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Hardin Coleman on prevention pyramids

Lauren Davalla — Fri, 27 May 2011 15:22:53 +0000

SED Dean Hardin Coleman discusses the pros and cons of the prevention pyramid tactic for student achievement:

Hardin Coleman on NCTQ Evaluations

Lauren Davalla — Mon, 23 May 2011 13:55:58 +0000

SED Dean Hardin Coleman reacts to the National Council on Teacher Quality Evaluations:

SED Dean on Obama’s ed reform tactics

Lauren Davalla — Tue, 19 Apr 2011 20:27:29 +0000

SED Dean Hardin Coleman reacts to President Obama’s plan for turning around underperforming schools, an approach that includes merit pay, easier removal of ineffective teachers and could taxpayers upwards of $77 billion.

Film examines pressure cooker culture in American schools

Kira Jastive — Fri, 18 Feb 2011 19:53:04 +0000

Many American schools have become academic and extra curricular pressure cookers that often push both students and teachers to their limits. Hardin Coleman, Dean of the Boston University School of Education (SED), discusses the new documentary, “Race to Nowhere: The Dark Side of America’s Achievement Culture,” and how too hard of a focus on school statistics and strong student performance can actually create less successful educational outcomes.

Changing Huck Finn? BU Education Dean Weighs-in

Kira Jastive — Wed, 19 Jan 2011 20:27:28 +0000

Hardin Coleman, Dean of the Boston University School of Education (SED), offers his take on the new edition of Huckleberry Finn being published in February that removes the 219 references to the n-word.

Will this change make the book more accessible to teachers and students in the classroom or is altering Twain’s work censorship? Dr. Coleman thinks changing the book is “disturbing from the level of intellectual honesty” and that “sugar coating” the book does not allow for growth and change when it comes to issues of race and discrimination.