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  • Teacher: Stroking Egos Does Nothing for Students. Raising Expectations Does.

    Teacher: Stroking Egos Does Nothing for Students. Raising Expectations Does.0

    Armed with a bachelor of science in elementary education, I charged into my career as a teacher. I was immediately exposed to students at three levels of public schools: A rather wealthy district with an average IQ of 120. A classic, middle-class school. A school that is best described as a mini United Nations. In

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  • Teacher: Stop Being Your Child’s Friend

    Teacher: Stop Being Your Child’s Friend0

    I was at a public park this weekend when I noticed a family preparing for a photo shoot. This family caught the attention of everyone else in the park as well, namely because of the screams emanating from one of its younger members. The screams continued for the next quarter of an hour and it

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  • Teacher: Spoon-feeding Students Kills Creative Learning

    Teacher: Spoon-feeding Students Kills Creative Learning0

    Ask any teacher, parent, or politician what’s wrong with today’s education system and they’ll all have a different answer. Some will say it’s the absurd amount of testing. Others will lay the blame at the feet of the teachers. Another group will argue that poor curriculum is the driver. Veteran teacher Martin Robinson may well

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  • Teacher: Schools Should Stop Training Kids to Reason with Their Emotions

    Teacher: Schools Should Stop Training Kids to Reason with Their Emotions0

    Critical thinking has become a buzzword in education in the last few years. And why not? It sounds like a worthy education goal: ensure that every student can leave school knowing how to reason and make connections. But before we jump on the bandwagon of endorsing instruction in thinking skills, we should ask ourselves just

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  • Teacher: Public Schools Can’t Support Gifted Students

    Teacher: Public Schools Can’t Support Gifted Students0

    Over the weekend, columnist Jay Mathews presented a revealing anecdote in The Washington Post about the nature of public education. According to Mathews, Maryland student Caitlyn Singam recently graduated at age 15 with an SAT score of 2200. Such a feat is impressive, particularly since her kindergarten teacher wanted to make Caitlyn a special needs

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  • Teacher: Making Things Fosters Entrepreneurial Thinking in Children

    Teacher: Making Things Fosters Entrepreneurial Thinking in Children0

    Several days ago, we mentioned 1916 author William Stout, who advocated for young boys to build and create toys on their own.  Stout believed that the ability to create and make things gets boys thinking, and fosters the ideas which can eventually spur the growth of the country. Although written a century ago, Stout’s reasoning

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