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The trend in education has been to do that which is most effective.
Such effectiveness, however, is measured through standardized tests based on core content standards. Are these tests true indicators of mental acuity? Or do the tests and standards themselves perpetuate a system of transmitting test-based knowledge? Gestalt Methods in the Classroom proposes a method of teaching that focuses on the human tendency toward insightful experiences as a basis for learning.

A word on Teaching Science

Grave-digging? Math and the Common Core Curriculum

The Politics of Language Learners

Selling your soul to the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation

The Cult of Standardized Testing, or, How an Obsession with Data Analysis Is Ruining Education

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