Posts in Education

My Wife, My Math, and . . . Basic skills?

NOTE TO READERS:  If you thought you were being linked to Marvin De Jong’s GUEST PHOTO, my apologies.  I goofed, of course.  I’ll run his[…]

Voices from Around the Educational Round Table

A March 13 article in the Washington Post begins with this sentence: “Finn Laursen believes millions of American children are no longer learning right from[…]

The Three A’s – Part 2

In the last column/blog, I shared some very quick scenes from my life’s movie.  These scenes all related to the role of athletics in my[…]

The Three A’s – Part 1

Back in August, I wrote a column suggesting that we all suffer when ‘the arts’ are neglected in our school curricula. (See the column at[…]

Taking Time to Think: Making Progress in Neutral

Decades ago, a graduate dean instructing one of my doctoral classes wrote an interesting piece about the importance of taking time to think, to reflect,[…]

Learn & Live? The Joy of Learning & Problem Solving

How can a brief look from one 8th grader be so memorable and so instructive? It was very early in my career, and I was[…]

Do We Really Need A Longer School Year?

Recently, I’ve been reminded of a letter to the editor that appeared in the Springfield paper well over a year ago. The letter was bemoaning[…]

Wrapping Up the Gumball Wrapping

I must say I hadn’t planned on exploring the ‘wrapping gumballs’ problem again quite this soon, but then I hadn’t planned on quite the response I[…]

Packing Gumballs and Solving Problems

You have 5000 gumballs.  You want to put them in a container for a Christmas present for a young relative.  What size container would you[…]

Common Core: Good, Bad, Neither, or Both?

The story is told that two villagers came before a Sufi judge with their disagreement.  The first villager stated his case, and, when he finished,[…]

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