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The Doyle Report

By Denis Doyle Member since 2/8/2008 1:01:00 AM

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For nearly ten years, The Doyle Report has offered the K-12 world short comments by the author about education and technology and the issues that impinge upon them both. It includes book and movie reviews that have bearing on the issues of education reform; hot links to important resources; interviews and invited commentary. And spirited “letters to the editors” designed to encourage commentary and honest debate.   

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266 -- Gawande is at it Againposted by Denis DoyleOn 2/2/2010 1:23:53 PM

266 – Gawande is at it Again   View Point     Atul Gawande –surgeon, bestselling author, New Yorker staff writer and thoughtful commentator par excellence – is at it again. He has written another book –The Checklist Mani...Read More

265 Making a List and Checking it Thriceposted by Denis DoyleOn 1/25/2010 4:57:44 PM

265 – Making a List and Checking it Thrice   Viewpoint     My recent column on books (fifteen favorites) got such a strong response that I’m throwing caution to the wind and listing 21 favorite movies, to wit:   ·  ...Read More

Making a List and Checking it Twiceposted by Denis DoyleOn 12/29/2009 4:52:50 PM

264 --  Making a List and Checking It Twice   View Point     December is list-making month in my household – lists before Christmas for presents and lists before New Year’s for resolutions: (typically eat less and exerci...Read More

263 Education and the Economy: Nation Buildingposted by Denis DoyleOn 12/10/2009 10:00:41 AM

263  Education and the Economy: Nation Building   View Point      As the pundits gather round their holiday fires, their thoughts turn to education and the economy. No wonder: they are reciprocals. Good education is ess...Read More

262 Ted Sizer's Legacyposted by Denis DoyleOn 11/24/2009 5:29:45 PM

262 – Ted Sizer’s Legacy   View Point     Ted Sizer’s recent death and the example of his life and work remind me that several aspects of NCLB continue to make me uncomfortable as it did him. Not its intentions, which wer...Read More

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