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It has taken me too long to arrange a visit to observe the Synergy 8 class at Westminster. Synergy 8 is in its second year as a semester course for 8th grade students. It is designed to give them a learning experience built around project-based learning. Check out blog posts by Bo Adams (click here)…
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Here are some resources on the College and Work Readiness Assessment (CWRA). An assessment developed by the Council for Aid to Education (CAE). Description: The College and Work Readiness Assessment (CWRA) is an assessment that tests 9-12th grade students on their 21st century skills of critical thinking, analytic reasoning, problem solving, and written communication, skills that are…
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Where is the sweet spot in school reform? The “mind field” is ripe with ideas, models, programs, and initiatives. But where do we start and who takes the lead? In my recent post, Response to “Classrooms of the Future: Stagnant Scores,” we learned from the New York Times article by Matt Ricthel, Classrooms of the…
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In Sunday’s New York Times, Matt Richtel wrote an article entitled, In Classrooms of the Future, Stagnant Scores. He addressed important issues that educators are struggling with when it comes to assessing the value of technology in the classroom. As he points out, The digital push here aims to go far beyond gadgets to transform…
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These two questions have been debated many times, often with little resolution. Many schools leave it up to individual faculty members, a grade-level team or department to determine its own policy. I wonder why schools tend to relinquish the responsibility for setting a homework policy that is based on guidelines consistent with what research says…
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