Jan 29th, 2010
Those with whom I network for learning purposes through Twitter, blogs, Nings, etc. are largely members of an amorphous educational technology community. That community is fond of throwing around terms like “change” and “reform” connected to schools or education and most often the “change” or “reform” is largely related to advances in technology. The gist [...]
Jul 15th, 2008
There’s quite a bit of really good edublogging and commenting that lies at the intersection of “change” and “21st Century Schools” (see e.g. Chris Lehmann’s blog and Will Richardson’s blog). As one who has studied extensively the research and literature on school reform, school change, policy implementation, etc., I’m having a hard time with a [...]
Jul 8th, 2008
There’s an interesting discussion happening in a comment thread over at Will Richardson’s blog. If I could summarize, I’d say the conversation is about how large-scale, future-oriented school change might happen. Will and others are searching for ways to make change happen consistent with what he and we know about what’s possible. I particularly like [...]
Jun 24th, 2008
Last night, I watched and recorded the HBO documentary, Hard Times at Douglass High: A No Child Left Behind Report Card. Hard Times is essentially a “year-in-the-life” cinema verite type film that “documents” the inner workings of one high school in Baltimore, MD that serves only African-American students (as a result of de facto segregation). [...]