Alfie Kohn is a critic of education's fixation (in some countries) on grades and test scores. In a 2010 article entitled "How to Create Nonreaders" he argued When parents ask, "What did you do in school today?", kids often respond, "Nothing." Howard Gardner pointed out that they're probably right, because "typically school is done to students." This sort of enforced passivity is particularly … [Read more...]
SchoolBenchmarker relaunched with latest data
SchoolBenchmarker, developed by us and Prism Decision Systems for the New York State Center for Rural Schools, has just been relaunched with the latest schools data. The mobile web application allows school managers to compare their schools against high-performing peers. The core technology could be used to compare any kind of operating units, such as healthcare providers or retail branches. … [Read more...]