some Silicon Valley parents—including the chief technology officer of eBay and execs from Google and Apple—are doing a 180 and sending their kids to the area's decidedly low-tech Waldorf school.
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Rachel de Souza: 'We went to pupils' homes and got them out of bed' - Schools, Educatio... - 2 views
Dyscalculia: Not a Cool Math Concept | Special Education & IEP Advisor - 3 views
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I’m not a doctor or a psychologist, but I take umbrage at labels placed on our children.
Education Week: Lectures Are Homework in Schools Following Khan Academy Lead - 0 views
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OK, a bit of a pain if you aren't paying for Education Week, but this article mirrors some of what I understand some of our math teachers to be doing with "flip" lessons.
APS officials want erasure analysis thrown out | www.wsbtv.com - 0 views
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The lawyer for four high-ranking Atlanta Public Schools officials told Channel 2 Action News he will ask a judge to throw out an erasure analysis that is key to many of the allegations against his clients in the CRCT cheating scandal.
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Lawson told Winne regarding the 2009 and 2010 CRCT erasure analysis ordered by the Governor’s Office of Student Achievement, “it’s not sound, scientifically and statistically.”
The Joy of Stats - Gapminder.org - 2 views
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"Hans Rosling says there's nothing boring about stats, and then goes on to prove it. A one-hour long documentary produced by Wingspan Productions and broadcast by BBC, 2010. "
Professional blog | 21st Century Educator - 0 views
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From outside the US, but this article (and its link to its opposing article) does lay out one aspect of the mathematics debate that has been raging in the US for decades
iPad as Mathematical Communication Tool | Reflections in the Why - 2 views
An Open Letter to Sal Khan « Mathalicious - 1 views
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A reflection on the benefit & detriment of the hype surrounding Khan Academy.
Gamers succeed where scientists fail - 1 views
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Gamers have solved the structure of a retrovirus enzyme whose configuration had stumped scientists for more than a decade.
Home - 1 views
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OK, this is a biology game, but image the power of a math game that could accomplish what this does for cell biology.
What if the Secret to Success Is Failure? - NYTimes.com - 4 views
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We try to talk to parents about having to sort of make it O.K. for there to be challenge, because that’s where learning happens.”
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If your premise is that your students are lacking in deep traits like grit and gratitude and self-control, you’re implicitly criticizing the parenting they’ve received — which means you’re implicitly criticizing your employers.
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Randolph wants his students to succeed, of course — it’s just that he believes that in order to do so, they first need to learn how to fail.
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