This blog is about 3 stories.

1. The start-up year for a very different sort of Graduate School of Education. It's a tiny subset of...
2. ...The much larger, national effort to transform teaching and teachers. That is a big subset of...
3. ...A multi-kajillion-dollar effort to improve the ludicrous odds (7% or so) of a poor kid ever getting a college diploma.

Boston Xmas

Posted: December 27th, 2011 | Author: Michael Goldstein | | 2 Comments »

This photo was snapped yesterday by “photographynatalia.”

2 Comments on “Boston Xmas”

  1. 1: Amy said at 11:52 am on December 28th, 2011:

    I haven’t spent much time thinking about this or the data, but I do think this is a case of “heaven helps those who help themselves.” students will respond to peer leaders if they recognize they have a problem. But the students who recognize they have a problem are usually the ones dealing with scrapes instead of gaping wounds!

    Ine if the bigger problems I see in college persistence and completion (from my limited perch as an observer in this field) is the expectation disconnect– most high school students I talk to can give me 10 reasons they should go to college, very few understand the different programs, the different career outcomes, and the differences in work expectations. I think college serves as a rude awakening for them.

    “Doctors need to know a LOT of math and science,” and “Lawyers need to di a LOT of reading and writing,” falls beyond the conceptual/cultural grasp of most of the students I know.

  2. 2: Michael Goldstein said at 12:56 pm on December 28th, 2011:

    Yes, good point Amy.

    There’s an interesting question here.

    If a college student is not trying hard enough to get better grades, might we

    a. Increase understanding of career paths. Maybe that increases motivation.

    b. Soft “advisor” help.

    c. Money, as incentive.

    d. Other.

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