Tag: Education
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Race, Politics and Stereotypes in WV
The presidents of Marshall University, West Virginia State University and West Virginia Wesleyan College are inviting everyone to a special dialog on race, politics and stereotypes in our state. The event is a response to the media portrayal of West Virginia and the role race played in the Democratic primary in May, and the ongoing…
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Huntington Herald-Dispatch: Standards, Attitudes Hampering Education
From the Huntington Herald-Dispatch: Hari Satya Shankar Addagarla recalls how his academic classload one year while in India included math, chemistry, physics, biology, history, geography, civics and three language courses. That was when Addagarla was a 12-year-old in what would be called a middle school in the United States. The academic classload for a typical…
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Healing Through Creativity
Trauma Survivors and Supporters of Survivors of Trauma are invited to share art, music, writing,poetry and other creative forms at the Healing Through Creativity Festival. When: October 10 -19, 2008Where: West Virginia State University, WV, USA http://www.healingthroughcreativity.org/ We open our hearts to support those who are making their way through the various stages of recovery…
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Disrupting Class-Chapter 7- Improving Education Research
Why include a chapter on research? “Rather than compare the average performance of one set of schools, students, or methods against others, our approach is to examine the state of education through the lenses of (our) theories of innovation in order…to describe the process by which education research can become capable of predicting which innovations…
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Equipping Kids with 21st Century Learning Tools
West Liberty State University made news last week regarding their provision of a laptop for each incoming freshman. In today’s multi-disciplined, team-oriented, task-centric learning environment, a laptop is what a pencil and paper were in prior generations. It’s important to note that technology doesn’t necessarily make kids smarter, but technology facilitates the kind of learning…
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Resources for Creative Projects
Mary Hunt-Lieving of the Benedum Foundation wanted to share the following opportunities for organizations seeking financial support for their creative inititiaves. Thank you Mary! Seed Money for Innovative Projects Sparkplug Foundation The Sparkplug Foundation primarily supports nonprofit organizations that are proposing start-up projects in the fields of music, education, and grassroots organizing. In the Music…
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Disrupting Class-Chapter 6 “Language Dancing”
Dr. Johnson was kind enough to send me a new book so I am back on track with chapter summaries. This chapter discusses changes that must occur before school starts, during ages 0-4. A chapter on early childhood education may seem out of place, more appropriate for a textbook on parenting or child development. But…
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West Virginia Building its Research Muscles
Some exciting announcements on steps forward in West Virginia’s quest to become a more significant player in university research. As many of you are aware, a strong R&D infrastructure is critical to economic growth in today’s innovation economy. First, WVU unveiled its new Health Sciences Learning Center and the WVU Erma Byrd Biomedical Research Center.…
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WV Student Voices Shout Disrupting Class
Read the comments from a just-released survey of WV’s middle and high school students. http://wvde.state.wv.us/tt/2008/survey2008.pdf Compare that to the central themes of Disrupting Class – the customization of learning opportunities made possible by technology, new roles for teaching professionals, making the case for different schools. A match made in (Almost) Heaven
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Education Innovation
createwv.typepad.com Dr. Curtis Johnson, co-author of Disrupting Class, will bring many stimulating ideas to the 2008 Create WV conference in October on how West Virginia schools can begin delivering children with the skills they’ll need for 21st century success. The Charleston Daily Mail recently ran this story about his ideas on how schools need to…