In the Blogosphere…
A handful of things I wish I had time to comment more fully on:
- I saw a number of stories on the NY City Charter school that will pay its teacher $125,000 each. But the Atlanta Journal-Constitution blog was the most succinct. The idea seams to be to pay teachers more but sacrifice with class size, technology and administrative support to pay that bill. Sounds like robbing Peter to pay Paul…
- I saw a number of articles about the push for national standards in public education. Larry Ferlazzo thinks it’s a wild goose chase. Andrew C. Porter and Morgan S. Polikoff at Education Week disagree with him.
- EdWeek also had an article on restraints and seclusion being used with children with profound disabilities. I think that in special education the emphasis on behaviorism sometimes means we end up treating kids like animals (a Skinnerian idea). It bothers me…
- The Huffington Post had a piece about how public education today looks like GM in the 1980’s — it’s dying and doesn’t know it, according to author Tom Vander Ark. I think he’s smoking something.
- David Warrick had an article on what his readers wish for in public education. Top of the list: more technology. One-on-one time with students comes second. More willingness to innovate and better student health tied for third. A good piece…
