 | | Title: | Who Needs Honors Courses? Try Everyone | | Author: | Jay Mathews | | Source: | Washington Post | | Date: | July 17, 2007 | | Argues that if we assume, as one teacher did, that students from every part of the demographic curve have the intellectual ability to handle a challenging and vibrant class, then maybe our high schools will finally rise out of their long slumber and show us what every kid can do. | |
| | | Title: | Assessment in the Age of Innovation | | Author: | Charles Fadel, Margaret Honey & Shelley Pasnik | | Source: | Education Week | | Date: | May 23, 2007 | | Argues that traditional forms of assessment (e.g. multiple choice) are not effective in assessing problem solving and reasoning skills. Calls for the creation of new forms of assessment geared toward the 21st century skills that schools will be increasingly focused on. | |
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| | | Title: | Leading Professional Learning | | Author: | Michael Fullan | | Source: | The School Administrator | | Date: | November, 2006 | | Identifies common misconceptions regarding professional learning communities, suggesting that we think 'system' and not 'individual school' if the goal is to fundamentally change the culture of schools. | |
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| | | Title: | Interview with Michael Fullan: Change agent | | Author: | Dennis Sparks | | Source: | Journal of Staff Development | | Date: | Winter 2003 | | Discusses changes in the culture of schools and in the culture of teaching that is needed to foster truly effective professional learning and improved performance. | |
