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Back to the Future

By Ann York

Following up on a theme discussed in a recent PowerProfs post on the evolution of educators from a stand and deliver classroom teachers to a supercharged E-mentors using a variety of online tools, I read this article in the NY Times with interest: “SINCE the 16th century, the ideal of education has been the tutorial... »

The High Price of the Achievement Gap

By Ann York

Thomas Friedman has been sounding the alarm about US education for a while, and he notes in his April 21 NY Times article: …the 2006 Program for International Student Assessment that measured the applied learning and problem-solving skills of 15-year-olds in 30 industrialized countries, the U.S. ranked 25th out of the 30 in math and... »

Student Expectations Seen as Causing Grade Disputes – NYTimes.com

By Ann York

Student Expectations Seen as Causing Grade Disputes – NYTimes.com. This article discusses a phenomenon many of us have experienced: “Many students come in with the conviction that they’ve worked hard and deserve a higher mark,” Professor Grossman said. He attributes those complaints to his students’ sense of entitlement. A recent study by researchers at the University of... »

Becoming a Catalyst

By Ann York

Are you a “sage on the stage” or a “guide on the side”? Those cliches have been around academia for a while. I must admit I still enjoy being a sage on the stage when I have the rare opportunity to teach in a F2F class. But since switching to online teaching... »