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Chris Harrow

Bright children should start school at six, says academic | - 2 views

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learning elementary balance

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  • “But the evidence is now quite overwhelming that such an early introduction to institutional learning is not only quite unnecessary for the vast majority of children, but can actually cause major developmental harm, and at worst a shortened life-span.”
Chris Harrow

High-stakes testing cheats children out of a quality education | Get Schooled - 0 views

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testing reform high stakes

shared by Chris Harrow on 15 Apr 12 - No Cached
  • “The more any quantitative social indicator is used for social decision-making, the more subject it will be to corruption pressures and the more apt it will be to distort and corrupt the social processes it is intended to monitor.”
  • “[W]hen test scores become the goal of the teaching process, they both lose their value as indicators of educational status and distort the educational process in undesirable ways.”
  • New requirements to assess teachers based on their students’ scores, in particular, virtually guarantee even more cheating will take place.
Chris Harrow

Kitchen math and science | The Rhode Show - 0 views

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food kitchen elementary science math

shared by Chris Harrow on 19 Jun 12 - No Cached
  • As children, most of us were told not to play with our food. However, when appropriately approached food can be a useful tool to teach children math and science. Science and math are throughout your house indoors and outdoors, especially in the kitchen.
Chris Harrow

Devlin's Angle: If You Don't Have a Web Presence, Are You Doing Your Job? - 2 views

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blogging outreach dan meyer devlin

shared by Chris Harrow on 20 Feb 12 - No Cached
  • the fact that there are millions of people who, rather than examine the evidence and change their position, prefer to cling to what they were taught as children, is simply a fact of life
  • Americans seem particularly prone to this head-in-the-sands behavior.
  • Sure, it takes time to build those networks. But there is an audience out there of committed teachers who are eager for all the help they can get.
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  • If no teacher has learned of, or been influenced by, our work, why should we expect society to continue to support us?
  • John Burk on 21 Feb 12
     
    Great find. I've listened to the entire discussion linked in Devlin's talk and it is fantastic.
Chris Harrow

"Children's Need to Know: Curiosity in Schools" -- Harvard Educational Review - 1 views

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harvard curiousity children learning

shared by Chris Harrow on 14 Mar 12 - No Cached
  • Chris Harrow on 14 Mar 12
     
    "curiosity is both intrinsic to children's development and unfolds through social interactions. Thus, it should be cultivated in schools, even though it is often almost completely absent from classrooms."
Chris Harrow

My Reflections As A Mother on the Murder of Trayvon Martin « BTransformed - 0 views

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murder trayvon martin black african-american

shared by Chris Harrow on 24 Mar 12 - No Cached
  • I learned in law school, and it is still true today, that it is the color of the victim, not the perpetrator, that is the one of the greatest determinants in criminal sentencing. 
  • they have no idea what it is like for black parents to have to prepare their children to deal with a public that often still judges them by the color of their skin.
  • when you walk out of the safety, protection and loving arms of our home, you are walking while black, and only our prayers can protect you then.
Chris Harrow

How Thinking in 3D Can Improve Math and Science Skills | MindShift - 1 views

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thinking STEM skills parenting 3D

shared by Chris Harrow on 06 Jul 12 - No Cached
  • scientists from the University of Chicago reported that young children who understand how shapes fit together are better able to use a number line and to solve computation problems.
Chris Harrow

Emory scandal: Critics doubt college ratings  | ajc.com - 0 views

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college statistics Emory US News & World Report lies

shared by Chris Harrow on 26 Aug 12 - No Cached
  • “I’ve always questioned the rankings’ validity,” Taylor said. “It’s marketing, and when we talk about marketing, it’s selling.”
  • Many parents won’t even consider sending children to colleges that fail to earn high marks.
  • “There are lies, damned lies, statistics and rankings,” the website says. He defined this mania as “paying too much attention to the rankings and looking for status vs. making the right fit for a person.”
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  • The school reported SAT and ACT data for admitted students instead of enrolled students. That artificially inflated Emory’s test scores.
Chris Harrow

10 Children's Books About Math | Delightful Children's Books - 0 views

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children books math

shared by Chris Harrow on 04 Dec 11 - No Cached
  • The theme here is fun math books. Thus, if a book says something like “this is a division sign,” you will not find the book on this list. These books get kids thinking about numbers and problem solving in neat ways without realizing that they are learning math.
Robert Ryshke

Creative Teaching - 3 views

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Creative Teaching

shared by Robert Ryshke on 29 Sep 11 - Cached
  • Robert Ryshke on 29 Sep 11
     
    Creative Teaching provides useful tips, suggestions, lesson plans and worksheets to creatively teach children at the elementary- and middle-school grade levels, along with suggested resources for parents and teachers. The information and materials cover content areas including reading, writing, math, science and social studies. We hope you find these useful in both classroom and homeschool environments.
Beth Holland

K-5 iPad Apps for Remembering: Part One of Bloom's Revised Taxonomy | Edutopia - 1 views

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iPad apps blooms_taxonomy professional development media

shared by Beth Holland on 08 Sep 11 - No Cached
  • In attempts to integrate mobile technology, educators are left to the mercy of app developers who or may or may not fully understand how imperative it is that our children become critical and creative thinkers.
  • I will highlight apps useful for developing higher order thinking skills
  • Apps that fit into the "remembering" stage improve the user's ability to define terms, identify facts, and recall and locate information.
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  • 300 sight words
  • practice reciting math facts, counting money, telling time, recognizing fractions, decimals, geometric shapes, number patterns and even square roots
    • Beth Holland
      Beth Holland on 08 Sep 11
       
      This sounds like an excellent app. The basic account is free, but the membership is only $19.95 http://www.flashcardexchange.com/membership
  • Beth Holland on 08 Sep 11
     
    Part 1 of a new series by Edutopia
Chris Harrow

Dyscalculia: Not a Cool Math Concept | Special Education & IEP Advisor - 3 views

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dycalculia math reasoning disability dyslexia

shared by Chris Harrow on 16 Oct 11 - No Cached
  • I’m not a doctor or a psychologist, but I take umbrage at labels placed on our children.
Robert Ryshke

At Waldorf School in Silicon Valley, Technology Can Wait - 1 views

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Waldorf education

shared by Robert Ryshke on 23 Oct 11 - No Cached
  • Robert Ryshke on 23 Oct 11
     
    LOS ALTOS, Calif. - The chief technology officer of eBay sends his children to a nine-classroom school here. So do employees of Silicon Valley giants like Google, Apple, Yahoo and Hewlett-Packard. But the school's chief teaching tools are anything but high-tech: pens and paper, knitting needles and, occasionally, mud.
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