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NY story: More money = better schools, better tests
Headlines across New York this morning shout about improved test scores, especially in reading and math, almost across the board. Scores are up in the “troubled” schools of New York City … more »
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NY story: More money = better schools, better tests
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Ed Darrell wrote 1 month ago: Headlines across New York this morning shout about improved test scores, especially in reading and m … more »
School of Wow
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Ed Darrell wrote 1 month ago: A river of real learning, a rising tide of excellence. Art from students at the school I’d lik … more »
Two million minute challenge
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Ed Darrell wrote 2 months ago: Just over two weeks to graduation, son James is concerned about global competitiveness. He’s … more »
Education spending, per pupil, apples to apples
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Ed Darrell wrote 2 months ago: Utah rejected education vouchers last November, so the release from the Census bureau at the first o … more »
China hammered by "globalization" - why students should study
Ed Darrell wrote 2 months ago: Economics, history and geography, and “vocational” teachers take note: David Brooks … more »
Europe is a country? Whom the gods destroy . . .
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Ed Darrell wrote 5 months ago: No. Europe is not a country. Was it Euripides who said, “Whom the gods destroy, they first … more »
Boost test performance: Start school later
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Ed Darrell wrote 5 months ago: Students perform better when schools adjust schedules to accommodate the realities of biology: High … more »
More carnival: "Educational technology" is not oxymoronic
Ed Darrell wrote 7 months ago: Here’s a new blog carnival you may find useful: The Educational Technology Carnival. The 6th … more »
Cue Taylor Mali . . .
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Ed Darrell wrote 7 months ago: The last line of Taylor Mali’s slam poem about what a teacher makes – remember it? Here … more »
Snuffing out math talent
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Ed Darrell wrote 7 months ago: Could I cover one block of math? Family emergency, the teacher had to go, math practice assignment … more »
Practice, even with failure, more important than talent
Ed Darrell wrote 8 months ago: Every teacher needs to get familiar with the work of Carol Dweck. She’s a Stanford psycholog … more »
Pete Seeger → banjo → Steve Martin
Ed Darrell wrote 8 months ago: Comedian Steve Martin has a couple of new books out, and the New York Times tracked him down for an … more »
Quote of the Moment: Ellen Langer on learned helplessness
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Ed Darrell wrote 8 months ago: A much more pernicious loss of choice and control is brought about by repeated failure. After a nu … more »
Black men teaching
Ed Darrell wrote 8 months ago: Will Okun’s question: Does it make a difference to a black student what color her teacher is? … more »
Does technology help education? Economist debate
Ed Darrell wrote 9 months ago: The Economist’s on-line site launched a debate feature. First topic up in this Oxford-styl … more »
Economics Nobels: Three Americans
Ed Darrell wrote 9 months ago: Simple press release: The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has decided … more »
Peace Nobel: Al Gore and IPCC
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Ed Darrell wrote 9 months ago: 2007’s Nobel Prize for Peace sailed out to Al Gore and the UN’s Intergovernmental Panel … more »
Too much communication: e-mail
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Ed Darrell wrote 9 months ago: What’s one big difference between education and business? Communication, especially electron … more »
Chemistry Nobel: Reactions on solid surfaces
Ed Darrell wrote 9 months ago: The Nobel Prize in Chemistry, awarded this morning, went to Gerhard Ertl of the Fritz-Haber-Institut … more »
