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Open-Computer Testing: Putting 21st c. Learning to the Test
We know that content memorization must no longer the goal of our learning programs; what our goal must be is that students can make the most sense of the voluminous and fast-accelerating quantity of...
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Suggestions for Studying for Exams
Remarks to students, 12.8.10, revised and expanded. Exams are next week: how many of you are looking forward to taking exams? I hope the answer is many of you, because I believe that when a...
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Testing for Learning: Valuing testing in 21st century learning
Sometimes I think I can be so bizarre in my educational views, or maybe it is just that I am unable to make choices– I love so many things about school. I can have a hard time making tough choices when...
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Let’s Not Let Our Students Become “Academically Adrift”
As Tony Wagner argues in his essential book, The Global Achievement Gap, I too think that we need to be very concerned that our secondary and college students are not learning what they need to be...
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Racing to Somewhere and Away from Academically Adrift: Hard Work and High School
Remarks to Parents at Upper School Curriculum Night: Good Evening and Welcome to Curriculum Night for the Upper School. Education is a balancing act, and I think it is helpful when thinking through...
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Race to Nowhere Has Homework to Do: Guest Post, Chris Thinnes
I rarely feature guest posts from those outside my own school, but when I read my NAIS & edleader21 colleague Chris Thinnes’ piece about Race to Nowhere and the vexing issue of homework, which I...
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