Ending the Tyranny of the Lecture Today I read two articles in the same email newsletter.  They were “hotâ€!  In this blog, I’ll discuss the first article – Ending the ‘tyranny of the lecture’. It…
The Atlanta school test scandal is hot news, but some parts are hotter than others! You can read all about it in the news, and it is constantly unfolding, but here is the heart of…
The July 10 headline in the Oregonian blared “Oregon education reform bills aim to create more flexible, individualized public schools”. The front-page article notes “In the typical Oregon public school classroom, students of the same…
Sal Khan (and Bill Gates) get it. Lecturing classrooms of students from the front of the room is “old school” in every sense of the word! Students getting grades is “old school”, and “C’s” are…
The headline in the June 23 issue of eSchoolNews reads: ” ‘Instructional rounds’ approach flips classroom evaluations: New method from Harvard researchers analyzes school-wide trends by looking at how instruction is being received”.  WOW –…
My students and I were exploring ted.com during science seminar and just had to watch the “Terry Moore: How to tie your shoes” video. We learned that most of us did not know the…
Many people ask me about the power and influence of teachers unions. My friend Ron Reynolds heads up the California Association of Private School Organizations. In this week’s Mid-Week Mailer he discussed the upcoming national…
Recently eSchool News asked its readers, ‘What’s one question you’d like to ask U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan?’ The U.S. Department of Education asked eSchool news to choose five reader questions for Secretary Duncan to…