Monday’s EIA Communiqué linked to a lecture Scott McLeod gave to the NEA entitled, “Teaching and learning in an era of disruptive innovation.” McLeod’s lecture is a dire warning that schools of today--where students sit in desks, in rows, doing lots of “seat” work and absorbing information in teacher-directed classrooms--are not preparing our children for the 21st Century....Read it here.
Kathleen Porter-Magee is the superintendent of Partnership Schools, a network of seven urban Catholic schools in Harlem and the South Bronx. She is also author of a recent Manhattan Institute report entitled, Catholic on the Inside: Putting Values Back at the Center of Education Reform. Before joining the…
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