Host Karin Sconzert welcomes J. M. Beach founder and Director of 21st Century Literacy, a non-profit organization focused on literacy education and teacher training.
The organization offers a free web textbook and other educational materials, as well as workshops, teacher training seminars, and consulting. For more information, visit www.21centurylit.org or www.jmbeach.com
Beach has two new books: Can We Measure What Matters Most? Why Educational Accountability Metrics Lower Student Learning and Demoralize Teachers and The Myths of Measurement and Meritocracy: Why Accountability Metrics in Higher Education are Unfair and Increase Inequality.