Reduce the Rate: Rev. Jesse Jackson Joins Movement Against Crippling Rates on Student Loans

Democracy Now!
March 12, 2009

Amid massive government bailouts of the nation’s banks,
we speak to the Reverend Jesse Jackson about “Reduce the Rate,” his new campaign urging the Obama administration to slash the interest rates on crippling student loans. We also speak with Alan Collinge, founder of Student Loan Justice and author of The Student Loan Scam: The Most Oppressive Debt in U.S. History—and How We Can Fight Back.

Differentiated Instruction Allows Students to Succeed

By Ben Johnson
3/2/09
Edutopia

...Designed Differentiation is the deliberate act of modifying instruction or an assignment in order to customize the effect to match the particular developmental level and skills of a student or group of students. The ideal is to provide equivalent learning activities that cater to the students' strengths but bring all of the students to the same learning objective. On one end of the spectrum is the one-size-fits-all learning activity, while on the other end is the completely individualized learning plan for each student. Although, I believe it is time for the latter, realism demands that teachers deal with something that hovers around the middle of the continuum...