MedWorm provides a medical RSS filtering service. Over 6000 RSS medical sources are combined and output via different filters. This feed contains the latest medical blog items that have been tagged with 'curriculum'. Sat, 03 Sep 2011 01:58:53 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5086171&cid=t_96092_87_f&fid=39187&url=http%3A%2F%2Fgetbetterhealth.com%2Fnew-program-at-usf-health-hopes-to-mold-more-empathetic-physicians%2F2011.08.01 Can we teach empathy to the next generation of physicians?  The University of South Florida Health thinks so and they’re putting it on the line this week with the launch of the SELECT program, a new curriculum intended to “put empathy, communication and creativity back into doctoring.” The SELECT (Scholarly Excellence. Leadership Experiences. Collaborative Training.) program will offer 19 select students unique training in leadership development as well as the scholarly tools needed to become physician leaders and catalysts for change. During their first week on campus, instead of the old-style medical school tradition of heading to the gross anatomy lab, SELECT students are immersed in leadership training centered in empathy and other core principles of patient-centered care. The h... Better Health blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5086171 Mon, 01 Aug 2011 12:00:15 +0100 5086171 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5057762&cid=t_96092_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2011%2F07%2F23%2Fthe-critical-thinking-coach-interview-with-stephen-haggerty%2F Stephen Haggerty is a 2011 recipient of Eastern Kentucky University’s Critical Thinking Teacher of the year award.  The award is given to recognize “outstanding faculty members who have had an effect on developing their students’ critical/creative thinking skills.” (Read more about the award at Think EKU.) In this two-part interview I discuss critical thinking with Stephen Haggerty. What is the primary goal of critical thinking? If I am a critical thinker, I am thinking things through before making choices.  In other words, a fundamental goal of critical thinking is to be able to consider multiple perspectives before deciding to act upon information, a person’s request, or even something like buying car or a house. A critical thinker in school will be more success... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5057762 Sat, 23 Jul 2011 16:44:52 +0100 5057762 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4664147&cid=t_96092_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FvIdkR6So0ek%2F By Neal McCluskeyOver the last few days Jay Greene, the Fordham Institute's Kathleen Porter-Magee, and several other edu-thinkers have been arguing about whether national curriculum standards would destroy a competitive market in education, and a market that already provides the uniform standards Fordham wants Washington to impose. But let's be very clear: We haven't had a real market -- a free market -- in education for a long time. Sadly, I'm afraid Jay started this whole mess, though he certainly knows what a free market in education would look like and I don't think he intended to confuse the issue.  Indeed, he doesn't use the term "free market," but mainly writes about the "competitive market between communities." His argument is that Americans over time picked standardize... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4664147 Thu, 31 Mar 2011 19:04:41 +0100 4664147 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4592366&cid=t_96092_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2F2yhf1F4z5Qo%2F By Neal McCluskeyOver at Flypaper, Chester Finn suggests that people like me are either crazy or on the verge of it for fearing that the Shanker Institute's "common content" manifesto might very well be another step toward federal control of American education.   "Over in the more feverish corners of the blogosphere, and sometimes even in saner locales," he writes, "the Shanker Institute’s call for 'common content' curriculum to accompany the Common Core standards has triggered a panic attack." Now, I wouldn't say "panic attack." To panic is to "be overcome by a sudden fear," but I've been watching the move toward federal curriculum control for some time. Back in 2008 many of the groups behind the Common Core called for Washington to "incentivize" adoption of national standards. ... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4592366 Mon, 14 Mar 2011 20:33:41 +0100 4592366 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4570526&cid=t_96092_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FlYM9uW3EQ_0%2F By Neal McCluskeyThe big schooling story is U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan's assertion that this year 82 percent of public schools could be identified as failing under No Child Left Behind. That's a huge percentage, and also hugely disputed. But the real story here, as always, is that government control of schooling is all about politics, not education. Start with the 82 percent figure. It's a consequence of NCLB's demand that all students be "proficient" in mathematics and reading by 2014. That's a severely reality-challenged goal, especially if proficient is supposed to mean having mastered fairly tough material. But the law largely wasn't driven by reality -- it was driven by politicians wanting voters to see them as uncompromising on bad schools. Now the controversy. ... