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“To a degree that most of us would prefer not to acknowledge, classroom practice tends to run less on research and empirical evidence than on some combination of philosophy, faith, or personal preference.” Robert Pondiscio in “What We Know About Early Learning” in The Education Gadfly, May 15, 2019, https://bit.ly/2HIiv87
“Every day that passes between the assessment and analysis of results is another day in which we teach new material without correcting errors.” Paul Bambrick-Santoyo
“A valid argument for continuing with use of technology is that eventually, we are bound to come up with more-effective technology strategies. It is certainly worthwhile to keep experimenting. But this argument has been made since the early 1970s, and technology is still not ready for prime time, as least as far as teaching reading and math are concerned.” Robert Slavin in “Can Computers Teach?” May 16, 2019, https://bit.ly/30tSDFH
“Essentially, the curriculum in high school needs to be more affective. It needs to be more engaging in terms of humor, vitality, joy, and even negative emotions, like strong opinions and anger, to bring out those qualities and channel them, so that they aren’t expressed in dangerous ways outside of school.” Thomas Armstrong in “Honoring the Teen Brain: A Conversation with Thomas Armstrong” by Anthony Rebora in Educational Leadership, May 2019 (Vol. 76, #8, p.
24-27), https://bit.ly/2JAebLF
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