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Spending five days at home, snowbound in Atlanta, I was able to read some books, blogs, news stories, and think about questions that pertain to school change. Westminster Schools in Atlanta is embarking on a strategic planning process that started last year. I happen to sit on a committee of board and faculty members that are wrestling…
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I was fascinated by Dr. Tae’s, a physics professor at Northwestern University, presentation on what needs to happen to transform how we teach and learn. He looked at this question from the perspectives of higher and secondary education. He compared the type of teaching and learning that goes on in traditional setting with the teaching and learning…
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The Wall Street Journal recently published a piece by Amy Chua entitled, Why Chinese Mothers are Superior. Ms Chua is also the author of the book, Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mom. If you have not read the WSJ article, I highly recommend it. As of today, it has received over 3,800 comments and is…
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I just viewed a most interesting TED Talk by Dr. Charles Limb, a surgeon and a musician who researches the way musical creativity works in the brain. Watch this TED clip if you are fascinated by the question, what is the connection between neurological functioning and the creative process? Dr. Limb is studying what parts of the brain are…
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In today’s New York Times, Christopher Drew wrote a very good article entitled, Rethinking Advanced Placement. Having written a number of blog entries on this topic (see CFT blogs: Extending the AP Conversation, What’s in My Reading Corner: Is there value in the AP program?, and Teaching to the Test), having taught AP Chemistry and AP Biology…
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