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035 Laurence Balances Data & Judgement

Release Date:  January 12, 2020 Leave a Comment

Episode Synopsis

The push for data-driven instruction can sometimes feel at odds with empowering educators to exercise their professional judgement. We read the story of one Kansas district that attempted to implement a new system for helping students. A push for data and numbers seemed to push out all the other sources of information, undermining their ability to help those students.

Later, we see a nation-wide bump in ADHD diagnoses for the youngest students who start school each year. This bump might be the result of a school age cut-off, rather than anything medical.

Finally, we get some book recommendations and context on Third Culture Kids in the Peer Review.

  • First Segment – 01:58 – Making education more “scientific”
  • Second Segment – 25:16 – ADHD diagnoses and school age cut-off
  • Third Segment – 38:55 – Peer Review: Author and listener feedback on Third Culture Kids

Cover image by Good Eye Might.

Primary Citations

  • What If Only What Can Be Counted Will Count? A Critical Examination of Making Educational Practice “Scientific”

Ng, J. C., Stull, D. D., & Martinez, R. S. (2019). What if Only What Can Be Counted Will Count? A Critical Examination of Making Educational Practice “Scientific”. Teachers College Record, 121(2), n2.

 

  • Attention Deficit–Hyperactivity Disorder and Month of School Enrollment

Layton, T. J., Barnett, M. L., Hicks, T. R., & Jena, A. B. (2018). Attention deficit–hyperactivity disorder and month of school enrollment. New England Journal of Medicine, 379(22), 2122-2130.

 

 

Supplemental Citations

  • MTSS Fact Sheet (KSDE 2019)
  • Historical Perspective in Education Research (Albulescu 2016)
  • Squeaky clean mice could be ruining research (Nature 2018)
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  • Learn about Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (CDC)
  • Development of ADHD symptoms in preschool children: Genetic and environmental contributions (Eilertsen 2019)
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  • Talking about Global Migration: Implications for Language Teaching (Catalano 2016)
    • Book Review (Kwon 2018)
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  • It Just Isn’t Working’: PISA Test Scores Cast Doubt on U.S. Education Efforts (New York Times)
  • U.S. Students Gain Ground Against Global Peers. But That’s Not Saying Much (Ed Week)

Featured Beverage

We drink Dragon’s Milk White, a bourbon barrel-aged white stout from New Holland Brewing in Holland, MI.

Filed Under: Season 3

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