Top Education Commentaries of 2015: Education Week's Most-Viewed
Top Education Commentaries of 2015: Education Week's Most-Viewed
To give a sense of which opinion essays our readers found most compelling in 2015, the editors at Education Week have compiled a list of our 10 most-viewed Commentaries. Below, they are ordered by the number of online page views they generated. Revisit these Commentaries and examine perspectives you may have missed in 2015.
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Differentiated instruction adds depth and complexity to teaching, but it's all but impossible to implement in today's classrooms, James Delisle writes. (January 7, 2015) | Filed Under: , ,
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Carol Dweck, who parsed the difference between a "fixed" and a "growth" mindset, clarifies her theories of intelligence. (September 23, 2015) | Filed Under: , ,
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One of the leading proponents of differentiated instruction, Carol Ann Tomlinson, writes a spirited defense of the teaching practice.(January 28, 2015) | Filed Under: ,
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In some struggling majority-minority schools, the emphasis is on discipline to the detriment of learning, Samina Hadi-Tabassum says.(January 28, 2015) | Filed Under: ,
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Teachers should embrace the idea of students choosing their own books, even if they are too hard, Barbara C. Wheatley says. (October 7, 2015) | Filed Under: , , ,
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Sir Ken Robinson shares his thoughts on student engagement and testing, the future of teacher education programs, and why vocational education matters. (May 20, 2015) | Filed Under: , ,
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Amidst a web of challenges, principals can still manage to control the "weather" inside their schools, writes Tamara McWilliams.(November 11, 2015) | Filed Under: , ,
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It's tough for educators to withhold judgment of a student's response, but Thomas Newkirk argues that it could help deepen student understanding. (July 28, 2015) | Filed Under: ,
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Throughout U.S. schools, black males are disciplined more than any other group, writes education professor Tyrone Howard. (April 1, 2015) | Filed Under: , ,
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Testing data should be used as a tool to enhance instruction and learning for teachers and students, writes John Hattie. (October 28, 2015) | Filed Under: , ,
A version of this article appeared in the January 06, 2016 edition of Education Week