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Carnival, part 3
TEACHING AND LEARNING
Are you just dying to give Margaret Spellings a piece of your mind? Or do you just have a burning question you’d like to ask her? Well, The Education Wonks prove you can. They did. And she answered! And here’s a bonus post from the Wonks looking at Denver, where the union gave its blessing to merit pay.
At me-ander, an English-teacher blogger in Israel suggests how you can use your computer to experience what it’s like to be dyslexic.
The Ruminating dude explores the dark side of teaching, especially the promise that schools will prepare all kids for college. He says the reality falls far short.
At MathandText, J.D. takes us down a path to understanding why math textbooks fall short when it comes to connecting math concepts and he does it using nice real world examples.
Imagine, a smart aleck superintendent! In Indiana, they’ve got one who posts at the Super’s Blog and this week he hilariously imagines a merger between a textbook company and Cliff Notes in the interest of keeping literature passages brief for the MTV generation.
Quincy at News, the Universe and Everything has some answers for how improved schools of education can make for better teaching.
It’s a stealth SEVENTH class Mr. Lawrence’s school requires that’s driving him crazy at Get Lost, Mr. Chips.
At Scholar’s Notebook, they highlight a parent’s frustration with a principal who says “In middle school, the product doesn’t matter.”
In the Common Room, the Headmistress points out how boring and unchallenging college can be, and asks, higher education means higher than what?
Editor’s choice:Want to see how a good teacher translates her daily life into a science lesson? Mrs. Frizzle’s post about her commute to work in the Bronx also demonstrates how good teachers are always thinking about how to make schoolwork more relevant to kids.
Quick aside: My favorite teacher blogger, also NY-based Mr. Babylon, recently decided to take a hiatus and it’s killing me. I need my fix. Come on, hombre, hurry back!
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By Angel
November 9, 2005 4:21 PM | Link to this
It would have been nice to actually post the exact link to the post for the Super and the merger of Cliff Notes. It only gets you to the blog, and while fun reading it, I did not find the actual post in question.By muse
November 2, 2005 1:56 PM | Link to this
Wow, that must have had been hard work. http://me-ander.blogspot.com/2005/11/now-for-carnival-of-education.html