Originally posted on Larry Cuban on School Reform and Classroom Practice:
Here are photos of schools and classrooms from the 1920s in cities and rural districts. While there are now 13,000-plus districts in the U.S. now, a century ago, there were over 100,000. Rural consolidation of schools and migration to cities during the Great Depression…
H/t Daithi Rua (and if you don’t understand the joke, check the song here)
Originally posted on Robert Slavin's Blog:
We are proud to announce the launch of two new sections of our Evidence for ESSA website (http://www.evidenceforessa.org): K-12 social-emotional learning and attendance. Funded by a grant from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, the new sections represent our first foray beyond academic achievement. The social-emotional learning section…
A new Best Evidence in Brief, this study triggered my interest, although I would appreciate a replication in other countries/regions: A recent study published in Learning and Individual Differences investigates the effects of an intervention in China that enhances teachers’ approaches to conveying high expectations to students. The researchers randomly selected two schools in an urban… Read More Does enhancing teacher expectation benefit students? (Best Evidence in Brief)
Brooke Macnamara just shared a new paper he published together with Burgoyne and Hambrick in which they checked 6 claims about the (growth) mind-set theory. Handy for me, his tweets are a perfect summary: We examined 6 key claims of mindset theory. The strongest association (r=−.12) was in the opposite direction from the theory's claim.… Read More Another study, another blow to mind-set theory?
Originally posted on 3-Star learning experiences:
Mirjam Neelen & Paul A. Kirschner Most of us agree that the workplace (and thus jobs) is changing rapidly and that this has consequences for both workers and employers. Interestingly, this agreement evaporates when it comes to what the consequences of those changes are, such as what skills people…
I found this cartoon via Larry Cuban who shared more cartoons on technology on his blog.