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4570526 Thu, 10 Mar 2011 18:25:16 +0100 4570526 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4560248&cid=t_96092_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FaTp_rdBUiLQ%2F By Neal McCluskeyToday, a group of seventy-five national-standards crusaders released a manifesto calling for "shared curriculum guidelines" to accompany the Common Core State Standards. But don't worry, the petitioners assure us, "use of the kinds of curriculum guidelines that we advocate in the core academic subjects would be purely voluntary." Oh please, please -- stop lying to us! Here's the only absolutely clear thing that we've learned so far from the national standards push: Leading national standardizers do not want adoption of their plans to be truly voluntary. Sure, they talk about creating mere "guidelines," and states being free to choose what they'll use, but they know reality full well: Whatever Washington connects to federal money becomes de facto mandatory, and they mos... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4560248 Mon, 07 Mar 2011 17:08:19 +0100 4560248 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4433085&cid=t_96092_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2F-pqvAQOcqVQ%2F By Neal McCluskeyIt didn't get a lot of attention, but in last week's State of the Union address President Obama celebrated the spread of national curriculum standards that's been fueled largely by the federal Race to the Top. Of course, he didn't actually call them "national standards" because no one is supposed to think that these are de facto federal standards that states have been bribed into adopting. The point, though, was clear to those in the know: Race to the Top is the most meaningful reform of our public schools in a generation. For less than one percent of what we spend on education each year, it has led over 40 states to raise their standards for teaching and learning. These standards were developed, not by Washington, but by Republican and Democratic governors throughout ... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4433085 Thu, 03 Feb 2011 16:44:01 +0100 4433085 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4190318&cid=t_96092_122_f&fid=36582&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FSharpBrains%2F%7E3%2FCR0HgxZGalA%2F The powerful National Association for the Accreditation of Teacher Education (NCATE) has now issued a report that encourages pre-service and graduate teacher education programs to incorporate cognitive neuroscience discoveries about child and adolescent development into their curricula.  This link to a Washington Post article on this development will also get you to the NCATE report. The next obvious step would turn encouragement into curricular/accreditation requirements. That incorporation of Educational Neuroscience discoveries into educational policy and practice will shape 21st century teacher education and K-12 education in ways that are analogous to what folks such as John Dewey, B.F. Skinner, and Jean Piaget did to shape 20th century education. I would argue that this current ... SharpBrains blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4190318 Mon, 22 Nov 2010 19:18:40 +0100 4190318 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4159341&cid=t_96092_122_f&fid=36582&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FSharpBrains%2F%7E3%2FTd7cU2b36vA%2F This article shows once again the gap between what we know about the brain and brain health and the application of this knowledge, especially in education. To learn more about how brain sci­ence fits into national class­room cur­ric­ula read The brain in science education: What should everyone learn. And stay tuned: We will publish next week the Top Brain Book Collection for Educators and Learners! . (Source: SharpBrains) SharpBrains blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4159341 Fri, 12 Nov 2010 15:26:08 +0100 4159341 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4119104&cid=t_96092_109_f&fid=38950&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.shockmd.com%2F2010%2F10%2F28%2Fthe-hidden-curriculum-in-medical-education%2F In medical education these days a lot has improved in the formal curriculum. The CanMeds and intensive evaluations were put into formal education programs. Moreover, courses on communication skills, ethics, professionalism etc. were introduced. Unfortunately some research show an erosion of communication skills and attitudes during clinical internship. This has been attributed to the “hidden curriculum” to which these young medical students are exposed during clinical rounds. The hidden curriculum sometimes also called the culture in medical schools or medical departments is all about individuals sharing the same set of premises that are taken for granted. Examples of these premises can be: Doctors do not make mistakes You can know everything if you just try hard enough It is ... Dr Shock MD PhD blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4119104 Thu, 28 Oct 2010 06:54:20 +0100 4119104 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4060543&cid=t_96092_86_f&fid=38272&url=http%3A%2F%2Flaikaspoetnik.wordpress.com%2F2010%2F10%2F13%2Fan-educator-by-chance%2F