Tag: education
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Education and Partisanship
reading an article by Eric Levitz on “educational polarization” and its impact on US partisan politics
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Independence Day
It is no accident that all democracies have put a high estimate upon education; that schooling has been their first care and enduring charge. Only through education can equality of opportunity be anything more than a phrase. Accidental inequalities of birth, wealth, and learning are always tending to restrict the opportunities of some as compared…
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The Inspiration of Operational Definitions
Here’s something I have found inspiring: This is what it means to be “ready for college,” according to the Commonwealth of Kentucky. I got this from the Kentucky Department of Education website.* [In other words, anyone who wants to can get this.] Here’s what strikes me as inspirational about it: It’s eloquent testimony to the…
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Independence Day
Whereas it appeareth that however certain forms of government are better calculated than others to protect individuals in the free exercise of their natural rights, and are at the same time themselves better guarded against degeneracy, yet experience hath shewn, that even under the best forms, those entrusted with power have, in time, and by…
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The Other Kids Don’t Like the Teacher’s Pet
Even we watched the presidential debate last night. I appreciated the gentleman who asked “All the rhetoric aside, what’s one thing you like or respect about the other?” How inspired. What I mainly noticed was the difference between the two candidates in vocabulary and rhetorical style. Clinton talks in bullet points and lists; she uses…
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Assessment
Grades are done for the session. In some cases they would be better if the students had done the assigned work. In some cases they would be better if the students had followed the instructions for doing the assignment. In some cases they would be better if the students had realized that, when the teacher…
Matters of Interpretation 