By JARON LANIER | New York Times If machines are to improve teaching, we must recognize their limits — and our own capacity for magic. Full article
Archive of posts tagged No Child Left Behind
Education Reform debate
One of the most thought-provoking books I’ve read was Other People’s Children: Cultural Conflict in the Classroom by Lisa Delpit. A MacArthur fellow and educator, Delpit argues that many minority students are erroneously labeled “underachievers” due to failures of communication between teachers and students. Delpit’s persuasive arguments for balancing creative thinking with structured learned came [...]