The topic of the oncoming edition of the blog carnival “Medical Information Matters“, hosted by Daniel Hooker, is close to my heart. Daniel at his call for submissions post: I’d love to see posts on new things you’re trying out this year: new projects, teaching sessions, innovative services. Maybe it’s something tried and true that you’d [...] (Source: Laika's MedLibLog) Laika's MedLibLog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4060543 Wed, 13 Oct 2010 00:15:51 +0100 4060543 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4003240&cid=t_96092_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FUa11EyTUc1s%2F By Neal McCluskeyTo help kick off “Education Nation” — what NBC is calling an education-intensive week of news programming — Matt Lauer sat down with President Obama on this morning’s Today show. As expected, it was all talk, no real reform. The interview started with a discussion of “Race to the Top,” the President’s $4.35 billion mechanical rabbit designed to make states run to implement ”reforms” the President likes. Lift caps on charter schools. Adopt national curriculum standards. Things like that. As his administration has done for months, the President spared no superlative prasing the thing, saying it is “the most powerful tool for reform that we’ve seen in decades.” Uggh. RTTT did very little of sub... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4003240 Mon, 27 Sep 2010 19:05:33 +0100 4003240 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3861998&cid=t_96092_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FbhUGe0QCr4I%2F By Neal McCluskeyYou might recall several weeks back when Chester Finn, president of the Thomas B. Fordham Institute, called people like me “paranoid” for seeing federal money driving states to adopt national education standards as cause for serious concern that (a) the feds will take over schools’ curricula, and (b) the new federal curriculum will be taken over by potent special interests like teachers’ unions. (You know, the kinds of special interests that can get Democrats to give them $10 billion by cutting food stamps.) Well, in last week’s Education Gadfly, Fordham published a piece by Eugenia Kemble, president of the union-dedicated Albert Shanker Institute, saying that national standards demand a national curriculum. This interesting little happenin... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3861998 Thu, 12 Aug 2010 17:14:43 +0100 3861998 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3784351&cid=t_96092_113_f&fid=38130&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.tempdev.net%2Fblog%2F%3Fp%3D1009 Are you interested in joining a rapidly expanding company with plenty of room for growth? Good news! We’d like someone with the following skills. This position requires full time travel in California, Nevada, and Arizona. If interested, please click the Contact link above. 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CoulsonRick Hess has written recently about education policy in the republic of Georgia, describing it as “guaranteed to bring smiles to my friends at the Cato Institute.” Hess characterizes it as a “market-driven system,” and “a seemingly elegant market design,” that has been undermined by a lack of autonomy for schools, “incoherent governance,” and “the reluctance of state officials to keep their hands off the schools.” Can’t say that this description has me cracking open the bubbly. To the problems Hess has already identified, we could add the fact that there is a national curriculum that even the nation’s voucherized schools must apparently use as the basis for their plan of instruction. The secon... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3757854 Thu, 15 Jul 2010 12:34:36 +0100 3757854 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3683606&cid=t_96092_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FQVq7YQxnNfw%2F By Neal McCluskeyLast week, national standards super-advocate Chester Finn called me “paranoid” for arguing that “common” curriculum standards states adopt in pursuit of federal money will somehow end up being federal and, as a result, bad. Well it seems that Jay Greene and I — the two paranoiacs Finn identified by name — are not alone. Here’s a roundup of some recent rantings from other realists Finn would no doubt accuse of wearing tinfoil helmets: The Heritage Foundation’s Jennifer Marshall, cutting through the joke of “voluntary” national-standards adoption and dispelling several of the shallow arguments trotted out by national-standards supporters. The Home School Legal Defense Association, warning that “as home... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3683606 Mon, 21 Jun 2010 15:43:18 +0100 3683606 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3671671&cid=t_96092_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FypkWBVPe8Fw%2F By Neal McCluskeyFinished with my woman ‘Cause she couldn’t help me with my mind People think I’m insane Because I am frowning all the time - Black Sabbath, “Paranoid” According to the Fordham Institute’s Chester Finn, I and others like me are “paranoid.” So why, like Ozzy Osbourne, am I “frowning all the time?” Because I look at decades of public schooling reality and, unlike Finn, see the tiny odds that “common” curriculum standards won’t become federal standards, gutted, and our crummy education system made even worse. Finn’s rebuttal to my NRO piece skewering the push for national standards, unfortunately, takes the same tack he’s used for months: Assert that the standards proposed by the ... