Post 5

What ideas in education are worth keeping, and which ones ought to be thrown out?

Post 4

As teachers, we are held accountable for reaching and teaching all children, regardless of the myriad of factors that influence their academic success or failure. We, and no one else, are held accountable for raising test scores in classes whose sizes we can’t control, in schools that are falling apart, without enough books or computers and too often without the support of families.

Post 3

Lets have a debate of the following resolution: Literacy researchers have not produced a base of knowledge that provides practitioners and policy makers with explicit guidance for improving literacy and literacy instruction.

Post 2

A successful meteorologist uses more than just a barometer to predict weather changes in conditions to accurately forecast weather for his viewers. In addition to a barometer, he utilizes Dopplar Radar as well as satellite data and an anemometer to measure the wind speed - all in conjunction to be as accurate as possible in his forecasts.

Post 1

We'll start with the basics: If we weigh the cow the cow will grow. So what then is assessment all about?