Dec 29th, 2009
Once upon a time, when I was a graduate student at Boston College, I studied under a professor named Dr. Michael Schiro. He had published a book called Curriculum Theory: Conflicting Visions and Enduring Concerns. In that book, he spells out four “conflicting” theories of curriculum. I won’t detail them here other than to say [...]
Dec 13th, 2009
[NOTE #1: this was originally posted on February 7, 2008. I am re-posting it here as part of the #edublogBT idea/meme about which I wrote yesterday.] [NOTE #2: at the time, I had designs on posting a weekly blog post about educational research. I think I got as far 4 or 5 entries before that [...]
Dec 11th, 2009
I have an idea. Maybe it’s a meme. Who knows? Who cares? Anyway, the idea has three origins. First, it dates back to a dinner conversation in Chinatown (D.C.) during NECC ’09 with (CAUTION: name-dropping to commence…) Joyce Valenza, Doug Johnson, Wes Fryer and Scott McLeod. I forget how the discussion started, but we ended [...]
Dec 9th, 2009
According to some studies, charter schools are good. According to other studies, charter schools are not so good. There are some good charter schools. There are some bad charter schools. On the whole, then, charter schools make no difference. [Peer-review *THAT* fellow academicians!]