Dispose of Kids, Visit them in Prison
The July 18th edition of The Washington Post contains the report of an exhaustive education study that is sure to be ignored by the get-tough …
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A Conversation with Will Richardson & Gary Stager
On June 26th, The Constructivist Consortium hosted the Fifth Annual Constructivist Celebration prior to the ISTE Conference in Philadelphia. In addition to multiple meals, participants …
Rev Up the Fake Outrage Machine!
I cannot wait to see Bad Teacher, starring Cameron Diaz, Jason Segal and Justin Tinberlake. I will see it as soon as possible. I fully …
Hey Teachers, Stop Wasting Kids’ Time!
This weekend, my nephew could not fully attend to visiting his grandmother in the hospital because he had very important homework to finish. That’s right, …
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What’s a Computer For? (2008)
What’s a Computer For? Part 1 It all depends on your educational philosophy. Originally published in the June 2008 issue of District Administration Magazine Before …
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Heading to Costa Rica!
I’m taking a class of Pepperdine University doctoral students to Costa Rica for my Global Perspectives on Learning Technologies course. While there, we’ll be going …
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Apparently, I’m the Conservative
I’m in the Sierra Mountains skiing where the altitude has replaced sleeping with hallucinating. So, unable to sleep, I read Will Richardson’s latest blog post …
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Things May Not Get Better!
I’m an optimist by nature. That’s why I awake each day thinking I can make the world a better place for children despite overwhelming evidence …
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Humble Suggestions for Summer Reading
Chris Lehmann’s blog post today, Enough Already, provides further evidence of how public education is being hijacked by corporate assassins, political demagogues, merry pranksters and …
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In Education, Nothing Succeeds Quite Like Failure
I just read with horror that Chicago Mayor-elect Rahm Emmanuel has appointed Rochester, NY schools superintendent Jean-Claude Brizard to be the new Cathie Black of …