Arizona is banning books
Mexican WhiteBoy, by Matt de la Pena, is one of my students’ favorite books to read. Ninth grade boys, in particular, love the book. It’s a story a...
Category: teaching
Mike Daisey: The importance of teaching the truth
Today, This American Life retracted its radio show that included an excerpt from Mike Daisey’s monologue about working conditions at Foxconn, a partner o...
Group grades: Another way to increase homework
For a long time now, I’ve thought about ways to increase homework completion. The Nightly Text was fairly successful, but still, homework decreased preci...
The Nightly Text as formative assessment
My experiment with the Nightly Text, this unit’s ongoing homework assignment, has been a major success. Reading’s up, homework’s up, and the ...
Khan Academy: The future of education?
60 Minutes ran a feature last night on Khan Academy. As a teacher, I’m supposed to dislike Sal Khan and his venture into education. But as I watched the ...