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  • What I’m Writing: December 2015

    Maximize Learning, Not Technology (ASCD EDge, October 2015) In this promotional post for my new book, I highlight specific examples of how the necessary vs. nice dichotomy applies to classroom technology choices. For example, having one device for every learner in a classroom would be nice, but the lack of academic benefits identified with this type of…

  • Season of Change

    The educational process has no end beyond itself; it is its own end. – John Dewey What Reflects a Great School? Not Test Scores by Regie Routman (Education Week, October 22, 2014) Regie Routman writes a very pointed commentary about the educational world’s infatuation with standardized tests. She admits that it is possible to…