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

Wed September 2

FYI:

This guy seems right to me: Education problems and solutions

SAT and family income

An interesting unraveling of the SAT chart above

• Groups

• Does competition work in education?

Competition

Alfie Kohn on competition

• Text reading, Pt. 1

(1) Teacher certification

Furman University Department of Education

Teaching Inequality

Does Teacher Preparation Matter?

US Department of Education, Rod Paige, 2002

(2) Board certification

The National Board for Professional Teaching Standards

(3) Teacher evaluation (ADEPT)

SC Department of Education—ADEPT

(4) Education unions (NEA, AFT)

NEA

AFT

(5) Teacher pay

What people think about schools, 2009 PDK/Gallup Poll

• Joe Kincheloe and critical pedagogy

• Should we have national standards? This professor says "No"