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Category Archives: Education
Are the Debates Teachable Moments?
Let me start with the answer to the question posed in this title: Yes, debates can most assuredly be teachable moments and more importantly, there is real value in helping children process them effectively with quality educators in a school setting. Let’s put politics aside (assuming that is even possible) and ask the question this …
A Very Disorienting Presidential Debate
By Ed K.S. Wang, M.S., Psy.D. Even as a passive observer, the debate was extremely disorienting due to the lack of civility that I am not accustomed to in past presidential debates. I was feeling irritated, restless, and felt my blood pressure was rising. I was so stressed that the one behavior I could manage …
What is Lasticity?
What does Lasticity actually Mean? This book offers a new way of understanding and then narrowing this persistent and unacceptable achievement gap, through the development of a construct (replete with a new word that I hope will enter the lexicon) called “lasticity.” As a threshold matter, this approach puts its attention on both the breakaway …
Prediction in Education for 2017: Powerful Protests
The views expressed herein are my own and do not represent the opinions of any institution or entity with whom I work. Crystal balls seem to be in short supply these days. Every day is filled with the unexpected and then the following day offers up even more surprises (not all of them good). When …
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Is a Presidential Inauguration Political?
Note: The views expressed are my own and do not represent the positions of any organizations or colleges with whom I work. The President of Talladega College, the oldest Historically Black College in Alabama, just asserted that a presidential inauguration is a “civil ceremony celebrating the transfer of power.” This stance is what enabled President …
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