This is the second part of the assessment question blog I started. Both are published today, May 15, 2023. I have again asked the
I have been having an interesting time asking the ChatGPT what it thinks about education. My latest question, and the chatbot’s answers are copied
It might be possible to start down the path toward the future if there were some very tangible guideposts for our new system of
When Senior high school students receive their admissions letter, their merit is being evaluated. For all of these students, an admissions acceptance or non-acceptance
Daniel T. Willingham’s article in the New York Times (April 23, 2023), “There are Better Ways to Study That Will Last You a Lifetime,”
This blog post title might sound overdone, but America has a life expectancy crisis that was first documented in adults and has now spread
Educators have been suspecting that a, “attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder” (ADHD) diagnosis is more complex than previously understood. One reason for this suspicion is the
Over the last three years of the pandemic, schools have gone through major changes in how they deliver curriculum. From every student going home
Teachers are in a difficult job. In some sense, teachers are caught in a soft skills business around deeper learning with hard skills accountability
In the Mismeasure of Man (1981), paleontologist Stephen Jay Gould critiques, “the statistical methods and cultural motivations underlying biological determinism, the belief that the social and
So much of education reform involves large restructuring of schools and systems. Sometimes it is important to focus on some simple and time-tested ways
What is a mindset? A mindset is a set of attitudes, beliefs, and thoughts that shape an individual’s perception and interpretation of the world
For about six months the ChatGPT bot has hit the headlines that matter to schools: “The University of New Hampshire has warned students about the consequences
It can be daunting to teach. At first, as a student, you can see yourself becoming a teacher, but the moment you turn around
For many years I have been advocating for better policy that is partially driven by teachers and what they know. This respect for teacher
Tomorrow is the international day of education. This is the fifth year of celebration originally declared in 2018 and then celebrated by the United
As the overall rate of teenage pregnancy declines, the relationship between teenage pregnancy and inequality may be positively influenced by learning, progress, and education.
Learning and education were onced defined by the Greeks as a, “desire for universal understanding” (Tubbs, 2014). As this broad goal of universal understanding
This may be an odd concept in an educational blog, but the history of these United States depends on understanding the generation of wealth
In my last blog, I tried to give readers a sense of how much we don’t know about what is being learned, and how
Although we have thought of learning in multiple metaphors such as the drawing out of learning, or the experiential element of learning, or even,
There is a pendulum swing going on from whole language to phonics in reading strategies for American Students in K-12 schools. Phonics teaching where
Students go to school to learn how to read and do math. Schools of course offer many other subjects like art, social studies, science,
When you think back to the best type of learning experience you ever had, the name and face of that teacher usually come back