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Noggin Strain: June 2014

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Observations about education and schools. What we're doing well in spite of what you hear. What we should be doing differently even if we've always done it that way. Sunday, June 8, 2014. Our Best and Brightest not Good Enough? Nationally, Lisa Wade's research. Showed that family income is a major determinant of how many valedictorians choose highly selective (or even private non-profit) colleges. Here are the types of colleges chosen by valedictorians, according to family income (SES) status. In 2015, m...

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Noggin Strain: The Scoop on International Comparisons

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Observations about education and schools. What we're doing well in spite of what you hear. What we should be doing differently even if we've always done it that way. Saturday, August 11, 2012. The Scoop on International Comparisons. Every day, I read a column or a news story, usually from an American with lofty intentions, bemoaning the sad state of American education. The authors have earnest suggestions for reform and are dead sure that our schools are in an atrocious state. Consider a few questions:.

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Noggin Strain: Why Teens Should not Work

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Observations about education and schools. What we're doing well in spite of what you hear. What we should be doing differently even if we've always done it that way. Sunday, March 17, 2013. Why Teens Should not Work. That first job is akin to becoming an adult. Both teens and their parents look forward to the day Junior is driving off to work instead of hanging around the house. And landing a paying job is the ticket to that other rite of passage, owning your first set of wheels. If a student worked for ...

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Noggin Strain: The Case against Cameras in Schools

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Observations about education and schools. What we're doing well in spite of what you hear. What we should be doing differently even if we've always done it that way. Monday, December 20, 2010. The Case against Cameras in Schools. Wouldn't they assist in discipline? Wouldn't students behave better if they knew they were being watched? No, no and no. So what is lost? View from a Surveillance Camera. Researchers have identified the key factors in school climate. And the three below are signifi cant:. Each o...

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Noggin Strain: The Final Relic of the American Middle Class

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Observations about education and schools. What we're doing well in spite of what you hear. What we should be doing differently even if we've always done it that way. Friday, February 18, 2011. The Final Relic of the American Middle Class. Government bureaucrats. Overpaid government workers. Pensions bankrupting state coffers. Can't fire bad teachers. Public workers shouldn't have unions. Union Membership in the US. While there appears to be a decline as early as the 1970s, union membership actually incre...

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Noggin Strain: The Bizarre Institution of High School Sports

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Observations about education and schools. What we're doing well in spite of what you hear. What we should be doing differently even if we've always done it that way. Tuesday, March 18, 2014. The Bizarre Institution of High School Sports. I grew up in Santa Clara, in the heart of Silicon Valley. At that time, Santa Clara had three claims to fame: the Santa Clara Mission, Santa Clara University and the Santa Clara Swim Club. Brazil, South Korea and Australia,. My kids grew up playing Little League and Yout...

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Noggin Strain: The Graduation Trap

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Observations about education and schools. What we're doing well in spite of what you hear. What we should be doing differently even if we've always done it that way. Tuesday, October 22, 2013. Problems with the Measurement. That's the wonder of modern education statistics. Problems with the Fixes. So how do schools improve their graduation rates? Here are some of the ways local schools have done it:. 1 Create a separate alternative school. 3 Encourage students to enroll in one of the online charter schoo...

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Noggin Strain: Our Best and Brightest not Good Enough?

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Observations about education and schools. What we're doing well in spite of what you hear. What we should be doing differently even if we've always done it that way. Sunday, June 8, 2014. Our Best and Brightest not Good Enough? Nationally, Lisa Wade's research. Showed that family income is a major determinant of how many valedictorians choose highly selective (or even private non-profit) colleges. Here are the types of colleges chosen by valedictorians, according to family income (SES) status. In 2015, m...

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Noggin Strain: Let's Not Rank Colleges

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Observations about education and schools. What we're doing well in spite of what you hear. What we should be doing differently even if we've always done it that way. Thursday, August 22, 2013. Let's Not Rank Colleges. When I started college at a private university in 1970, my tuition was $3,000 for the year. Today, undergraduate tuition and fees at that same school are over $40,000 for entering students. If that tuition rise merely tracked inflation. Over the past 43 years, tuition would be $18,000.

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Noggin Strain: True Story: An End to Bullying

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Observations about education and schools. What we're doing well in spite of what you hear. What we should be doing differently even if we've always done it that way. Wednesday, November 2, 2011. True Story: An End to Bullying. School restrooms, even under the watch of teachers and administrators. The stories poured out that day. Most of the boys had been victims. Most of the girls had been witnesses and some too had been victims. I was horrified. I asked how four boys were able to terrorize 450? The very...