Saturday, November 20, 2010

How should we train teachers?

One of the most interesting questions. This hearkens back to my favorite Malcolm Gladwell piece (see "Tenure" post from August). There's a whole series on Marketplace, including interactive features. But I'm old-school. Here's the transcript of what I heard on the radio Thursday night.

http://marketplace.publicradio.org/display/web/2010/11/18/pm-improving-lousianas-schools-starting-with-teachers/

Sunday, November 14, 2010

Classroom Design

The winner of Slate's classroom design contest has been announced. Brain too tired to comment.

Currently reading volume one of the new Mark Twain autobiography. It's taking a long time just to get through the front material. But it's interesting front material, at least.