In their first episode with a guest, Marc and Kelly are joined by a colleague, Michael Kahn, to debate the commonly held belief that “schools should be run more like businesses.”  Today it’s the Ed3 Show, with even more opinionated quarreling than normal!

The summer “break” is finally upon those of us on a traditional school calendar, and Marc and Kelly take this opportunity to consider different ways of organizing the school schedule, considering as many different variables as can possibly be crammed into a half-hour episode.  Is the grass really greener on the other side?

In their first two part episode, Marc and Kelly consider whether some skills being taught are no longer necessary.  Should instruction in cursive go the way of the slide rule? In this second episode, Kelly suggests a litmus test to decide whether a skill is still worth spending instructional time on, and they try it out for different skills and in various scenarios. Oh, and the photo will make a lot more sense after you listen to the episode.

In their first two part episode, Marc and Kelly consider whether some skills being taught are no longer necessary.  Should instruction in cursive go the way of the slide rule?  In this first part, the guys consider what makes skills obsolete, and which ones we may be able to eliminate.