tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6534665086749553287.post2191896831912666726..comments2024-03-27T08:53:29.267-04:00Comments on CURMUDGUCATION: ICYMI: This Week's Great Reads Peter Greenehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16511193640285760299noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6534665086749553287.post-43039794983065330902015-08-20T18:47:02.022-04:002015-08-20T18:47:02.022-04:00The Muller is superb. Thank you so much for these ...The Muller is superb. Thank you so much for these links.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05168566567751854277noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6534665086749553287.post-63791675675524430012015-08-17T15:15:36.305-04:002015-08-17T15:15:36.305-04:00That was my favorite too.That was my favorite too.Rebecca deCocahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13168718846105012814noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6534665086749553287.post-9846343608090970402015-08-17T11:40:51.679-04:002015-08-17T11:40:51.679-04:00From Muller:
"The patients died, but the metr...From Muller:<br />"The patients died, but the metrics improved."<br />Yep - all we need to say. laMissyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00516322307725011313noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6534665086749553287.post-51327682664812962132015-08-16T16:26:39.277-04:002015-08-16T16:26:39.277-04:00Thanks for the reference to the excellent Muller a...Thanks for the reference to the excellent Muller article, Peter. And I had indeed missed the resegregation and Alfie Kohn "growth mindset" articles, so thanks for referencing them as well!Jonathan Lovellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06830779076034756982noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6534665086749553287.post-515850178940880072015-08-16T16:07:02.606-04:002015-08-16T16:07:02.606-04:00Thanks for the reading suggestions!
I don't a...Thanks for the reading suggestions!<br /><br />I don't always read Diane's blog, so I appreciate the link to Phyliss' post. What a good job she does showing why kindergartners shouldn't be asked to take standardized tests! I wonder if the NJDOE paid any attention to it?<br /><br />I appreciate the author's dry sense of humor in Merchant of Doubt. I hate Eric Hanushek so much. (I don't hate very many people; Dick Cheney is the only other who comes to mind.) I can't figure out if he's stupid (despite his degrees,) a liar, or has some sort of sociopathic agenda, or all three. I also can't figure out why any sane and rational person would listen to him.<br /><br />Alfie Kohn's article is so excellent! It also resonates with me because my mom read me The Little Engine that Could with "I think I can, I think I can" when I was little, and I hated it and couldn't understand it. Even at that age it made no sense to me that you should be able to do something just by "thinking positively" and "believing you can" (sort of like Arne's "kids with disabilities can do anything if you expect them to.") It just made me feel inadequate if I was already trying as hard as I could, and I think even at that age I felt (not exactly like this because I was little, but this was the idea): But what if I don't have the tools or knowledge or physical strength or training to do it? How can I be expected to do something successfully just by trying harder if I don't know how? Rebecca deCocahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13168718846105012814noreply@blogger.com