Re: Education

[John Hunter <deming@ilema.net>]

> I also would urge you to consult the work of David 
> Langford who has done more to develop Dr. Deming's
> ideas for education than anyone else.  
> You will find expositions of David's work
> at the DEN web site:
>
>http://deming.ces.clemson.edu/pub/den/deming_tribus.htm

I agree.

The Leander, Texas school district has worked closely with David Langford for years.  David started his work with Deming's ideas with Mt. Edgecume High School.  They have continued to move forward and their web site is worth visiting:

  www.mehs.educ.state.ak.us/quality.html

And Alfie Kohn has great ideas on this whole area (he often mentions the dangers of applying "Quality" to learning), see his recent books and you can locate a number of his articels (including "Turning Learning Into a Business: Concerns About Total Quality", "Students Don't 'Work'--They Learn" and "From Degrading to De-Grading") by searching for Kohn in our library.  You can also visit Alfie's web site:

  www.alfiekohn.org

At the University level I think:

  www.wisc.edu/improve/

is a site worth visiting (they also link to many other university learning improvement sites).


    John Hunter
    Curious Cat Management Improvement Library
    http://curiouscat.com/guides/library.htm