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Monday, September 18, 2006

Good article at Slate.com about the myths of homework:

"It has been drilled into our collective psyche that rigorous schools assign rigorous homework," Cartland wrote. "I recognize that this is a ridiculous thought process, particularly since your research suggests otherwise, but it's hard to break the thinking on this one. How could we be a high-achieving school and not assign homework?" How indeed. I hope the education establishment begins to wrestle with this question. If not, maybe it's time to move to Japan.

Saturday, September 09, 2006

The first post of the school year. And this year, my 10th!?, (where did the time go?) I'm on a 1.2 contract which means no prep period but means $$$ at the end of the month.

Anyway these two posts from Malcom Gladwell are great discussion starters for any classroom. Well, at least a Social Studies classroom. The issues cover ethics, sports, sociology, and law.

Read Gladwell, then use the Web to find the articles and you have at least two good days of lessons.