Peter Gow's Page

Some of you may be aware that there have been changes to the way in which Ning manages its groups and that there has been a resultant influx of spam and spammers in many Ning groups. We have just seen what I think is our first.



I will do my best to delete spam content and ban spammer members from the group, but I can't guarantee instantaneous or perfect management.



It may be that changes in the way Ning wishes to do business with its groups may cause me to consider closing… Continue

Jay Mathews, ever alert to insults to the Advanced Placement curriculum, did indeed notice, and we noticed back. But in the heat of the moment, we all got caught up in the AP thing, which is really beside the point.



If the ICG has a purpose, and I believe that it very much does, it is as a place where educators interested in the creation of outstanding, challenging curriculum can come together to share ideas, questions, and concerns as we work to create educational programs and… Continue

Jay Mathews of the Washington Post has written a comprehensive critique of the Independent Curriculum Group and Bruce Hammond's excellent “Twenty of the most fundamental reasons to rethink AP" document. Along with calling the whole concept "insufferably elitist," for which those of us who have been in the biz for a generation or more can forgive a member of the working press, who… Continue

A few years back I generated a list of pointed questions relating to AP classes for an NAIS conference presentation. I have posted the questions on another blog, The New Progressivism.

I'd appreciate any feedback, comments, or pointed answers from ICG folks.

Thanks--PG