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Professional Development
I’ve been feeling stuck in abstraction, too removed from what often feels like “real” work—partly just from being in grad
AERA 2018
Long but exciting week at the AERA conference in NYC. I’ve had a cold for the last several weeks so
Diane Ravitch
Heard Diane Ravitch speak at Vanderbilt yesterday. As usual, I was impressed with her work and found myself agreeing with
Multiple Choice Tests and the Right/Wrong problem
The Washington Post the other day posted an insightful (if brief) discussion of multiple choice tests by Terry Heick. In it, the
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Reliable Circumstances
Last week the University of Rochester announced a very interesting update to the famous “Marshmallow Study”. In the original study,
Math Anxiety in Early Elementary Students
A new study out of the University of Chicago tracks “math anxiety” in early elementary students. Interestingly, they found that
Educators as a Professional Class
Here‘s a neat opinion piece from The NYTimes about a new way to recruit K-12 teachers. While the “how” is
“Flipping” the classroom
Thanks to myriad online resources such as Khan Academy and ever-simpler ways to digitize everything, classroom teachers are increasingly able
The End of Spring!
Spring is winding down and I’m starting to get requests for summer work, particularly test prep. This is a great