Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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Results of High-stakes Testing on Teachers’ Practice
It’s interesting to see how the control t…
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My Experiences Reflected in the Current Discussion Regarding Standardized Tests
As someone who has been on the student side of thi…
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It Starts in the Classroom: Social Control
I thought a conversation we had last Thursday wa…
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Race, Poverty, and Success in Education
The readings for the past several weeks have tal…
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Learning the content not the concept
In the United States, especially in more recent …
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Discrimination: SAT and college admissions?
After reading Au (2009) there are new ideas and q…
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Rigidness, Racism, and Fear: How the U.S. is Far Off the Mark
As the Industrial Revolution spread its way acr…
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Standardized Testing: Holding High-Performing Students Back
We have spoke a lot about Standardized Testing i…
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No Child Left Behind
No Child Left Behind has been seen to be one of the …
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Dissecting the “Standard” in Standardized Testing
In many of our more recent readings, the topic of …
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Scientific management in public schools
By observing school systems in the United State…
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Is the SAT discriminatory?
After today’s class discussion, I wanted touch …
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Podcast: 512: House Rules
Compared to the “home-made” podcast, this podc…
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Issues with Property Tax Reform
Many of you wrote about the unfair situation tha…
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Quality Education is Based on One’s Neighborhood
Ira Glass, spokesman for the podcast station “T…
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Rich vs. poor: making up the difference
The Ira Glass podcast is clearly done by profess…
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Under-funded schools
The beginning of this podcast started with a muc…
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Public School Funding Can’t Be a Local Issue
This podcast definitely had more of a give-and-…
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“Destiny” by Address
Form: On presentation alone, Ira Glass’s podca…
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Ira Glass’ Podcast- Inner-city vs. Suburban Schools
Justin Westdyke Form: Compare this to the more”…
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