What I learned this week 09/24/2011

• Moving beyond 'blame the teacher' - latimes.com

• How to Stop the Drop in Verbal Scores - NYTimes.com

  The most credible analyses have shown that the chief causes were not demographics or TV watching, but vast curricular changes, especially in the critical early grades. In the decades before the Great Verbal Decline, a content-rich elementary school experience evolved into a content-light, skills-based, test-centered approach.

• Hating Blackboard, Let Me Count The Ways » assortedstuff

  I certainly have my good days and bad days with Blackboard.  I have to admit I love this post because of the image.  

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