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3671671 Thu, 17 Jun 2010 15:35:45 +0100 3671671 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3641021&cid=t_96092_87_f&fid=39187&url=http%3A%2F%2Fgetbetterhealth.com%2F4-reasons-why-doctors-dont-use-linkedin%2F2010.06.08 Where are the doctors on LinkedIn? If you spend any time there, you’ll find that we are few and far between. Sure, there are the entrepreneurs, the physician executives, and the social wonks, but not many practicing physicians. Why not?   1. Physicians are hyperlocal. Most MDs live and work in relatively small, geographically defined locations. Their success is sustained through word of mouth and the cultivation of a limited number of personal relationships. The average practicing physician has no need to sell himself beyond his local market. The depth of their bio is irrelevant to their local success. 2. Physicians are static. Once established, physicians aren’t likely to pick up and move as other professionals might need to do. Many physicians spend their careers in a coupl... Better Health blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3641021 Tue, 08 Jun 2010 12:00:46 +0100 3641021 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3599352&cid=t_96092_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FTuMxSBiFq4s%2F By Neal McCluskeyWould you agree to sell your soul? And not just sell it, but sell it for an undisclosed prize? The states of Maryland and Kentucky would: Both have endorsed as-yet unpublished national curriculum standards for mathematics and language arts, declaring that they will relinquish their ability to set their own standards — to control their own educational souls — in those key subjects. Alright, maybe they haven’t completely signed away their souls in exchange for what they hope will be supernaturally inspired standards. For one thing, both states could still turn away from the final standards if they end up being utterly horrific. More important, it’s not really the standards that the states are Faustian-bargaining for. As this Washington Post art... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3599352 Wed, 26 May 2010 15:44:54 +0100 3599352 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3560203&cid=t_96092_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FHFo3Fa8c0Ek%2F By Neal McCluskeyMark Schneider, a former National Center for Education Statistics commissioner and current American Enterprise Institute scholar, has put together a very insightful — and disturbing — four-part blog series on the oft-cited Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) and its creator, the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development. Basically, Schneider writes, the much-hyped PISA figures very prominently in the “international benchmarking” of coming national curriculum standards — which the Obama Administration is coercing states to adopt — despite the paucity of meaningful evidence that doing well on PISA actually translates into desirable educational outcomes. Now, Schneider throws out some debatable stuff him... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3560203 Thu, 13 May 2010 15:23:52 +0100 3560203 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3501682&cid=t_96092_135_f&fid=35247&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmyjourneywithaids.wordpress.com%2F2010%2F04%2F23%2Fpremier-mcguinty-this-is-not-leadership%2F I’ve had a difficult time sleeping this week which I think I can safely attribute to hypomania which, in turn, has kept me busy following the news here in Ontario of promising changes to the province’s 1998 sex education curriculum. Excuse me – Health and Physical Education Curriculum. Alas the promise was dropped like a [...] (Source: My journey with AIDS) My journey with AIDS blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3501682 Fri, 23 Apr 2010 23:07:26 +0100 3501682 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3398890&cid=t_96092_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FyQdc7FUHyk4%2F By Neal McCluskeyThere’s just no pleasing some people who want to impose uniform curriculum standards on every public school in America.  Yesterday, the Wall Street Journal ran an editorial that wasn’t even critical of national standards (save arguing that there are better reforms), yet Michael Petrilli of the standards-philic Thomas B. Fordham Institute still attacked. What exactly did the WSJ have the temerity to write? That while there is “nothing wrong…with setting benchmarks for what the average child should know by a certain grade,” imposing national standards is not nearly as proven a reform as “school choice  and accountability.” Petrilli was having none of this, declaring that choice is fine, but that people need national standards, ... