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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 This blog is no longer being updated.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 Schools and Tolerance
Tolerance, like so many values, is caught - not taught.
Walt Gardner, July 15, 2013
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Education Opinion What Are Teachers Doing This Summer?
I challenge those who think that teachers have it easy to teach for one week in a public school.
Walt Gardner, July 12, 2013
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Education Opinion Give Students Honest Feedback
Teachers shortchange students by avoiding straightforward comments about their work.
Walt Gardner, July 10, 2013
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Education Opinion Lessons of National Tests for the U.S.
High-stakes national tests are antithetical to our belief in democratization in education.
Walt Gardner, July 8, 2013
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Education Opinion Can Creativity and Standards Exist Together?
In their obsession with measurement, reformers are destroying innovation.
Walt Gardner, July 5, 2013
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Education Opinion Principals as Tyrants
What about principals who have no business being in their position?
Walt Gardner, July 3, 2013
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Education Opinion Catholic Schools on the Ropes
Parents have more choices than they believe when Catholic schools close.
Walt Gardner, July 1, 2013
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Education Opinion Reading for Pleasure
The assumption is that only fiction will imbue students with a lifelong love of reading.
Walt Gardner, June 28, 2013
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Education Opinion Charter School Study Is No Surprise
Charter schools produce about the same range of outcomes as traditional public schools.
Walt Gardner, June 26, 2013
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Education Opinion In Praise of Veteran Teachers
Praise disproportionately heaped on rookie teachers is part of a deliberate campaign to run schools like businesses.
Walt Gardner, June 24, 2013
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Education Opinion The Case for Ability Grouping
Strictly from the point of view of a classroom teacher, ability grouping makes sense.
Walt Gardner, June 21, 2013
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Education Opinion Ed Schools Are Under Attack Again
It's impossible to have quality and quantity in schools of education because of the disconnect between supply and demand.
Walt Gardner, June 19, 2013
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Education Opinion Public Funds Going to Private Schools
There is a well orchestrated movement underway to abolish public schools.
Walt Gardner, June 17, 2013
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Education Opinion Does Truancy Warrant Punishment?
If students still don't see the value of the education provided them even after counseling, I don't understand why we force them to attend.
Walt Gardner, June 14, 2013
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