Stammings

Friedman Title-Can't We do Better

When comparing youth in America to those around the world, we are losing out on the opportunity to target all levels of skill sets. With the focus on technology the average blue collar and white collar job has been decreasing. Friedman suggests that we have to create more ownership of the student's learning (education).

Wiggins Title_

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What works in education – Hattie’s list of the greatest effects and why it matters ===== Wiggins created a list of things that will allow students to grow with a year's growth or even two years growth. He called this the effect size. Wiggins states that beyond the list of things that help growth in learning, socio-economic background and home environment have the least affect on student growth.