Category Archives: education

Education Reform Wears Blinders – Part 1

Posted on July 22, 2014 by Bonnie Schupp

Dr. Bonnie J. Schupp, retired educator, taught in Baltimore City, Annapolis and Pasadena, Maryland. Youth Dreamers display at Artscape © Bonnie J. Schupp 2014 Trends come and go Sadly, our culture has become one with short-attention spans spurred on by … Continue reading →

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Education Reform Wears Blinders – Part 2

Posted on July 22, 2014 by Bonnie Schupp

A look at the American education system and the testing issue: The Death and Life of the Great American School System: How Testing and Choice are Undermining Education, by Diane Ravitch, 2011 by Basic Books, New York. There is an … Continue reading →

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Teaching in the 60’s and 70’s

Posted on February 9, 2014 by Bonnie Schupp

What do You Want to be When You Grow Up? “I’m going to be a doctor when I grow up—a brain surgeon,” I announced when I was around age 10 or 11. I always read my grandmother’s (Mom-Mom’s) Readers Digest … Continue reading →

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Lose-Lose-Lose

Posted on July 30, 2013 by Bonnie Schupp

Should Maryland suspend statewide testing of students until new tests are ready that will better match what is being taught under the new Common Core State Standards? I say YES. Statewide testing should be suspended for at least a year. … Continue reading →

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>Linking Teacher Pay to Student Performance

Posted on July 9, 2011 by Bonnie Schupp

> A retired teacher’s perspective on recent trends American students are falling behind students in the rest of the world. It must be because their teachers aren’t teaching them, therefore we need to pay teachers based on their students’ performances … Continue reading →

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>Geography Anyone?

Posted on February 22, 2011 by Bonnie Schupp

> Want to test your knowledge of middle eastern geography? Teachers can use this interactive tool in their classrooms. I won’t say how many I got right but you can be sure that I’ll be going back to this site … Continue reading →

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>Size Matters

Posted on December 18, 2010 by Bonnie Schupp

> Bill Gates from Wikipedia Size matters— but Bill Gates seems to think it doesn’t. I’m talking about education and class size. Recent reports show U.S. students to be average compared to world education rankings. According to Yahoo News, Bill … Continue reading →

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>Perception and Reality

Posted on November 9, 2010 by Bonnie Schupp

> (Photo: Bonnie Schupp) “Your assumptions are your windows on the world.  Scrub them off every once in a while or the light won’t come in.”Isaac Asimov A couple days ago, I heard Bill O’Reilly comment, “Perception is reality.” It … Continue reading →

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>American Visionary Art Museum’s Educational Goals

Posted on October 14, 2010 by Bonnie Schupp

> Funny thing…no mention of standardized testing or standardized learning. Expand the definition of a worthwhile life. Engender respect for and delight in the gifts of others. Increase awareness of the wide variety of choices available in life for all … Continue reading →

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>Fear and Learning

Posted on October 4, 2010 by Bonnie Schupp

>  March/April 2010, Neurology Now Why can’t Johnny learn? Often in looking for the answer to this question, the focus is on teachers and their teaching skills. However, even the best teachers cannot help their students learn if they are … Continue reading →

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