Teaching for the Future: March 2008

Tuesday, March 18, 2008

TftF 87: Our Schools are a Hot Mess

In an article in the January/Febuary issue of the Atlantic Monthly entitled "First, Kill all the School Boards", Matt Miller tries to save American education. In the article Miller explains how centralizing all education in the spirit of Horrace Mann would turn around public education. Miller looks at funding, curriculum reform, and No Child Left Behind.

What can be done to yield the proficiency standards we have been paying for? Can we take local control of education away and give it to the federal government?

All this and more in this episode of Teaching for the Future.

"First, Kill all the School Boards" Matt Miller

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Friday, March 07, 2008

Teaching for the Future 86

Cuffed Kid (and Parents) to Sue City for $15 Million from The Gothamist:
Last month, a Queens kindergartener was handcuffed after a temper tantrum at PS 81, prompting his parents to threaten a lawsuit. Now a lawyer representing Dennis Rivera and his parents reveals they are filing a notice of claim against the city for $15 million.

Mind the Gap. It's a high-speed, high-def, Wi-Fi world. But not for everybody. from NEAToday:
From the article: “According to Pew Research, there are still 30 million American households that do not have a computer, mostly in low-income or rural communities. For the majority, it's a matter of dollars and cents—a few hundred dollars for a home computer coupled with a 30 or 40 dollar monthly broadband bill isn't practical when it's a struggle to keep the lights on.”

Related:

Brian Crosby is a blogger and teacher who’s classroom is featured in the article.
More about the participation gap by Henry Jenkins.

Gossip You Can't Manage from Digital Natives:
“In light of recent discussions about managing online reputations, how about something you can't really control – gossip. JuicyCampus.com is a website aimed at becoming a compendium of gossip at college campuses. The gossip posted is, unsurprisingly, is often malicious and hateful, leading to some backlash in the media.”

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