

  • How to Improve Schools?

    June 30, 2012

    I am reading Dylan Wiliam’s book, Embedded Formative Assessment.  Wiliam is one of the foremost experts on Formative Assessment and someone who writes extensively about educational reform.  In his new book, he starts out with an overview on Why Educational Achievement Matters.  In the section entitled, Three Generations of School Effectiveness Research, Wiliam writes about…

  • Public-private partnership leads to students connecting in nature!

    May 20, 2012

    The Center for Teaching sponsored a joint field trip for 2nd grade students from Drew Charter School and The Westminster Schools.  Elizabeth Tozzer, Stacey Bradley and Jane Simpkins organized this event that culminating a series of joint projects.  Drew Charter School 2nd graders came to the Westminster campus to look at the blue bird houses…

←Previous Page Next Page→
  • Facebook
  • Instagram
  • Twitter
  • Subscribe Subscribed
    • rryshke.org
    • Join 204 other subscribers
    • Already have a WordPress.com account? Log in now.
    • rryshke.org
    • Subscribe Subscribed
    • Sign up
    • Log in
    • Report this content
    • View site in Reader
    • Manage subscriptions
    • Collapse this bar