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Killing Curiosity

July 26, 2017 By Shane Vander Hart

Curiosity is a unique marker of academic success underemphasized in the classroom thanks to the push for standardized testing and one-size-fits-all reforms.

Filed Under: Education Reform Tagged With: Common Core, gifted-and-talented education, Scott Barry Kaufman, standardized testing

Apprenticeship Trumps Current School-To-Work Pipeline

July 17, 2017 By Shane Vander Hart

The apprenticeship model in Europe has more promise for preparing students for the workforce than our nation’s current school-to-work pipeline with companies footing the bill.

Filed Under: Education Reform Tagged With: apprenticeship, school to work pipeline, vocational training, workforce development

The Risk of Overselling Workforce Readiness

July 5, 2017 By Shane Vander Hart

Dr. Gary Houchens of Western Kentucky University explains why he is concerned about the trend to oversell workforce readiness in K-12 education.

Filed Under: Education Reform Tagged With: career readiness, Gary Houchens, workforce development, workforce readiness

Silicon Valley’s Influence on Public Education

June 30, 2017 By Shane Vander Hart

Silicon Valley tech companies want taxpayers to pay for public schools to teach coding to prepare more American students to go to work for them.

Filed Under: Education Reform Tagged With: Apple, Code.org, computer programming, computer science, Natasha Singer, New York Times, Sarah Reckhow, Silicon Valley, Timothy Cook, workforce development

Beware of Experts in Education Policy

June 26, 2017 By Shane Vander Hart

Frederick Hess with American Enterprise Institute warned that we should beware of experts, especially those in education policy. Agreed.

Filed Under: Education Reform Tagged With: Common Core, education policy, Frederick Hess, No Child Left Behind, Race to the Top, School Improvement Grants

There Are No Silver Bullets

June 19, 2017 By Shane Vander Hart

When it comes to improving education whether we are talking student achievement outcomes or school improvement there are not silver bullets.

Filed Under: Education Reform Tagged With: centralization of education, education accountability, federalism, Gary Houchens, Louis Brandeis, top-down reforms

What Is Personalized Learning?

June 13, 2017 By Shane Vander Hart

Shane Vander Hart: There are lots of questions, few answers, and little evidence that personalized learning will bring about greater student achievement.

Filed Under: Education Reform Tagged With: education reform, personalized learning, Underground Parent

Testing for Wisdom?

June 5, 2017 By Shane Vander Hart

Shane Vander Hart: Wisdom, like perseverance, grit, and other characteristics social emotional learning focuses on is subjective.

Filed Under: Education Reform Tagged With: Robert Sternberg, Scientific American, Social-Emotional Learning, standardized assessments, wisdom

An Interesting Education Reform Idea: Later Start Times for Adolescents

June 1, 2017 By Shane Vander Hart

Forget one-size-fits-all standards and increased standardized testing, starting the school day for adolescents may impact student achievement more.

Filed Under: Education Reform Tagged With: education reform, high school, late school start times, middle school

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