Education
Brogan Hall
Another communication with [XXX]’s name on it. He continues to slander Mary Pat and pass on information that is simply false. I feel such disgust for him. Unlike anything I’ve ever really felt before. He makes it easy to think about leaving.note from Arthur Levine
“it’s only technology of it’s invented after you were born.” words of a digital age youth.New Orleans schools
The old has been thrown out. What has taken its place?Assessment will be more and more formative and less summative.
Obama education agenda : data, testing, charters, accountability,… It’s the same as Republicans. Difference: Republicans bash unions in public, Democrats do it in private
I find myself so resistant to his vision. Cynical about the “reform” on the horizon.
10 research session
- Reduction in number of men teachers - especially in 10-14 y/o
- dramatic reduction of scores by minorities if name and race goes on paper before taking vs doing after taking. Living into stereotypes. Intervention to overcome stereotypes.
- social psychology
- Robert K. Merton for source of eg terms : unintended consequence,
‘founded the sociology of science. Merton developed notable concepts such as “unintended consequences”, the “reference group”, and “role strain” but is perhaps best known for having created the terms “role model” and “self-fulfilling prophecy”’Wikipedia
- reference to research that “broke behaviorism”
keynote speaker,
Cf. New York times columns in math by Stephen Strogatz. Book about his high school calculus teacher. Joy of x
To answer questions that one would never ask, is really boring.
