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Posts from ‘June, 2008’
Study suggests high-achieving students are being left behind in U.S. schools
(Cross-posted at BlogHer)
The Fordham Institute today released a report on two fascinating studies about the state of high-achieving students under the Bush Administration’s No Child Left Behind (NCLB) initiative. The studies indicate that while the lowest-achieving (10th percentile or below) students have indeed made gains as measured by standardized tests since (but not necessarily [...]
Mr. Rogers sends his love
Here’s a video that makes me tear up every time I watch it, but I wanted to share it because I think it embodies nicely what I’m trying to do with The Multicultural Toybox:
“Squashing all the actual learning and delight”
In response to my recent question, “What do you worry about?” Ephelba replied,
I worry about state regulations squashing all the actual learning and delight out of education.
I worry about these same things. It’s why I’ve always loved museums, especially natural history museums, children’s museums, and science centers.
Last weekend, I was in Southern [...]
