John Merrow looks at six premises of teacher training — and then, proposes seven ideas to improve it.
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David Brooks, Diane Ravitch, and the education wars
John Merrow examines the recent David Brooks op-ed column taking Diane Ravitch to task, and how it fits into the overall public education reform discussion.
The play’s the thing
John Merrow writes of an important life lesson he learned as a teacher in 1966.
Test question — can you spell ‘blackmail?’
Tweet As always, remember that John’s book The Influence of Teachers is for sale at Amazon. If memory serves, years ago a group of students at a California high school deliberately filled in incorrect answers on a test the state used to evaluate its schools, thereby guaranteeing that the school would sink in the rankings. [...]
Can this marriage be saved?
Mitch Daniels and his happy remarriage. Kate and Wills. Newt and No. 3. Maybe we should be talking about another marriage, though.
