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- Common Core Collaborators: Six Organizational Portraits 31 August, 2018
- State of ELA under Common Core 19 July, 2018
- My letter to Bill Gates on how to prepare students for algebra 17 May, 2018
- Nation’s Report Card: Common Core delivering education stagnation 12 April, 2018
- There are Only Two Sides to US Education Policy (Thanks to the Parties) 8 April, 2018
- New in the Nonpartisan Education Review: Who watches the watchmen? Transparency might guard the integrity of the tests given by the National Assessment of Educational Progress 8 April, 2018
- What I learned at the ResearchED (US) Media Panel 2 December, 2017
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Did Memphis school leaders just get a pass in the $159,000 grade-tampering probe? chalkbeat.org/posts/tn/2018/…
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The Effect of Testing on Student Achievement, 1910–2010 tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…
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Most Tennessee voters favor state tests and want TNReady fixed, says new poll chalkbeat.org/posts/tn/2018/…
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Is Common Core Racist? Check Out The Results. nonpartisaneducation.org/Review/Essays/…
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Tag Archives: constructivism
Among the Constructivists
The online journal Aeon posted (6 October, 2016) The Examined Life, by John Taylor, director of Learning, Teaching and Innovation at Cranleigh boarding school in Surrey (U.K.). https://aeon.co/essays/can-school-today-teach-anything-more-than-how-to-pass-exams Taylor advocates “independent learning” in describing his “ideal classroom”: “The atmosphere in … Continue reading
