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What we can learn from that ollie
Most days in my New York City neighborhood, as I walk down the sidewalk under the ramparts of the George Washington Bridge, I stop for a while to watch the skateboarders practice their ollies. A group...
View ArticleTwo smart guys telling it how it is
Mike Rose in his new blog-post talking about where people like us stand in “the technocratic and structural approach to education” that “has become the coin of the realm”: Without a deep and specific...
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Bringing practice back to class
What if kids listened to lectures on their own time, and spent class time in guided practice instead? (Dan Pink’s blog this week calls it “flipping homework.”) That’s the technique used by many...
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To motivate kids: Get their jobs done!
“If the kids want to learn, we couldn’t stop ’em. If they don’t, we can’t make ’em.” That’s the heart of his argument Clayton Christensen makes in his latest addition to the book Disrupting Class, a...
View ArticleLearning by heart
What can you still recite that you learned by heart (yesterday or years ago)? Justin Snider in the HechingerEd blog makes the case for memorization that reflects my views in many ways. He writes:...
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Student teachers try the Practice Project
A remarkable experiment took place at the University of Michigan this past fall, when a group of student teachers in a class taught by Dr. Shari Saunders tried out the Practice Project in their...
View ArticleWhat makes the pages turn?
To anyone who’s ever escaped into a book, it shouldn’t be surprising. Give kids the choice, and they’ll escape, too–into whatever worlds hold most appeal. And if that means vampires or romance, sports...
View ArticleJust Listen: Kids Talk About Their Struggles
Sometimes, Elijah told me, “people just don’t wanna come to school.” Boredom, distraction, feeling invisible, staying on top of the work—students told me that these are among the struggles they face...
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How kids' voices can spark teacher learning
Why should educators listen closely to what students say? For the last few months, I’ve been posting here a collection of student voices from WKCD’s “Just Listen” series, organizing them into topics...
View ArticleJust Listen: Kids Talk About Collaboration
Working as a group has advantages, Garlyn told me: “You can bring all those ideas together and come up with something bigger than what you would do on your own.” Yet, like most kids, she sees...
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