Posted by Chip on July 27, 2011
In a July 19th education article in the New York Times, Alan Schwarz detailed a chilling report showing extraordinarily high numbers of student suspensions and expulsions in Texas. The report was recently released by the nonpartisan Justice Center at the Council of State Governments.
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Posted by Chip on June 6, 2011
Two more great pieces of writing appeared recently in Education Week. One is Joan F. Goodman’s Commentary (May 25th) “When Students Are Silenced.” The other is Alisha Coleman-Kiner’s online Commentary (May 26th) “Leading with Love at Booker T. Washington.”
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Posted by Chip on July 8, 2010
A number of studies in early childhood classrooms have documented that “self-regulation predicts academic performance in first grade, over and above cognitive skills and family background.” (Examples of these studies: Blair, 2002; Farran, 2010; McClelland, M. M.; Piccinin, A., & Stallings, M. C., 2010; Raver & Knitzer, 2002).
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Posted by Chip on April 13, 2009
“The very attributes we most want to nurture in our children—creativity, initiative, collaboration, problem-solving, courage—are best developed through imaginative play.”
The quote above—from the Alliance for Childhood’s report “Crisis in the Kindergarten” noted in my last post—is a succinct summary of one of the key expert findings explored in the nine significant research studies and numerous [...]
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