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BFSkinner seemed to believe that anyone who objected to behaviorism simply didn’t understand it. An informed critic for him was an oxymoron
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From the archives: “How Not to Teach Values: A Critical Look at Character Education” --
5:14 AM Nov 24th
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…No wonder 800+ colleges have basically stopped requiring applicants to take the SAT (or ACT): . Little useful info
6:56 AM Nov 23rd
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Again in ’09, SAT scores mostly tell us about affluence: Scores rise w/ea addtl $20K of fam income: Table 11 of ...
6:54 AM Nov 23rd
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Ted Sizer’s memorial service: As principal, TS would ask teachers upset about a student “What does this student need from you?”
2:55 PM Nov 21st
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Ted Sizer’s memorial service: Even confronted w/ absurd positions, TS would only reply gently, “But isn’t it more complicated than that?”
2:55 PM Nov 21st
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In 1st grade, my daughter learned how badly whites treated Native Americans. She asked worriedly, “Are there any ‘white people’ left?”
5:44 AM Nov 21st
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More harms from rewards: workplace safety incentive programs -> workers hiding injuries to avoid losing the bonus:
8:42 AM Nov 20th
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Bracey’s spirit lives! Flawed comparisons in OECD data purporting to show low grad rates for US colleges --
4:23 AM Nov 18th
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Due to cont’d influence of behaviorism, there are 2 problems with “special education”: it’s not special & it’s not education –Herb Lovett
6:42 AM Nov 17th
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From the archives: “From Degrading to De-Grading” – How & why to get rid of grades, even in high school:
4:57 AM Nov 16th
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RT @: The real significance of “Mad Men”: Draper's kids would be 56 today. Look around.
5:42 AM Nov 15th
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D.Ravitch: “Obama ed. vision…is a business plan, designed by people who know 0 about schools and care 0 about evidence -
5:12 AM Nov 14th
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Study: PowerPoint induces boredom (), maybe b/c it just tarts up lectures. Still transmitting info to passive recipients
5:45 AM Nov 13th
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Have been searching – so far in vain – for any data to confirm conventional wisdom about “overparenting” being more common now than in past
6:03 AM Nov 12th
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In 1 of his last arts., Bracey took 5 pars. to demolish the canard that stud test scores predict a nation’s eco health:
5:42 AM Nov 11th
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We know it doesn't help learning, but here's more evid. that merit pay doesn't even raise test scores: (RT @)
6:16 AM Nov 10th
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My short published response to the school librarians’ assn’s “Standards for the 21st-Century Learner”:
5:27 AM Nov 9th
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State NAEP scores unrelated to supposed quality of state standards or stringency of state tests:
6:25 AM Nov 7th
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Making kids read x pgs, or for y mins, a night turns reading into a chore. Former book lovers now ask “How many more mins do I have to...?"
6:40 AM Nov 6th
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- 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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