More teachers resigned during the last school year than at any time in recent history, according to figures released yesterday by the United Federation of Teachers …
The good news is that the UFT could be making it all up.  That’s also the bad news.

Of course, I haven’t read this book, but PW’s review of Pierre Bayard’s How To Talk About Books You Haven’t Read claims the central thesis is that “the act of reading is less important than knowing the social and intellectual context of a book.”1
That argument sounds a lot like Hirsch’s Cultural Literacy, in which he [...]

Education Sector has posted the text of a presentation1 delivered by co-founder and co-director Thomas Toch. In it, Toch gives a brief but helpful recap of recent educational policy struggles, defines three main areas of tension, and suggests the likely outcome of each:

National vs. local authority in school reform; verdict: national standards are inevitable
Low-performing [...]

Gary Stager, in a few recent posts, has been stirring the pot by confronting some popular “Web 2.0″ ideas, like the digital immigrants/digital natives divide, the concept of the flat world, and the latest Michael Wesch video. Ultimately, Stager is serving as the voice of caution, warning pro-tech educators not to become enamored with [...]

Google and Weekly Reader’s Writing for Teens magazine have put together a few lesson plans for to help teachers and students use Google Docs for collaborative writing. The lessons provide instructions for using Google Docs, student-oriented suggestions, tips, and checklists for working through an online, collaborative revision process, and an educator’s guide. Helpful [...]

I’ve been giving technology presentations for about five years now, and most of them have been successful. Not today’s, though. This is a quick self-inflicted debriefing.
1 The main problem was that the presentation was way too full. I wanted to focus on theory. I wanted to discuss the ways in which [...]

My “working thesis” for an upcoming presentation (the notes are still in process as of this post):
Online writing tools that allow for asynchronous and/or collaborative writing can help improve the fluency and reflection of student writers in all disciplines provided the instructors facilitating the use of these tools have a clear and practical understanding of [...]