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What Makes a Good Teacher?

Posted on March 17, 2011 by Thomas Armstrong

Teachers have been taking it on the chin a lot lately with calls for the abolishment of tenure, and its replacement with what have been called “value-added models” of teaching evaluation.  Basically, what this means is that teachers are going to be increasingly … Continue reading →

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The Dehumanization of Learning in Today’s Educational Climate

Posted on February 17, 2011 by Thomas Armstrong

There’s a whole new climate of opinion that’s been sweeping over the educational scene in America these days.  It’s all about accepting as perfectly normal the creation of a monstrous monolithic “learning” enterprise from preschool to post-college that consists of uniform standards, standardized testing, the collection of “data”, and the … Continue reading →

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Historical Perspectives on What is “Developmentally Appropriate”

Posted on December 1, 2010 by Thomas Armstrong

Thirty-five years ago, when I was at the beginning of my teaching career, Piaget was all the rage.  We read his books, and puzzled over how observation of children interacting with real life situations could enable us to understand the … Continue reading →

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Finding One’s Niche in Life

Posted on June 17, 2010 by Thomas Armstrong

I was just reading an article in The Watertown (NY) Daily Times about a seventeen-year-old named Christopher Durgen who has ADHD and autism.  As a young child, he had trouble getting along with classmates and was frequently suspended from school.  That … Continue reading →

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