Tagged: Hardin Coleman

Hardin Coleman on prevention pyramids

May 27, 2011 at 11:22 am

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

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Hardin Coleman on NCTQ Evaluations

May 23, 2011 at 9:55 am

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

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SED Dean on Obama’s ed reform tactics

April 19, 2011 at 4:27 pm

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.

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Film examines pressure cooker culture in American schools

February 18, 2011 at 2:53 pm

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 […]

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Changing Huck Finn? BU Education Dean Weighs-in

January 19, 2011 at 3:27 pm

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. […]

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