Race to Nowhere: A Film to Make Us Think
GeekMom Amy Kraft wrote awhile back about the crazy-making process of getting her child into the “right” school: My daughter just started Kindergarten at a New York City public school. The process of...
View ArticleGreg Mortenson is a Serial Killer! (And How to Break it to the Kids)
OK, now that I’ve got your attention, please calm down, everybody. Especially you, Jon Krakauer and “60 Minutes.” Of course Mortenson isn’t a serial killer. Notably, he is also not the messiah. If...
View ArticleEducation Week: Public, Private, State: A Beginner’s Guide to the English...
Growing up within our own different countries, we find ourselves with an innate understanding of our nation’s education system. For Americans, the concepts of grades, school boards and elective...
View ArticleThe Wonder of Wonder
Last week Andrea Schwalm wrote a great post about the Solar Decathalon in Washington, D.C. I was really tempted to make the field trip, but rationality took hold and I decided against another trip to...
View ArticleEmphasis On Testing Cheats Everyone
SAT language scores aren’t near the levels seen in the early 1970′s. Some test-takers resort to cheating, most recently seven teens from Great Neck, NY, who hired an impersonator to stand in (well,...
View ArticleComputer Science Lessons Need to Change
There is a sense of complete wonder at the insides of a computer, and it’s something I find both worrying and surprising. I am of the first generation for whom computers have been standard items in our...
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Corporations In Your Education: The Future Of STEM
Is the purpose of formal educational institutions to bring about a learned society where all citizens have a level of knowledge to participate equally? Or is the purpose to provide the necessary skills...
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