education
Are teachers overpaid?
Posted by David Wees on Jan 12, 2012
Two authors of a controversial paper from the Heritage Foundation suggest that teachers are overpaid for their efforts. Here is my response.
Is my son a writer?
Posted by David Wees on Jan 10, 2012
This is a list my son created of things he wanted to make sure he got done for the day.
Does this make my son a writer? Is it more important that he is attempting to use text to get out his thoughts? Or is it more important that I help him correct the mistakes that he has made to make him a 'better' writer?
Schools are...
Posted by David Wees on Aug 11, 2011
I tried a little experiment today with Google. I started by typing "learning is " into Google and waiting to see what the auto-suggest feature would come up with.
Next, I typed "Teaching is " into the auto-suggest.
Finally, I typed "Schools are " into Google.com.
The quiet revolution in education
Posted by David Wees on Jul 25, 2011
(Clay Shirky: How social media can make history)
I am a feminist
Posted by David Wees on Jul 10, 2011
"Feminism is a collection of movements aimed at defining, establishing, and defending equal political, economic, and social rights and equal opportunities for women." Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feminism
Is our k to 12 education system successful?
Posted by David Wees on Jun 21, 2011
If we want to discuss whether or not our k to 12 education system is successful, we must first examine its possible purposes.
Suppose the purpose of our education system is to produce kids who are ready for college. Given that only 61.9% of students (in Canada) even attend college, and that not all of those people complete college, then our system is failing at least 40% of its youth by this measure of its success.
Lemonade stand
Posted by David Wees on Jun 7, 2011
I saw some little kids and their parents at a lemonade stand on Sunday, and I thought to myself, "how cute!" I found out that the proceeds from the lemonade stand were going to be used to help fund sports equipment and other necessary supplies at a local elementary school, and I thought to myself, "how sad."
Derek Stolp on "A Mathematician's Lament"
Posted by David Wees on Jun 7, 2011
I recently contacted Derek Stolp, author of Mathematics Miseducation: The Case Against a Tired Tradition and shared with him Paul Lockhart's essay entitled "A Mathematician's Lament." With his permission, I'm sharing his thoughts below.
A Mathematician's Lament - The online book study
Posted by David Wees on Jun 6, 2011
Is this mathematics?
Disclaimer: The ideas discussed on this blog are my own, and in no way represent those of my employer.
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