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Why We Need a 4th R: Reading, wRiting, aRithmetic, algoRithms
When Frederick J. Kelly invented the Kansas Silent Reading Test, now known as the “multiple-choice test” or the “bubble test,” he was looking for an efficient way to pass students through the U.S.… more
No Child Left Behind: The Economic Motive of National Education Policy
I’ve often thought about how our national educational policy of No Child Left Behind, passed in 2002, reinforces and connects to the increasing income disparity in the United States. Some of the economic implications of NCLB are obvious, such as the privatizing of the multi-million dollar standardized testing industry or the threat that, if a public school is still failing (as measured by those end-of-grade tests) in 2014, it will either be shut down or privatized. Even with President Obama and Secretary of Educ… more
First Person: The Book Tour in the Age of the Internet
Note: We asked tech-savvy scholar Cathy Davidson to reflect on the realities of an author's tour in the digital age. Her new book, "Now You See It: How the Brain Science of Attention Will Transform the Way We Live, Work, and Learn" explores whether our brains are cut out for the age of ubiquitous connection.… more