Education Research: 5 Big ideas that DON'T work

[healthy11]

www.npr.org/sections/ed/2015/08/13/430050765/five-big-ideas-that-don-t-work-in-education?sc=tw

John Hattie directs the Melbourne Education Research Institute at the University of Melbourne, Australia. He also directs something called the Science of Learning Research Centre, which works with over 7,000 schools worldwide....."Small classes. High standards. More money. These popular and oft-prescribed remedies from both the right and the left, he argues, haven't been shown to work as well as alternatives...." The article gives more details about what he believes does/doesn't work.

[healthy11]

On a somewhat related note, here's an article that talks about a dad in NJ who is dismayed to find out about the variations in class offerings from lower income to wealthier public school districts, and how school districts with more money DO seem to offer more, and better, education options for students: news.yahoo.com/outraged-dad-wonders-public-speaking-class-only-rich-115727369.html

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Sept 15, 2015 8:48:05 GMT -5 healthy11 said:

On a somewhat related note, here's an article that talks about a dad in NJ who is dismayed to find out about the variations in class offerings from lower income to wealthier public school districts, and how school districts with more money DO seem to offer more, and better, education options for students: news.yahoo.com/outraged-dad-wonders-public-speaking-class-only-rich-115727369.html

That's true.

HS I went to had maybe 10 AP classes total, 4 AP classes that any student could theoretically take.

We had maybe 4 computer courses - that includes two CAD classes and a course on how to use microsoft office.

Rich school district right next to us offered 20+ AP courses, anyone was allowed to take an AP course as long as they qualified (Unlike my HS, where you had to get Advanced Proficient on a 5th grade standardized test). They also paid for the AP tests and PSATs - and they actually followed IDEA.