Welcome to the Education Policy Blog, hosted by the Forum on the Future of Public Education. We at the Forum see this blog as a space for deeper discussions of the issues that frequently get bogged down in political posturing, to the detriment of improving the education options of students. The Forum was established to bring the illumination of empirical evidence to debates where issues are often obscured in the ideological fog. Too often, evidence is neglected or misrepresented in the service of politically-driven agendas. We value solid, research-based evidence that offers...
Let There Be Competition
By: Bekisizwe NdimandeJohn Stossel, host of Stossel show on Fox Business Network appeared on the O’ Reilly Factor taunting Chicago Public School (CPS) teachers, who went on strike earlier this year, for being confused about their demands. He blamed them for being responsible for the failing public schools. Perhaps Mr. Stossel doesn’t know that successful schools depend not just on teachers, but on adequate resources as well. He went on to say that the best way to reform education is through competition.Markets in education is a dangerous discourse. An abundance of research shows that contrary...
Children Fair (Bal Mela)
Children Fair in My School That was the month of November 2010, the students were very excited, because they had been to BHERAGHAT last month. Now all students wanted to do something new in our school. I suggested them that we may organise The Children Fair in our school this year. All students hesitated because it was a new and unknown activity for them. They did not participated in School Children Fair before it. Some students became agree to participated in this fair. So we had decided to celebrated it the day after tomorrow.On the decided...
Active Learning Methodology
ACTIVE LEARNING METHODOLOGY (A.L.M.)Active Learning Methodology is a new concept in school education. It was first adopted in Tamil Nadu states of India. Than it spread to another states. School education department of Madhya Pradesh is allowing this methodology in selected blocks as an experiment.First in Raisen District it was introduced in Udaipura and Sanchi block's school.Than it allowed to another blocks of the district.Active learning methodology is known as A.L.M. in short. A.L.M. is different to another traditional methodologies. A.L.M. is...
SELF LEARNING METHOD
LEARNING BY DOINGI REALIZED THAT IF WE USED THE SELF LEARNING METHODOLOGY (LEARNING BY DOING) IN OUR SCHOOL, THAN WE GOT ITS AMAZING ADVANTAGES.THE MAIN POINTS ARE:• FIRST OF ALL TEACHERS SHOULD BE INTERESTED IN THIS TYPE OF ACTIVITIES. • CLASSROOM ENVIRONMENT SHOULD BE SUITABLE FOR THIS. • SELF LEARNING MATERIALS SHOULD BE AVAILABLE. • STUDENTS SHOULD KNOW ABOUT THIS TYPE OF ACTIVITY. • IF WE DO NOT HAVE ENOUGH MATERIALS, DON'T WORRY, WE MAY ARRANGE LEARNING MATERIALS FROM OUR ENVIRONMENT.Read more posts...
A TOUR TO BHOJPUR
A TOUR TO BHOJPURLAST SUNDAY (ON 07 OCTOBER,2012) WE WENT ON ONE DAY TOUR TO BHOJPUR WITH SCHOOL STUDENTS AND STAFF.WE STARTED OUR JOURNEY FROM VILLAGE GHANA TUNDA AT 7:30 A.M.WE HAD VISITED CHHEEND MANDIR, HINGLAAJ MANDIR, BARI, JANGAL BABA AND THE BHOJPUR TEMPLE IN THE LAST.THAT WAS AN EXCITING EXPERIENCE TO THE STUDENTS OF GOVT.MIDDLE SCHOOL GHANA TUNDA, BECAUSE ALL STUDENTS VISITED THE BHOJPUR TEMPLE FIRST TIME IN HIS LIFE. THAT WAS A NICE TRIP FOR THE STUDENTS.ABOUT BHOJPUR TEMPLE:BHOJPUR IS SMALL VILLAGE VERY NEAR FROM BHOPAL. WE MAY REACH BHOJPUR...
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