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Literature or Technical Manuals: Who Should Be Reading What, Where, and Why

Stotsky, Sandra - In: Nonpartisan Education Review 9 (2013) 1, pp. 1-12

Over 45 states adopted Common Core’s ELA standards in 2010, in some cases before they were even written. Only in 2012 did some discussion about their implications take place in the media. Discussion has centered mostly on what English teachers are doing to their classroom curriculum to address...

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Gang Membership Risk Factors for Eighth-Grade Students

James Martinez, Jeremy Tost, Larry Hilgert; … - In: Nonpartisan Education Review 9 (2013) 1, pp. 1-31

The purpose of this study is to identify the major risk factor domains for gang membership and the relationships of these risk factors to eighth grade students. The domains of risk factors include: individual characteristics, peer group influences, family conditions, school experiences and the...

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Private Data -- The Real Story: A Huge Problem with Education Research

Milgram, R. James - In: Nonpartisan Education Review 8 (2012) 5, pp. 1-8

widespread misconception among education researchers. When we found the identities of the schools by other means, serious …

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The Rot Spreads Worldwide: The OECD - Taken In and Taking Sides

Phelps, Richard P - In: Nonpartisan Education Review 9 (2013) 2, pp. 1-27

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Letter to sponsors

Stotsky, Sandra - In: Nonpartisan Education Review 9 (2013) 4, pp. 1-3

I feel that I owe you, as well as all the individuals and organizations that recommended me for Common Core’s Validation Committee, an explanation for why I could not sign off on the final version of the Common Core State Standards. I did not sign off because I could not “validate” the...

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All Teachers Can Learn Mathematics; All Students Can Learn Mathematics From Teachers Who Know Mathematics

Dancis, Jerome - In: Nonpartisan Education Review 8 (2012) 1, pp. 1-1

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The "Parrot Math" Attack on Memorization

Quirk, Bill - In: Nonpartisan Education Review 9 (2013) 1, pp. 1-1

Constructivist math educators regularly cite Parrot Math by Thomas C. O'Brien. Although this paper promotes constructivist "activity-based" learning over direct instruction, it's primary claim to fame is the open hostility to memorization. Professor O'Brien rejects "memorization and parrot-like...

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Bend it Like Truman

Fitzhugh, Will - In: Nonpartisan Education Review 9 (2013) 3, pp. 1-2

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Nos Censuimus Igitur Essemus

Kevin J. Quail, II - In: Nonpartisan Education Review 9 (2013) 4, pp. 1-14

As an actively involved participant and committed investor in the United States public education system, I have … being said, I posit that the primary saboteur of American public education is, unquestionably, the American public. The … and laid no groundwork for the establishment of a compulsory, publicly funded system of education for all citizens. The …

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The Bogus Research in Kamii and Dominick's Harmful Effects of Algorithms Papers

Quirk, Bill - In: Nonpartisan Education Review 9 (2013) 2, pp. 1-1

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