Published in Ed Week on September 9, 2018 At no time in the history of education has there been more emphasis on fostering student inquiry. We encourage teachers develop lessons around probing, essential questions designed to help students become creative problem solvers. We stress the importance...
Originally posted in Ed Week on May 20, 2018 My friend, Peter DeWitt, recently wrote an insightful piece for this blog on "Are Labels Preventing Students from Succeeding?" (May 14, 2018). Peter argued that labeling students is a deeply complicated, multi-layered process with confounding effects. On the...
Post written by Thomas R. Guskey Professor of Educational Psychology, University of Kentucky Originally published in Ed Week Newspapers, magazines, and journals today are filled with articles about the evils of grades. Writers tell us that grades warp student motivation, destroy the morale of teachers, and corrupt the...
The most important time in the school year for students, teachers, and parents is the first two weeks. What happens during this critical period pretty much determines how the rest of the year will go. When children return to school after the summer break, their perceptions...
Originally Published: May 31, 2016 in ASCD Blogs Suppose during a physical examination, your doctor recorded data on your height, weight, blood pressure, and heart rate, and asked you a series of questions about your health. Then after gathering all this information, suppose the doctor had...
Originally Published: October 14, 2016 in Ed Week Educators have the odd habit of taking simple ideas and making them inexplicably complex. Granted, there are always subtleties and nuances in education related to the varied contexts in which teaching and learning occur. But adding complexity to...
Educators today struggle in their efforts to change parents' and students' attitudes about grading. They want parents to see grades as a means of communication between teachers and families, and not as the currency students need to advance in school and life. They want students...