tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4956989639073843954.post2067195954632023779..comments2024-03-21T05:30:03.220-04:00Comments on Science teacher: John Spencer on datadoylehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12901661320505882735noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4956989639073843954.post-80727031617189650952012-03-25T19:12:26.448-04:002012-03-25T19:12:26.448-04:00Okay, Doyle, I gotta ask: what's your beef wit...Okay, Doyle, I gotta ask: what's your beef with Marzano? Why should I chuck my copies of his books in the trash?Jeffrey Michals-Brownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11875231268940338643noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4956989639073843954.post-63295775514908918262012-03-25T11:59:04.148-04:002012-03-25T11:59:04.148-04:00As a physicist forced into the math teacher niche,...As a physicist forced into the math teacher niche, I find myself being told what to do by people who have no idea about statistics or their interpretation. Principals in charge of multi-million dollar budgets who freely admit (and fail to correct) their ignorance of percentages, will nonetheless choose to dictate that students do not need to understand addition and multiplication in order to understand Algebra. Because apparently algebra is all about finding x. Silly me.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4956989639073843954.post-60106287898212479892012-03-25T09:36:07.618-04:002012-03-25T09:36:07.618-04:00Amen. I teach kindergarten. Trying to look at th...Amen. I teach kindergarten. Trying to look at their data is kind of a joke. Nuff' said.Mr. Halpernhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06594681597813545284noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4956989639073843954.post-24957867076295800622012-03-24T21:22:07.475-04:002012-03-24T21:22:07.475-04:00Appreciate the post and the ending question. I do...Appreciate the post and the ending question. I do wonder about some of the educational organizations that have bought into/been bought w/ regard to ed reform movements, such as Common Core. ASCD, for example earned $3 million to produce products for others to consume regarding Common Core. <br />As Common Core is a vehicle through which companies will make billions, I guess I am skeptical as to the quality of the work produced. Even before the purchase, i found it surprising how their books and videos seemed to sprout up together. <br /><br />Feeling snarky 2nite. So much for children (and democracy) seem to be on the line.Mary Ann Reillyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14349201167828984708noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4956989639073843954.post-76678381619432900372012-03-24T18:08:42.033-04:002012-03-24T18:08:42.033-04:00Gentlemen, I am in the midst of skimming through J...Gentlemen, I am in the midst of skimming through John Dewey's 1933 book, How We Think, in preparation for an ASCD presentation Monday morning. Having just read John's comment and now Michael's post, I thought of you both as I read: "In its next sense, thought denotes belief resting upon some basis, that is, real or supposed knowledge going beyond what is directly present. It is marked by acceptance or rejection of something as reasonably probable or improbable." That's on page 4 of the book which can be found on google books. <br /><br />It is wonderful to have folks writing now in ways that make me think as clearly and thoughtfully as Dewey's writing does. Thank you.Jennyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04725549451973770515noreply@blogger.com