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3398890 Tue, 23 Mar 2010 20:48:26 +0100 3398890 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3358959&cid=t_96092_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FMOjzFFvtmwQ%2F By Neal McCluskeyThe draft national curricular standards released yesterday, as I wrote earlier, will in all likelihood do little or no educational good if adopted. They’ll either be ignored or, if hard to meet, dumbed-down. That said, the really troubling question is not whether the standards will do any good, but whether they will do much harm. The answer: Oh, they’ll do harm. They’ll move us one step closer to complete centralization of education, which portends many potentially bad things, from total special-interest domination to even more wasteful spending. Perhaps the most concerning possibility is that complete centralization — meaning, federalization — will lead to nationwide conflict over what the schools should teach, much as we are... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3358959 Thu, 11 Mar 2010 22:42:22 +0100 3358959 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3350258&cid=t_96092_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FUbaWkbQpyek%2F By Andrew J. CoulsonDiane Ravitch is a leading education historian. Her work in that field is characteristically thorough and well-researched, and her books The Troubled Crusade and The Great School Wars, in particular, made significant contributions to our understanding of U.S. education history. On the presumption that Ravitch is as much an expert on policy as she is on history, her latest book, recounting her change of heart on certain policy questions, has garnered enormous media attention. I suggest, with all due respect, that this presumption is a mistake. Unlike her thorough and rigorous historical writing, Ravitch’s policy opinions were never grounded in a systematic and comprehensive review of the relevant evidence. They should never have been given credence in the first place. ... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3350258 Tue, 09 Mar 2010 23:41:51 +0100 3350258 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3298295&cid=t_96092_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FQx-ElSqlpFs%2F By Neal McCluskeyAndrew already blogged about it a bit, but overshadowed by the release of President Obama’s price-controlling health-insurance proposal was his speech to the National Governors Association promoting the federal takeover of elementary and secondary school curricula. True, the White House would only require states to adopt some sort of “common” — not national and certainly not federal – standards to get federal funds, but don’t accept the semantic dodge: If the feds are paying, the standards will not only be national, but federal. Implicit in the President’s proposal, as well as the rhetoric of many national-standards supporters, is that national standards will necessarily be high standards that push improved academic achie... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3298295 Mon, 22 Feb 2010 22:12:03 +0100 3298295 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3266905&cid=t_96092_87_f&fid=38368&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FDisruptiveWomenInHealthCare%2F%7E3%2F13B4-V9mFUI%2F Kids learn best when they are having fun.  This should come as no surprise to anyone. When I go into schools with my new program: “Creative Core Curriculum”TM and we learn through story and song, writing and rapping, music and movement – the kids have no clue that I am just following their curriculum, with a little creative spin.  Why?  Because, unfortunately, students are don’t equate fun and learning. Time to shift that outdated paradigm. In today’s world, children are experiential learners.  They learn by doing, creating, moving — diving into topics and exploring them, firsthand.  That’s why the worksheet mentality of the 1950’s just doesn’t make sense anymore (if it ever did). And, yet when our school system and government needed to “teach” our children t... Disruptive Women in Health Care blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3266905 Fri, 12 Feb 2010 13:01:29 +0100 3266905 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3200425&cid=t_96092_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FAaJemFRvMNE%2F By Neal McCluskeyAs freedom-minded folks have been celebrating major setbacks for Obama Care, campaign-speech control, and lots of other attacks on liberty, some have been sounding the alarm over the insidious “Race to the Top” contest. A couple of siren blasts I just caught are well worth taking in yourself, one by the Heartland Institute’s Robert Holland and the other by Colorado Board of Education member Peggy Littleton. In particular, the writers think they see the handwriting on the wall in the de facto requirement that states promise to adopt as-yet-unwritten “common” (read: national) standards to compete for RTTT funds.  As Littleton writes: We already know that the federal government, or at the least consortiums of states, wants to develop asse... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3200425 Fri, 22 Jan 2010 17:47:17 +0100 3200425 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2803881&cid=t_96092_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2Fauab11dRA2k%2F A millennium or so ago, Steve Martin played a stadium with his stand-up act. He got the crowd of tens of thousands to repeat a series of statements in unison. My favorite, for sheer irony: “We Are all Individuals.” But, the thing is, we are. This is why I never cease to be amazed by disagreements like the one currently playing out between the curriculum groups “Common Core,” and “Partnership for 21st Century Skills.” Is there really one curriculum that is right for every child in this nation of 300 million people? Really? Rather than fighting a winner-take-all Shootout at the O.K. Curriculum, which is what our illustrious leaders seem to want, how about this peace-loving alternative: we let teachers teach whatever and however they want, and we let fam... