One Minute of Nonsense by Ken Goodman (2007)
I believe this period in American education will be characterized as the pedagogy of the absurd. Nothing better illustrates this than DIBELS…
Undoing the Damage Done Through Illegal Implementation of Reading First by Ken Goodman (2007)
The inspector General of the US Department of Education has documented flagrant conflicts of interest and illegal impositions of curriculum in negotiating the NCLB state contracts. Here are my views on what is needed to even partially undo the damage done.
Scientifically Based Research: 120 repetitions in NCLB by Ken Goodman (2007)
Redundancy has something to be said for it. In language, redundancy is one thing that makes human communication possible.
But when the exact same phrase is used redundantly in the 670 pages of the NCLB law (strictly speaking the 2002 NCLB revision of the ESEA law) it would seem that there must be a compelling reason for such redundancy…
Ignorance or Obfuscation? Misrepresentations of “Grade Level” (2007)
Recently my local newspaper reported the shocking fact that in a Tucson middle school, labeled as failing, half the students were “reading below grade level.” That would also mean that half are reading above grade level, a fact the article did not report…
Making NCLB the Key Legislative Issue of the 2007 Congress by Ken Goodman (2006)
In spite of the scandal in the administration of Reading First uncovered in the Inspector General’s report and in spite of the alarming number of …
Ken Goodman (1927 – 2020)
Regrettably, I never met Ken in person, but we did work together when I was Editor of one of the first online education publications of the nascent social media era, The Pulse – Education’s Place for Debate, from 2006 – 2008. Ken was one of the first people I asked to contribute to The Pulse.
Two Scandals by Ken Goodman (2006)
Two scandals involving our government and the young people of this country broke in the last few weeks. One involved the internet antics of an …
Education for a Diverse Society: What Ever Happened to the Comprehensive High School? by Ken Goodman (2006)
One of the most remarkable achievements of American democracy was its provision of free universal compulsory education for all its children and young people. No …
The DIBELing of Little Children by Ken Goodman (2006)
Today’s parents of five year olds are hearing a new answer to the age old question, “What did you do in school today? “I got DIBELed.” …
Scratch and the Negligent Homicide of Mathland
Scratch is a miracle. It’s popularity as a creative computing environment and its ubiquity around the world are truly impressive. Millions of children use the …