Misunderstandings about Understanding in Math

Barry Garelick has produced a very informative evidence-supported instructional practice presentation called Misunderstandings about Understanding for researchED‘s August 2020 Virtual Event. researchED provides this as a brief intro to the presentation: “The issue of balance between procedural fluency and conceptual … Continue reading →

Real Math Teaching and Good Testing Works for All Students

This is a guest post by Ted Nutting. I’m a retired Seattle mathematics teacher.  I’m alarmed by the proposals to address racial bias in our schools by doubling down on “inquiry-based learning” and by doing away with standardized tests.  These … Continue reading →

UW College of Education: Immersion in Doctrinaire Social Justice Activism

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A friend sent me a link to an article back in April.  While I found the article alarming, it didn’t really surprise me.  I knew things were bad at the University of Washington College of Education but I didn’t realize … Continue reading →

Pearson: Profitable Disruptions of Education System

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I recently received a link to a report about Pearson.  Prior to reading it I thought the report was produced by Pearson and would be promoting and justifying their plans for taking over education around the globe.  How wrong I … Continue reading →

The Rising Parent Voice

In my last post, I shared an article about the parent voice not being listened to related to Summit Learning.  This led to what the article called a rebellion.  Since reading that article I have read three recent articles that, … Continue reading →

Parent Voice: Bumps in the Road

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Last night I read the The New York Times’ article Silicon Valley Came to Kansas Schools.  That Started a Rebellion.  For some reason as I read this article a song kept coming to mind.  The song was The Devil Came … Continue reading →

New Study Finds Multiple Problems with Push for Social-Emotional Learning in K-12 Education

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Press Release Little research evidence for, or objective, reliable way to measure SEL’s efficacy; raises significant concerns about student health and privacy BOSTON – Social-emotional learning (SEL) has been billed as a transformational tool that will propel students to greater … Continue reading →

Education News Scoop March 11, 2019

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Hear Ye, Hear Ye! All (well, maybe just a wee bit) the news that’s fit to print… and even more that isn’t but is printed anyway. Of the articles I come across, some may be worth sharing even if I, … Continue reading →

Education News Scoop March 10, 2019

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Hear Ye, Hear Ye! All (well, maybe just a wee bit) the news that’s fit to print… and even more that isn’t but is printed anyway. Of the articles I come across, some may be worth sharing even if I, … Continue reading →