12 juin 2019
12 juin 2019
Why Facebook belongs in the math classroom
Some of your friends are also friends with each other, while others are not. It’s quite likely that you can find a “clique” who are all friends with each other. More...
12 juin 2019
The SAT’s new ‘adversity score’ is a poor fix for a problematic test
The College Board recently revealed a new “adversity score” that it plans to use as part of the SAT in order to reflect students’ social and economic background. More...
12 juin 2019
Chicago’s Urban Prep Academy – known for 100% college acceptance rates – put reputation ahead of results
When I joined Urban Prep Academies in 2006 as the founding math teacher at what was to become the nation’s first all-boys public charter high school, the school’s faculty and staff had one central goal. More...
12 juin 2019
I was an expert witness against a teacher who taught students to question the Holocaust
12 juin 2019
School vouchers expand despite evidence of negative effects
They assert there is a consensus among researchers that voucher programs lead to learning gains for students – in some cases bigger gains than with other reforms and approaches, such as class-size reduction. More...
12 juin 2019
In the name of ‘amateurism,’ college athletes make money for everyone except themselves
12 juin 2019
Are America’s teachers really underpaid?
Additional strikes followed in 2019 in Los Angeles, Denver and Oakland.
While these walkouts, which enjoyed much public support, were about more than teacher pay, stagnant teacher salaries were central issues. More...
12 juin 2019
Universities in crisis: why a cut in tuition fees and longer loan period would make most students worse off
12 juin 2019