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2803881 Thu, 17 Sep 2009 17:14:29 +0100 2803881 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2782013&cid=t_96092_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FJ5db-Ivx6Gw%2F In this new video, Cato scholars Neal McCluskey and Gene Healy weigh in on President Obama’s speech to schoolchildren on their first day of class. Overall message: It’s not about the speech. Watch: Cato education policy experts were very vocal about the whole ordeal, and the implications of Obama’s speech. Cato’s Education and Child Policy tagged posts have more details. (Source: Cato-at-liberty) Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2782013 Wed, 09 Sep 2009 20:32:38 +0100 2782013 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2712072&cid=t_96092_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FxvliMtiiy_Y%2F Marcus Winters offers a clever new national standards proposal in the current Education Week: reward states whose students do well on their own standards _and_ whose standards prove challenging to students from other states. Winters suggests administering each state’s standardized tests to random, nationally representative samples of students to determine how challenging they are. The federal government would then give the greatest amount of funding to states whose students perform well on tests that prove challenging to kids around the country. This system would be gamed. The way to “win” would be to develop highly detailed, easy, obscure standards. Literature would consist of detailed analysis of the early works of Nathanial Hawthorne, math would focus on theorems not ... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2712072 Tue, 18 Aug 2009 16:16:37 +0100 2712072 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2570379&cid=t_96092_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FKUsFX1D1yZc%2F The Harriet Tubman Agenda – ordinarily a pretty rational blog — takes issue with my recent post expressing unease about a proposal to have Uncle Sam create and furnish free college courses. Accurately noting that American institutions of higher education, including private and for-profit schools, are addicted to government subsidies, the blogger asks what the problem is “if a free curriculum (defined by designated text books and tests), coupled with a competitive market in examination services, reduces the burden on taxpayers”? Here’s the problem: From the perspectives of both freedom and effectiveness, why would we ever want the federal government creating free college curricula and, potentially, a giant federal university that, thanks to the internet, would not even ... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2570379 Thu, 02 Jul 2009 17:05:42 +0100 2570379 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2477536&cid=t_96092_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FwkdFwqjWytU%2F This weekend I furnished an anti-national standards piece in a point-counterpoint of sorts in South Carolina’s Spartanburg Herald-Journal. You can check out what the paper published here, but for my complete argument you’ll have to go here. Unfortunately, the Herald-Journal ’s  editors  removed a few crucial paragraphs on the powerful evidence that school choice works better than any top-down government standards. This was done largely, I was told, because the paper had had a very energizing exchange on choice just a month or so ago.  C’est la vie… My reason for writing today is not to complain about the excision of my choice paragraphs, but to take issue with a few things that South Carolina Superintendent of Education Jim Rex — my op-ed &#8... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2477536 Mon, 15 Jun 2009 19:45:44 +0100 2477536 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2424029&cid=t_96092_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FJg-RkqeBr-A%2F A tax credit bill was recently proposed in South Carolina to give parents an easier choice between public and private schools. It would do this by cutting taxes on parents who pay for their own children’s education, and by cutting taxes on anyone who donates to a non-profit Scholarship Granting Organization (SGO). The SGOs would subsidize tuition for low income families (who owe little in taxes and so couldn’t benefit substantially from the direct tax credit). Charleston minister Rev. Joseph Darby opposes such programs, and I support them. We’ve decided to have this dialogue to explain why. Our closing comments appear below, and the previous installments are here and here and here. Rev. Joe Darby Closing Comment Thanks for the research and references, Andrew, but I do... