Can ‘non expert’ citizens still participate in our democracy?
In class last Thursday my classmates and I had an interesting discussion on how our society is increasingly dependent on ‘expert’ knowledge. The society in which we live is increasingly more complex...
View ArticleSemester Reflection
It is difficult to believe that today is the last day of spring semester 2014. Admittedly this has felt like the longest semester out of the four that I have now spent here. This is probably due to the...
View ArticlePolicy presentation dry-run
This week each group did their presentation on the policy that they have been working on all semester. Everyone did very well, although it was certainly a struggle to stay within the 10-minute limit....
View ArticleDraft: Authentic assessment
Here is a short draft of what I have been working on this week: Authentic Assessment As previously mentioned, standardized tests have many limitations and thus cannot be used as the sole form of...
View ArticleProgress Report
As we come to the end of this week, I realize just how little time is left in this semester which means how little time we have to finish our policy papers and presentations. So I guess it is time for...
View ArticleWhat exactly is privacy?
Yesterday I had the fortune to attend a discussion about Privacy post 9/11. We started our time together by watching a segment of the PBS publication Frontline called “Are We Safer?” which was a short...
View ArticleGoals of Primary and Secondary Education
“ED’s mission is to promote student achievement and preparation for global competitiveness by fostering educational excellence and ensuring equal access.” Let’s unpack this statement because it is...
View ArticleService to the Nation
This week I would like to do a short reflection on the PLA spring break trip to Washington D.C. When I first found out that we would be going to D.C. I wasn’t super pumped about it because I did not...
View ArticleMeasuring student progress
If one were to judge my high school education solely based on my SAT score he or she might think that it was quite average because my score was quite average. However, I don’t think an SAT score is...
View ArticleReflecting on THON 2014
This week I am taking a break from writing about Education reform and taking the time to reflect on my experience this past weekend as a dancer at THON 2014. Let me start of by saying that experiencing...
View ArticleDiscussion on Teacher and Student Assessment… to be continued
Last week my group members and I had the opportunity to sit down with Dr. Jackie Edmondson, the Associate Vice President and Associate Dean of Undergraduate Education at Penn State, to ask her some of...
View ArticleThoughts on General Education
Yesterday I met with my advisor to do some long-term planning and as we all know one of the necessary evils of general education is English 202, unless you are studying English in which case they...
View ArticleReflection on the Delta Program
After our meeting with Dr. Jon Downs this evening in class I find myself completely inspired, full of questions and disappointed. As a State College native I am familiar with the Delta program although...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Short Reflection on Success
In President Obama’s State of the Union Address on Tuesday, he mentioned the American Dream, without using it’s name, and how many have lost faith in it. I can’t help but question, like many before...
View ArticleSecondary and Primary Education Reform
Tonight in PLA we had the difficult task of narrowing down our “wooly” topic of Education Reform to only a few sub-topics. Naturally everyone had different ideas and interests that they shared with the...
View ArticleFootball Coach vs. President
In class on Tuesday, Dean Brady posed this question: « Who is the more important hire for Penn State, the head football coach or the president of the university? ». It seems that the answer is obvious,...
View ArticleSemester Reflection
1) I am not super woman and I shouldn’t try to be. At the beginning of this semester I had a lot going; 18 credits, working in the dinning commons, tutoring a few times a week and two new leadership...
View ArticleInternational Students and American Students at Penn State
This past week in class our topic of discussion was: Student Topics. I thought maybe what we would do was decide as a class on one or two topics and then have a class discussion of these topics. What...
View ArticleThe Dash
The event that I am going to write about is not something that took place on campus. In fact I don’t know if it can be considered an “event” but that’s what I am going to call it for the purpose of...
View ArticleComments
“American Needs to be More European” http://sites.psu.edu/laurelpetrulionisleadershipblog/2013/11/20/america-needs-to-be-more-european/ Laurel, I really like your post “America needs to be More...
View Article
