studio non troppo : music : facilitation

The proponents of “assessment” in education claim it is important to examine the quality of teaching, because students are falling behind and resources are limited. The problem might not be that the assessment methods aren’t helping enough. The problem might instead be that teachers are kept from teaching—and students are falling behind—because of the widespread addiction to assessment. […]

With fine ingredients, it can be easy to make delicious food. Starting with good parmesan, butter, and garlic, for example, it is hard to go wrong. With poor quality ingredients, on the other hand, a cook will have to spend a lot of effort to conceal their shortcomings. With good tools, a construction or repair […]