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Warlich’s recent post is focused on the topic of open curriculum. The post contains a complaint (not from Warlich) contending that: The textbook industry is almost the enemy of education today… I am thinking the situation is a little more … Continue reading →

While I am an academic, I am not fond of graduations. I do like the speeches. It is the time required to watch hundreds walk across the stage that gets old. Garrison Keilor spoke at my oldest daughter’s graduation. One … Continue reading →

I am reading the new COSN study concerning web2.0 in education. My first reaction has been why would the organization go to the trouble of collecting these data and then decide to concentrate on administrators rather than classroom teachers. If … Continue reading →

Data show NCLB is not closing racial gap in achievement. I have just finished the G. Glass book “Fertilizer, Pills and Magnetic Strips”. This is exactly the outcome Glass predicts. Now – more of the same or something different?

This OpEd piece from the NY Times has appeared on several sites I view. I think it is a little off-target. The notion that grad/professional programs are mostly preparing clones of the professoriate is likely untrue. In other words, young … Continue reading →

Cornell researchers are using the geotags and tags from Google to analyze our attention (at least as captured in our photographs). I bet if you have visited Chicago you have a picture of the bean and NYC a picture of … Continue reading →