Philosophy Without A Home

Secretary of Education Arne Duncan taking questions today about State of the Union speech. Submit your questions here .Or on facebook . JOIN THE LIVE CHAT VISIT WHITEHOUSE.GOV

Image via Wikipedia Are you looking for something to do this weekend. I know why would you want to work on the weekend? Well there isn't any football for two more weeks so this is a great excuse to get out of cleaning the basement. Bootstrap Bootstrap [ http://www.bootstrapworld.org ] is an algebra-focused curriculum, which introduces students to functional programming by having them program their own videogames in a web-based IDE [ http://www.wescheme.org ]. The curriculum, freely available since 2006, currently reaches hundreds of at-risk middle school students around the country. During the event, Emmanuel Schanzer (the creator and director of the program) will discuss the research and theory behind Bootstrap's algebra connection, and introduce the curriculum and software package. This talk is aimed especially at math and programming teachers who work with students in grades 6-12. Login All Math 2.0 events are free and open to the public. Information abo

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Image via Wikipedia It takes a village to raise a child was a book based on an African proverb. The school is one of the parts of the village that is community owned. When the conventional wisdom of the village decides that all children should receive the same services often the school is asked to provide. Students need immunizations, let it be a requirement for school. Children need to eat healthier, let the school serve lunch, and breakfast. Students aren’t entering school ready to read, start school younger. Field trips to farms, museums, and even bowling alleys all become common background experiences for students to share. Some may feel that schools are asked to do too much and some think they should do more, but that is a question of detail. Like it or not schools, even home-schools and virtual schools, are an integral part of what it means to grow up in America, and most of the world. I don’t think it is wrong to tie the common needs of students to school. I think it is w

I'm already planning for my big summer presentation. How it is possible to use web 2.0 technologies, specifically a wiki, to help teachers and administrators across schools to collaborate on math curriculum. As some of you may know I am currently taking a graduate certificate course through Johns Hopkins University and the International Society for Technology in Education. One of the requirements for this program is to present at the annual ISTE conference (Formally the NECC conference). 18,000 people are expected to attend this conference. I hope to present the best of Waukegan Public Schools. I will appreciate any and all help given. Actually, the entire project is about how administration and teachers can work together to get this done.