Tuesday, October 26, 2010

diane ravitch


















Ed Jones: http://credo.stanford.edu/

Jenna Ream: Finland is having a national conference this week, bringing US experts for talks on how to meet the needs of impoverished children and children who do not speak Finnish.  Recent poor immigrants do not do well in Finnish schools.  The Finnish ministry of education is looking to us to figure out how to better meet their needs
http://www.amazon.com/Mistakes-Were-Made-But-Not/dp/0151010986

movement towards high stakes testing = bad consequences - cut back on choices

http://www.amazon.com/Man-Who-Discovered-Quality-Revolution/dp/0140165282

 http://www.thelearningweb.net/chapter12/page408.html Deming as applied to education

http://www.amazon.com/Measuring-Up-Educational-Testing-Really/dp/0674028058

chapter on mrs ratliff - her fav teacher


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