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 …
What’s Your Hurry?
All children should learn to program, not because it may lead to a job, but because it is a new liberal art and grants young …
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Questions for Journalists about the “Reading Wars”
Once a decade or so, the New York Times publishes a hysterical article about “the reading wars,” in which the argument for systematic phonics instruction …
Graphing Linear Equations in Snap!
Snap! is a block based language created by the University of California at Berkeley and used in their first year computer science courses, as well …
Here’s a Turtle Art/Logo/SNAP!/Scratch Geometry Project for Your Classroom
I’ve been meaning to share this project idea with Josh Burker, author of The Invent to Learn: Guide to Fun and the Invent to Learn: …