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If you didn’t see this commentary by LZ Granderson, Why do school sports start before classes do,? on CNN then I strongly suggest reading it. I believe in educating the whole child, so I really don’t have anything against sports in school. In fact, I support the development of a student’s kinesthetic capability. Athletic programs,…
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I want to frame this post through the work of Mark Applebaum as illustrated in his TED Talk, which you can watch below. I do suggest watching it before you read this post and I hope you remain interested enough to come back at some point. Watching Applebaum’s work unfold on stage got me to…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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