Imagine my pleasure and surprise to find both Sherman Dorn and Dan Willingham posting comments on the “Learning Styles” blog at TIASL. I have a kind of crush of Sherman Dorn (in a remote, scholarly way, of course). He’s never...
Meet Dr. Daniel Willingham, professor at the University of Virginia, who loves to puncture our misconceptions about cognitive psychology. He’s a very smart guy, and has made some ripples in edworld lately by creating little videos debunking some cherished theories...
If I could have dinner with anyone, living or dead, I’d choose Anna Quindlen. And before we got through the salad course, I’d try to figure out how contemplate life and make connections as Quindlen does. Of course, it would...
Starting a little meme here at Teacher in a Strange Land: Five Things I Wish Policy-Makers Knew About My Classroom 1. There is no such thing as a foolproof curriculum that works reliably for all kids, or even most kids....
My friend the newspaper editor forwarded me an article she read in Slate’s “Dismal Science” section, Hot for the Wrong Teachers, with a little note: “Is this true?” I was excited: had Slate (Slate! Cool!) decided to write one of...
You would think, given my demographic and political leanings (woman in her 50s who thinks that, on the balance, it’s good that the ACLU exists), I would not be a fan of single-sex education. But you would be wrong. My...
On this quiet eve, anniversary of our national introduction to a radical idea—“all men created equal”—I have been pondering a blog entry posted a couple of weeks ago over at Eduwonkette. E-wonkette threw out a link to and some speculation...
My fellow TLN blogger, Bill Ferriter (a.k.a. The Tempered Radical—one of the all-time great blog names) and I had a chance to do a little point-counterpoint on the Learning First Alliance website this week. It was on the subject of...
Interesting discussion on the Teacher Leaders Network, kicked off by a TLN member who just held her 90-year old mother’s hand through a minor medical crisis—and had time, in the waiting room, to wonder about the array of medical specialists...
I’m tired of writing about technology, but technology keeps inserting its hard, shiny tentacles into my thoughts. I just went to see Iron Man, and even while watching cars being crushed and Rob Downey Jr. experiencing unrequited lust with Gwyneth...
