Cross-dressing show was 'misunderstanding'
Third-grade boys won’t have to wear women’s clothing as a class assignment: Maude Wilkins Elementary in Maple Shade Township, New Jersey has canceled the Women’s History Month fashion show. It was a...
View ArticleWhere does the time go?
Wasting Time in School is seeking examples of time-consuming, learning lite assignments. For example, a Houston parent thinks memorizing a rap about pronouns is a waste of time for gifted...
View ArticleRole Reversal
In Role Reversal: Achieving Uncommonly Excellent Results in the Student-Centered Classroom, Mark Barnes urges middle and high school teachers to adopt a “Results Only Learning Environment (ROLE).” That...
View Article7 education myths
Seven Myths about Education, a “short, pungent e-book” by British schoolteacher Daisy Christodoulou, is a must-read, writes E.D. Hirsch, Jr. on Core Knowledge Blog. Both the British and American...
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‘Thinking like a scientist’— without facts
Memorizing is out, thinking like a scientist is in, thanks to Michigan’s proposed new science standards, reports Lori Higgins in the Detroit Free Press. Instead of “memorizing the ins and outs of life...
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Group work in school isn’t ‘real world’
On “Ask a Manager,” Alison Green responds to someone who’s starting a business graduate program. Administrators say there will be lots of group work “just like the real business world!” He’s dreading...
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Modeling high school on preschool
Sophomore boys weaving baskets at City Neighbors School said they’d prefer more tests. Photo: Sarah Garland High school should be more like preschool, writes Sarah Garland in the Hechinger Report....
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Personalized-learning model goes national
Milpitas Unified, a school district near San Jose, is using the Summit Learning Plan in several schools. At Pomeroy Elementary, 6th-grade teacher Sarah Thomsen (center) spent last summer revising SLP...
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Zen and the art of school dioramas
In the middle of an “Ask Polly” column on dating, Heather Havrilesky unleashed her hatred of “the never-ending scourage of dioramas . . . that drain your time “and your will to live, and for what? So...
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