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2424029 Tue, 19 May 2009 17:00:06 +0100 2424029 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2132680&cid=t_96092_122_f&fid=36582&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.sharpbrains.com%2Fblog%2F2009%2F01%2F24%2Fresources-to-help-students-build-emotional-intelligence%2F (Editor's note: Daniel Goleman is now conducting a great series of audio interviews including one with??Richard Davidson??on Training the Brain: Cultivating Emotional Skills. We are honored to bring you this guest post by Daniel Goleman, thanks to our collaboration with Greater Good Magazine.)?? -------------------- Resources to help students build emotional intelligence By Daniel Goleman The scene: a first-grade classroom in a Manhattan school. Not just any classroom???this one has lots of Special Ed students, who are very hyperactive. So the room is a whirlpool of frenzied activity. The teacher tells the kids that they're going to listen to a CD. The kids quiet down a bit. Then they get pretty still as the CD starts, and a man's voice asks the kids to lie down on their backs, arms at the... SharpBrains blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2132680 Sun, 25 Jan 2009 00:17:18 +0100 2132680 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2006970&cid=t_96092_122_f&fid=36582&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FSharpBrains%2F%7E3%2F473213588%2F Today's news: McDonnell Foundation grant harnesses cognitive science to improve student learning (press release) - "Using what cognitive psychologists are discovering in the laboratory to improve learning in the classroom is the goal of a $6.47 million collaborative activity grant to Washington University from the James S. McDonnell Foundation (JSMF)." - "The aim of the grant is to take the knowledge that cognitive psychologists have gained about learning and memory from laboratory experimentation and to develop techniques to improve learning in the classrooms," said Henry L. "Roddy" Roediger III, Ph.D., principal investigator on the grant and the James S. McDonnell Distinguished University Professor in Arts & Sciences. Comment: this is great news, but it... SharpBrains blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2006970 Wed, 03 Dec 2008 04:30:59 +0100 2006970 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1522524&cid=t_96092_87_f&fid=36050&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FBreastfeeding123%2F%7E3%2F312844581%2F As the traditional school year comes to an end, I hope teachers are already giving thought to next year’s curriculum. Maybe even a special few are considering how to incorporate breastfeeding education into that curriculum. When I surveyed readers about if and when breastfeeding education should be included in schools, over 50% of voters said such education should begin in the elementary school years. To make it easier for teachers to include the topic of breastfeeding in the curriculum, the New York State Department of Health has developed a Breastfeeding Education Activity Package tailored to grades K through 12! The lesson plan for kindergartners focuses on a theme of “Cats Have Kittens” and includes suggestions for appropriate books, videos, activities, and worksheets... Breastfeeding 1-2-3 blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1522524 Mon, 16 Jun 2008 07:28:44 +0100 1522524 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1353105&cid=t_96092_109_f&fid=35677&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FBrainBasedBusiness%2F%7E3%2F265048747%2Frejuvenate_dying_universities.html  Most agree that universities are changing rapidly to meet increasingly competitive markets. On some campuses …  registration is being shaped to draw in a wider selection of students. At other institutions … funding is more fairly distributed … to attract capable students across all socioeconomic circles. Have you seen it happen?  Unfortunately,  less is being done though … to rejuvenate classes once learners arrive.  How so?While curriculum approaches are central to student retention and institutional success … teaching and assessment tactics get marginalized in organizational change. Just recently I read of two separate settings where large foundations were granted to upgrade education. In both cases buildings were being constru... BrainBasedBusiness blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1353105 Sun, 06 Apr 2008 13:17:26 +0100 1353105 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=645202&cid=t_96092_122_f&fid=35065&url=http%3A%2F%2Feideneurolearningblog.blogspot.com%2F2007%2F05%2Fmath-teaching-under-microscope-more.html Science has this interesting short article about the differences between mathematics classroom teaching in the U.S. vs. Chinese and Japanese classrooms. Based on videotaped math classes:1. Teachers in Hong Kong and Japan were more than twice as likely than U.S. teachers to use visual examples in their instruction. 2. Japanese and Hong Kong teachers were also more likely to use mental and visual imagery in their lessons.3. The Asian teachers used more physical gestures in their instruction to emphasize comparisons. 4. In general, the Asian groups demanded less working memory and fact-based retrieval because of their use of cognitive supports.The take-home points: "If the source analog (or source for comparison) is not familiar and not visible, then students may struggle with processing...U.... Eide Neurolearning Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=645202 Tue, 29 May 2007 07:01:00 +0100 645202