January 2019 Blog Posts (26)

TEACHER VOICE: Will students fail if teachers can’t make a living wage?

TEACHER VOICE: Will students fail if teachers can’t make a living wage?

  • By Lauren Lieberman, …
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Added by Michael Keany on January 24, 2019 at 3:14pm — No Comments

7 Experiences New Teachers Should Seek Out for a More Satisfying Career

7 Experiences New Teachers Should Seek Out for a More Satisfying Career

  • By David B. Cohen, …
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Added by Michael Keany on January 24, 2019 at 2:59pm — No Comments

How to Take Control of Your Life in 2019 by Dan Rockwell

How to Take Control of Your Life in 2019

by Dan Rockwell

If you don’t choose how to show up…

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Added by Michael Keany on January 24, 2019 at 2:49pm — No Comments

Replication by Robert E. Slavin

Replication
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Added by Michael Keany on January 24, 2019 at 2:09pm — No Comments

How teachers talk about Sight-Words

We have 50 million functional illiterates. Two questions emerge. What technique was used to accomplish this destruction? And how was the Education Establishment able to conceal the whole operation?

Sight-words were used to undermine literacy.

As for concealment, the main part of the secret is dense, unfriendly jargon. People talk a lot but almost nobody knows what's going…

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Added by Bruce Deitrick Price on January 21, 2019 at 8:00pm — No Comments

The Power of a Mid-Year Reboot

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Added by Michael Keany on January 21, 2019 at 10:55am — No Comments

Paradigm Shifts Necessary for 21st Century Learning (and Beyond) - Lori Koerner

     Play is not a luxury, it is a necessity. Recent reports have stated that many schools across the United States have been reducing recess to minutes per day or canceling it all together, so that more time can be spent in the classroom. The assumption behind this is that as a result of the Common Core State Standards which many states had adopted, there is more pressure for teachers and their students to score better in the classroom. There has been very little research which has…

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Added by Lori Koerner on January 17, 2019 at 3:23pm — No Comments

Can anyone think critically about critical thinking?

To start with, the phrase "critical thinking" is unnecessary. Thinking is quite sufficient. Can anybody's students do that anymore?

Well, color me cynical. But I think the public schools started yammering about Critical Thinking exactly at the time they decided not to bother with it anymore.

If you teach arithmetic with Common Core, you're going to get…

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Added by Bruce Deitrick Price on January 15, 2019 at 10:00pm — No Comments

How we can help our students stop learning leaks

How we can help our students stop learning leaks

Few things are more frustrating for students (and their teachers) than having a concept or skill that has already been learned "leak" out the brain and disappear. Curtis Chandler explains how those leaks happen and what teachers can do to counter them. Suggested apps and tools included. …
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Added by Michael Keany on January 15, 2019 at 11:19am — No Comments

Ace in the hand: Principal support for National Board candidates

Ace in the hand: Principal support for National Board candidates

"Skilled principals can stack the deck to nurture teacher success, especially when teachers are pursuing their National Board Certification," NBCT Jess Ledbetter writes in this blog post. Learn more about what principals can do to grow accomplished teaching and encourage educators in their schools. …
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Added by Michael Keany on January 15, 2019 at 11:15am — No Comments

How to Improve Weakness in Others by Dan Rockwell

How to Improve Weakness in Others

by Dan Rockwell

Extroverts feel frustrated because others…

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Added by Michael Keany on January 15, 2019 at 11:12am — No Comments

10 ways to help students use academic language

10 ways to help students use academic language

10 ways to help students use academic language
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Educators should create opportunities for students -- particularly English-language learners -- to use academic…
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Added by Michael Keany on January 10, 2019 at 9:46am — No Comments

Time Is an Essential Teacher Resource, So How Can Schools Be More Creative With It?

Time Is an Essential Teacher Resource, So How Can Schools Be More Creative With It?

Mindshift

If it were only up to Loveland High School Assistant Principal Marc Heiser, his school would have…
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Added by Michael Keany on January 9, 2019 at 12:06pm — No Comments

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