5 Big Ideas In Education That Don't Work
"Small classes. High standards. More money. These popular remedies for school
ills aren't as effective as they're sometimes thought to be. That's the somewhat controversial conclusion of education researcher John Hattie."
"Over his career, Hattie has scrutinized more than 1,000 "meta-analyses," looking at all types of interventions to improve learning. The studies he's examined cover a combined 250 million students around the world."
"Out of that, he's identified five common ideas in education policy that he says should be looked at with a critical eye. NPR Ed spoke with Hattie, a professor at the University of Melbourne in Australia, about each of these five ideas following the publication of his 2015 paper 'What Doesn't Work In Education: The Politics of Distraction.'"