The Global Search for Education: What to Do About Cheating?
Nov19

The Global Search for Education: What to Do About Cheating?

 “Research shows that students cheat more when they believe that grades and performance are valued in their classrooms and less when they believe that learning, deep understanding and mastery are valued.” — Dr. Denise Pope  Here are five misconceptions about a serious and widespread problem in education today: cheating isn’t a problem at my kid’s school; kids cheat in the same ways today as they did...

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How Will We Read: Textbooks?
Jan11

How Will We Read: Textbooks?

 “Technology has great potential for improving individual and aggregate performance of the educational system” – Vineet Madan   Photo courtesy of McGraw-Hill Education.  It isn’t my imagination.  My children’s backpacks got heavier with the weight of those textbooks over the past few years.  And I don’t think the weight of student backpacks are just my concern.  I heard a rumor that even tiger...

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The Global Search for Education: Knowledge
Oct12

The Global Search for Education: Knowledge

 “Schooling is a universal right.  It is about the right of all young peopleto have access to ‘powerful knowledge’… ” — Michael Young  Fueled by international test scores which indicate that the UK is lagging behind other nations in education, the British education debate has focused on a number of issues.  These include the nature of standardized exams and the weakness of the academic core...

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