I got an email from a fellow edu-blogger a couple of days ago asking for my input on the subject of academic rigor. Specifically this person asked: I got an email from a fellow edu-blogger a couple of ...

Before joining the world of education, my mother tongue consisted mostly of an abbreviated written and verbal vocabulary. Medical jargon is composed of an untold number of symbols and acronyms that ...

Remember the three Rs – reading, writing and ’rithmetic? Get ready to add a fourth: rigor. It’s the buzzword in education. From presidents to principals, billionaires to school board members, ...

The mantra for this school year in the Wichita district is “rigor.” Heights teacher Shari Hatfield, left, shows Advanced Placement chemistry student Cheyenne Goodman some issues with an experiment as ...

This essay is a collaboration with Robert Hoffman and is based on a report by Klein et al. (2021) that was prepared for the Defense Advanced Research and Projects Agency. This essay is about ...

Yesterday’s post asked folks how they define academic rigor. I asked the right people the right question! The answers were thoughtful, wide-ranging, plentiful and sometimes even impassioned. Best.

It’s a word that made one teacher post on Facebook that she wanted to “throw up in her mouth.” Pretty strong reaction, but when I asked people on my private Facebook page to provide a word that they ...

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The U.S. Army Medical Department Center and School, Health Readiness Center of Excellence, or AMEDDC&S HRCoE, developed a standard definition of "rigor". By establishing a common understanding of this ...

This week, the Nobel Prize in economics went to David Card, Joshua Angrist, and Guido Imbens, a trio of scholars whose work helped spark what has been called the "credibility revolution." Not only is ...

The Fast Company Executive Board is a private, fee-based network of influential leaders, experts, executives, and entrepreneurs who share their insights with our audience. BY Adrienne Guillory I’ve ...