EPS Ideas Blog

Some considerations in all your spare time.

Some things to consider as we look at our 'no homework' experiment.

I know we aren't beholden to state standards, but the new common core focuses on broad skills - worth a look.

Can we make this a priority of sorts in terms of culture and student/family education?

Just sayin'...

Not that school is all about getting a job, but it's good to see the in-demand skill set. Would our kids have the cognitive ability to have a reasonable reaction to this list?

One of the most compelling articles for changing assessment I've read in a while.

Good vs Great. Is this a different way of looking at Matt's comments on the student meta-narrative? Do great teachers engage that narrative while good teachers just address the "curricular narrative"

They have a ways to go before it can be a major part of curriculum, but an interesting look at how video games can enhance learning.

Just in case you're missing the classroom and need something to read.

This is just awesome. Can we make an EPS version of this?

Any flexibility I may have shown on keeping physics a required course is gone.

Here's some inspiration for the Design Lab.

There are some great links in this article.

So many choices, of which letter grades are probably the worst for many, many reasons.

We had been talking about character education, but I haven't heard much in a while. Late iGrant, anyone?

This is simple enough it might actually work.

This is how kids will get an A in my class. 

Um...yeah!? I know there was a reason, but why aren't our math and science curricula integrated as tightly as our humanities are?

I'll take five of these, please.