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Mythbusters,
Education Edition:
We're not failing!
Rob McEntarffer, [email protected]
Twitter = @rmcenta
Video =
http://videocenter.lps.org/videos/vide
o/1653/
Slides =
http://tinyurl.com/RobMclunchtalk
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Adam Savage & Jamie Hyneman of Discovery’s ‘Mythbusters’
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Myth #1: We’re falling
behind!
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http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/81/A_Nation_at_Risk.jpeg
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Berliner
http://edsource.org/
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Source: http://www.hmleague.org/fullreport/
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Source: http://www.hmleague.org/fullreport/
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Myth #2: Our kids can’t
read or do math.
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Zhao
http://zhaolearning.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/WorldClass.pdf
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http://nces.ed.gov/
nationsreportcard/pubs/
main2012/2013456.aspx
National
Assessment of
Educational
Progress
(NAEP)
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Myth #3: This is the most
important education
crisis ever!
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Sources: http://www.jamievollmer.com
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Labaree
https://ed.stanford.edu/faculty/dlabaree
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Photo ‘Molten Waters’ CC by Jason Samfield