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alfiekohn

  1. Forward ow.ly/b6viE to that guy who’s always grumbling about overregulation & thinks govt is the main threat to our liberties about 17 hours ago via web
  2. Just read Peter Johnston’s lovely ’04 bk CHOICE WORDS, an analysis of superb teaching that invites readers to rethink their own classrms 5:24 AM May 23rd via web
  3. Posted on-line for the 1st time: my lengthy analysis/defense of cooperative learning (from 1992): ow.ly/b545z 12:41 PM May 22nd via web
  4. We sometimes have our students work in groups, but that doesn’t mean we’ve helped them know what it is to work AS a group 4:54 AM May 22nd via web
  5. Miami Herald covers Parents Across America’s petition to scale back standardized testing: ow.ly/b14Oh 5:48 AM May 21st via web
  6. Top gender researcher J.S. Hyde (in May 9 Ed Wk): You never hear a good, modern neuroscientist say the brain is hardwired [for gender diffs] 5:02 AM May 19th via web
  7. Study (described in May Ed Ldrshp): training in pedagogy reduces teacher turnover. Content knowledge ain’t enough 4:52 AM May 17th via web
  8. Often, a scripted behavior mgmt program is introduced in order to deal with the predictable effects of a scripted academic program 4:46 AM May 16th via web
  9. We once contrasted “learner-centered” w/”teacher-centered” classrms. Today we’re faced with Pearson-centered classrms 4:55 AM May 15th via web
  10. Study: more that (minority) tchrs feel controlled & excluded from decision-making, higher their turnover rate: ow.ly/aL91j 4:18 AM May 14th via web
  11. Consider signing this petition asking the national PTA to support healthy homework guidelines: ow.ly/aOTZG 10:43 AM May 12th via web
  12. Update on successful results from some of the 800+ colleges that no longer make students take the SAT or ACT: ow.ly/aM5y8 4:55 AM May 10th via web
  13. “Time-out makes a child feel powerless, so her feelings of being ineffectual become self-fulfilling” -Mary Ellis Schreiber 4:52 AM May 9th via web
  14. Wd love to see fac & students at every school of ed. reading this article & asking, “Why not us, too?” ow.ly/aLGrS 5:19 AM May 8th via web
  15. Deb Meier asks: If test scores are so vital for judging schools, why are parents generally satisfied w/private schools that don’t use them? 5:58 AM May 7th via web
  16. “Yes, I’m paranoid -- but am I paranoid enough?” -David Foster Wallace 5:36 AM May 5th via web
  17. If kids were forced to memorize the phone bk, wkshops would pop up: “Best Practices for implementing the new 21st century PB assessments” 6:37 AM May 4th via web
  18. I have my say again (briefly) on core standards, in this interview w/Anthony Cody: ow.ly/aGBuv 6:17 AM May 4th via web
  19. Not only do grades&tests predict only future grades&tests, but high schl GPA/SAT/ACT together acct for only ¼ of variance in u’grad grades 5:15 AM May 3rd via web
  20. My beef with “NO WHINING” signs: ow.ly/aDarI 4:52 AM May 2nd via web
  • Name Alfie Kohn
  • Location Boston area
  • Web http://www.alfiek...
  • Bio author and lecturer on topics in education, parenting, and human behavior
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