What, you say? Yesterday it was push-pull and today it's see-saw? What will it be tomorrow???Tomorrow? Well, maybe I will use a phrase that Rob Horowitz and I used to bandy about: the churn.I am a big fan of Valerie Strauss's blog in the Washington Post: The Answer Sheet.It doesn't hurt that she has from time-to-time pointed towards Dewey21C, but really, it's because of posts … [Read more...] about The See-Saw of Education: The Suprising Reasons Why Other Nations Outperform the US
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Two Directions At Once: The Push-Pull in Education
"Only two?," was probably the crack more than a couple of you thought while eyeballing the above title.Here are two stories, that go a long way towards showing how education is often traveling in more than one direction at any given moment.The first is about a recent study finding testing to be among the best ways to really learn something: To Really Learn, Quit Studying and … [Read more...] about Two Directions At Once: The Push-Pull in Education
How Would You Spend $100 Million on Education?
In the January edition of Fast Company, they ask a group of 10 plus "edu-experts" to offer their proposals for how to spend $100 million to "really save education."Radical Idea Number Three: "I'd focus on the arts -- music and visual arts and dance, all the things that make kids joyful. Kids need a reason to come to school, and testing is not a good reason."-- Diane Ravitch, … [Read more...] about How Would You Spend $100 Million on Education?
The History of Teaching Artistry, by Eric Booth
I am really glad to bring you this essay, from my dear friend and colleague Eric Booth. It can also be viewed on The Teaching Artist Journal.http://tajournal.com.Personally, I feel extremely lucky. What a gift of fortune to have my work years coincide with a period of rapid evolution in the field I love. If we assume teaching artistry began when a cave dweller taught … [Read more...] about The History of Teaching Artistry, by Eric Booth
Daniel Pink’s Travel Tips
Is it arts education?Nah. No bait and switch here.This is video clip number one, in a series of travel tip videos by the man who made famous the phrase: the M.F.A. is the new M.B.A.I love Daniel Pink, but do have to wonder whether the next phrase up might just be: obsessive compulsive is the new M.B.A. Pink's Travel Tips -- Tip #1 from Daniel Pink on Vimeo. … [Read more...] about Daniel Pink’s Travel Tips