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A presentation to AAUW, Enterprise, Oregon September 13, 2010. Please take a moment to answer each of the following. Base your answer on what you believe is appropriate for your own child: 1. The primary purpose of reading instruction is: Life-long love of reading To read and comprehend the written word at a increasing level . . . → Read More: How We Got Here (and what can we do about it?) Mugwump is an interesting word with a history of changing meaning. It derives from an Algonquin word meaning “war leader.” It was used to mean officer or duke in the written English of the colonists and transformed to boss or bigwig by the early 19th century. In the 1884 presidential election, a group of . . . → Read More: Are You a Mugwump? Puerto Vallarta Rocks I recently received an email from a former student (Class of 1965) whom I stay in touch with on an occasional basis. She and her husband own and operate a B&B in the Yucatan, The Flycatcher Inn. Kris is a former high school art teacher and very successful professional jewelry designer. . . . → Read More: Kristine and Me An article in Atlantic (online) caught our eye regarding a different way to go in education. Instead of test ‘em till they drop, the piece advocates “making things” as a driver of curriculum. Dale Dougherty, founder of MAKE Magazine, laid out a recipe for redesigning education through what he calls the “hands-on imperative” at a . . . → Read More: Can Building Robots Reboot Education? We found an interesting piece in the New York Times that features a debate of the merits of National Core Standards. Twenty-seven states have already agreed to adopt the standards in order to qualify for Race to the Top (RttT) funds. The Obama administration argues that the uniform norms will boost achievement of the neediest . . . → Read More: National Standards Debate The governors and CSSO’s of 46 states have joined Arne Duncan and formed a compact to develop national standards for the K-12 schools. All of this was done in secret and announced recently at a national conference. There are many reasons to be concerned about this development. A new website has been created to . . . → Read More: No National Standards! Our purpose in writing this article is to set the stage for a series of activities that you can use personally or with your students to practice the strategies of the skilled thinker. There are many ways to conceptualize the organization of these skills. We have chosen to group them into the categories of . . . → Read More: HIGHER-LEVEL THINKING SKILLS: AN OUTLINE OF SOME OF THE COMPONENTS |
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