In my last post, I proposed this graduation requirement for high schools, colleges and universities: A proven ability to engage in respectful discourse with those with whom we disagree on fundamental issues; and a consequent openness to the possibility of changing one’s position. Just in case you aren’t convinced of the wisdom of this, please [...]
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CIVIL DISCOURSE; A NEW GRADUATION REQUIREMENT FOR HIGH SCHOOLS AND COLLEGES A proven ability to engage in respectful discourse with those with whom we disagree on fundamental issues; and a consequent openness to the possibility of changing one’s position.This ability has always been important in a democracy where each of us has the power of [...]
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SCIENCE AT AIM HIGH: I WATCHED A SCIENCE CLASS for rising 8th graders at Aim High this summer: The teacher brought in an array of commercial drinks: Coke, Red Bull, Gator Aid, Five-hour Energy, Aztec Tea and others. He divided the class into groups and each group selected one of the drinks to study. The [...]
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AIM HIGH MAGIC OBSERVED I VISITED THE St. Paul’s site in Oakland on Wednesday, July 6, 2011 As always the day starts as one community, gathered in a circle so that every person is visible and present to every other person. The circle, with 2 staff members in the center facilitating and this day, [...]
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The next several posts will feature Aim High, a superb summer program at the intersection of academics and youth development for low income Bay Area middle school youth. Disclosure: I am on the board and have been for many years because as a life-long educator I know excellent teaching and curriculum and the value of [...]
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When I first heard the term supply-side economics, I assumed that what was to be supplied as the engine of economic health was great education. Silly me not to know that what my interlocutor was talking about so enthusiastically was minimum taxation and maximum deregulation. He was very vague about what was actually to be [...]
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Isn’t it amazing that a whole range of professional and business people, some in thier first year of employment, can earn more than the people who taught them how to read, write, compute and think?
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