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Does Core teaching need more time?
Are American class periods too short for Common Core? asks the Hechinger Report. As districts across the country implement the new standards, some are moving to block scheduling — typically 90-minute...
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School goes ‘rogue’ on Core teaching
Principal Billy Bean sits with third-graders Kendra, Ian and Edmund who are trying to decipher a Common Core reading passage. (Photo: Meredith Kolodner) Test scores fell at nearly all New York schools...
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More time may not mean more learning
Boston public schools will add 40 minutes to the teaching day at more than 50 elementary and middle schools. More time doesn’t guarantee more learning, writes Emily Richmond in The Atlantic. Quality...
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Teach, test, reteach, succeed
In “a desert of school failure,” a Watts elementary school is soaring, writes Jill Stewart for the LA Weekly. At 96th Street Elementary, teachers assess students’ progress and their own teaching, they...
View ArticleFrom information to knowledge to wisdom
Most Likely to Succeed, which celebrates San Diego’s High Tech High, argues for schools to focus on “the relational skills” needed in the workforce, writes David Brooks in the New York Times. That...
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How much autonomy do teachers want?
Nearly three out of four teachers say they have a “great deal” of control over how and what they teach, but that’s down from 82 percent in 2003-04, concludes a U. S. Education Department survey,...
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Group work in school isn’t ‘real world’
On “Ask a Manager,” Alison Green responds to someone who’s starting a business graduate program. Administrators say there will be lots of group work “just like the real business world!” He’s dreading...
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Our kids are team players: Is that the ideal?
“Collaborative problem-solving” is a strength for U.S. teens, according to the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA), which tests students around the world. Working in groups is valued...
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Best teachers ask for help the most
The most effective teachers are the most likely to ask colleagues for advice on improving their teaching, according to a recently published Northwestern study of elementary schools. “It seems that the...
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Which classroom do you want for your child?
Pray that your children get the first classroom, tweeted ResearchED founder Tom Bennett in response to the graphic by Deeper Learning. Blake Harvard, who teaches AP Psychology, defends the traditional...
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