Our Mistake about Mistakes. . .

Getting It Wrong

Our biases. . .

Test your assumptions about race, religion, etc., at the Harvard site.

Great discussion of the flaws with test scores

See this article by Berliner

Hard Times at Douglass High

What should we do?

Who should be accountable for student success?

Sec. Duncan's talk re: NCLB

What do you think of this talk by Arne Duncan?

African American College Enrollment

See this Editorial, and note the online commentary. . .

Docs on Education

Dr. Henderson and I taught a May X course on educational documentaries.

See our blog for information on many fine documentaries related to education, including Hard Times at Douglass High

Standardized testing

Good Op-Ed in The State today questioning the use of standardized testing

Student participation?

Consider this study on student participation.

Recommended Reading

The work of Malcolm Gladwell:

Outliers

Blink

REVISED Schedule and assignments

Note the changes below:

F 9/18/09—Thomas Jefferson: Publicly Supported Education

M 9/21/09—Corridor of Shame: See website

W 9/23/09—Pt. 4, text, ejournal due

F 9/25/09—Read "What These Children Are Like," Ralph Ellison

M 9/28/09—Read "Return of the Deficit"

W 9/30/09, F 10/02/09—View Hard Times; see the related web page: Hard Times

M 10/05/09—Group Presentation workshop

W 10/07/09, F 10/09/09—Discuss Hard Times, essays (APA, etc), poverty (conclude)

M 10/12/09, W 10/14/09—Group Presentations

F 10/16/09—NO CLASS MEETING, DRAFT essay

M 10/19/09—Discuss Kozol, Letters due

Jefferson on Education

Thomas Jefferson writing about education

Academic freedom? Same-sex cassrooms?

The dangers of religious control of academia?

Same-sex classrooms in Greenville County

FYI

Teachers more religious than other college grads

Friday September 4

Critics speak out against Obama speaking to schools

Local crticism of Obama talk in The State

What was the outcry like on November 14, 1988?

Laura Bush supports Obama speaking to students