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Walt Gardner's Reality Check

Walt Gardner taught for 28 years in the Los Angeles Unified School District and was a lecturer in the UCLA Graduate School of Education. This blog is no longer being updated.

Education Opinion The Immortal SAT
One day, historians will look back at the SAT as a curious relic of assessment.
Walt Gardner, February 28, 2014
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Education Opinion Teachers' Unions on the Ropes
Collective bargaining for teachers' unions today is over the sop thrown to them.
Walt Gardner, February 26, 2014
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Education Opinion What About Magnet Schools?
Magnet schools are a viable model to satisfy all stakeholders.
Walt Gardner, February 24, 2014
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Education Opinion Placing Best Teachers Where Needed Most
If we want to create equitable distribution of teachers, we have to make conditions for teaching in schools serving poor and minority students so attractive that few will refuse the opportunity to teach there.
Walt Gardner, February 21, 2014
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Education Opinion The Case for Remedial Classes
Students who lack the ability to satisfy the minimal requirements for an associate's degree would be better served by certificate or apprenticeship programs.
Walt Gardner, February 19, 2014
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Education Opinion Should Seniority Count in Layoffs?
The fairest policy is to make seniority one consideration in teacher lay offs.
Walt Gardner, February 17, 2014
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Education Opinion How to Handle Black Marks on Record
Few students have nothing in their backgrounds they are ashamed of.
Walt Gardner, February 14, 2014
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Education Opinion Students Thrive Differently
Students who thrive in a military school would be at sea in Summerhill.
Walt Gardner, February 12, 2014
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Education Opinion The 'Latent Curriculum'
It's impossible to know if the socioeconomic composition of the student body or the curriculum came first.
Walt Gardner, February 10, 2014
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Education Opinion Mismatch Theory Warrants Consideration
If students feel too overwhelmed in college, they sometimes drop out, but struggling can sometimes be a way of evolving.
Walt Gardner, February 7, 2014
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Education Opinion Students' Role in Learning
Learning is a partnership between teachers, parents and students.
Walt Gardner, February 5, 2014
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Education Opinion Algebra Is Today's Bête Noire
For the overwhelming majority of students, algebra is as necessary for success as Latin or Greek.
Walt Gardner, February 3, 2014
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Education Opinion Understanding Educational Research
Especially in education, researchers are wont to see what they want to see.
Walt Gardner, January 31, 2014
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Education Opinion The Downside of School Choice
By embracing social Darwinism, the U.S. seems willing to accept public education strictly as a private commodity.
Walt Gardner, January 29, 2014
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