Approximate Reading Time: < 1 minutehttp://grantwiggins.wordpress.com/2013/04/18/dereliction-of-duty-by-hs-teachers/ Dereliction of duty by HS teachers From a recent Ed Week article: A survey by ACT finds that 89 percent of high school teachers report their students are “well” or “very well” prepared for college-level work in the subject … Continue reading
Approximate Reading Time: 3 minutesI’m currently teaching an online graduate course in Digital Game Based Learning. It has included some great discussions about all kinds of things. Erin Lerouge (one of the class members) wrote a few comments on Seymore Paperts classic article, “Papert, … Continue reading
Approximate Reading Time: 2 minutesNC Teacher: “I Quit” « Diane Ravitch’s blog. Boy, I can totally relate! It’s part of what drove me to give up my tenure, and it may keep me from teaching at one of my local universities. To me, it’s … Continue reading
Approximate Reading Time: 2 minutesIn June, an Edmonton teacher (Lynden Dorval) wa suspended from his job because he refused to stop giving zeroes to students who didn’t hand in work. I posted a reaction to that here. His hearing is coming up in a … Continue reading
Approximate Reading Time: < 1 minuteHere’s an idea that a student in a class I taught this summer shared with me. I LOVE it and wanted to share it here. First, THANKS to Roberta Slobodian for letting me share this. Here’s her idea: When you … Continue reading
Approximate Reading Time: 4 minutes » Top Ten Ways to Annoy a Gifted Child giftedguru.com. I shared this on FB the other day and got some responses I had to think about for a while. First, here’s the summary of the list: Force them … Continue reading