Education
Edutopia: Raised fist and gay pride flag ok to use in your bitmoji classroom
Would Edutopia approve of a Gadsden flag?
Classroom management
Education
Wake County releases examples of COVID-19 classroom configurations
Today, Wake County school district staff proposed classroom layouts that accommodate social distancing. I don’t know how the district can pull this off, considering that many of their schools are…
Education
Martin Center column laments smartphones’ impact
Jason Fertig explains in a Martin Center column why the emergence of the smartphone has had a negative impact on college instruction. A few years ago, something changed in class.…
Education
Little ruffians reduce future earnings of classmates
In their new National Bureau of Economic Research study, “The Long-Run Effects of Disruptive Peers,” Scott Carrell, Mark Hoekstra, and Elira Kukas find that “exposure to a disruptive peer in…
Education
Students appreciate teachers who teach
Terry Stoops has told us a critical element in student success is the classroom teacher. A new Atlantic feature offers some interesting thoughts about the type of classroom the best…
Liberty
What do they actually learn?
The latest Newsweek tells us some teachers are taking extraordinary steps to get access to “interactive whiteboards,” the latest technology creating a buzz in the school arena. Why are these…
Liberty
Teacher- vs. student-centered classrooms
A former school teacher makes a good case for traditional teacher-centered classrooms. Education requires discipline, both intellectual and behavioral, and discipline must be imposed before it becomes engrained. That’s the…
Liberty
RE: No Food For You
The real problem with the proposal is that there is nothing that a teacher can use to effectively bribe his or her students. I always used those mini doughnuts (both…
Liberty
A Teacher Solution
The ever-lovin’ Ogre drops a crude hammer on worries that North Carolina can’t get and keep enough public school teachers: If you cannot attract employees with cash, try another option…
Liberty
Text of Elyse Crystall’s email to her ?Literature and Cultural Diversity? class at UNC-Chapel Hill
Here is that email, quoted in full: quote: ——————————————– dear all ? because we did not have time to respond to and discuss fully [or barely at all] the last…