January 2014 Blog Posts (87)

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Honoring the Words of Martin Luther King, Jr.

There are those Americans who blaze trails, opening doors for new possibilities, whose words echo throughout the land, and who courageously act to bring about change.  Martin Luther King, Jr. was one such man. His courageous thoughts and deeds impacted others during a time of unrest in America. On January 20, 2014, America…
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Added by Carol Varsalona on January 24, 2014 at 8:15pm — No Comments

Knowledge at the Core by Chester E. Finn, Jr. and Michael J. Petrilli

Knowledge at the Core

Chester E. Finn, Jr. and Michael J. Petrilli

 

Our slim new book Knowledge at the Core: Don Hirsch, Core Knowledge, and the Future of the Common Core has three large aims. First, it pays tribute to three decades of scholarship and…
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Added by Michael Keany on January 24, 2014 at 1:54pm — 1 Comment

Let’s Hear it for the Boy by Bruce Oliver



January 2014 Volume XI Issue I

Just for the ASKing! is a monthly e-newsletter that addresses the needs of all those who strive to be instructional leaders. This month's issue focuses on the widening achievement gap between boys and girls. It includes research-based recommendations about actions we should be taking to minimize and close that gap.…

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Added by Michael Keany on January 24, 2014 at 12:25pm — No Comments

Andrew Cuomo’s tax freeze surprise for school districts by Sean Brady

Andrew Cuomo’s tax freeze surprise for school districts

01/23/2014 by 
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Added by Michael Keany on January 24, 2014 at 11:00am — No Comments

How to Use Wild Hog Questions in the Classroom by BEN JOHNSON



How to Use Wild Hog Questions in the Classroom

JANUARY 23, 2014
This post by BEN JOHNSON originally appeared in Edutopia’s …
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Added by Michael Keany on January 24, 2014 at 8:54am — No Comments

Administrators Gone Mad By Justin Minkel

Administrators Gone Mad

By Justin Minkel on January 22, 2014 Ed Week

I wrote in a …

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Added by Michael Keany on January 23, 2014 at 12:06pm — No Comments

10 Critical Issues Facing Education By Peter DeWitt

10 Critical Issues Facing Education

By Peter DeWitt on January 23, 2014 
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Added by Michael Keany on January 23, 2014 at 12:00pm — No Comments

Twitter Chats: An Hour Well Worth Your Time By Peter DeWitt

Twitter Chats: An Hour Well Worth Your Time

By Peter DeWitt on January 19, 2014 
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Added by Michael Keany on January 22, 2014 at 5:01pm — No Comments

Collaboration Matters by Joshua Block



Collaboration Matters

JANUARY 22, 2014
This post by JOSHUA BLOCK originally appeared in Edutopia’s …
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Added by Michael Keany on January 22, 2014 at 4:44pm — No Comments

Students Should Be Tested More, Not Less by Jessica Leahey

Students Should Be Tested More, Not Less

When done right, frequent testing helps people remember information longer.
JAN 21 2014,
The Atlantic
Bebeto…
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Added by Michael Keany on January 22, 2014 at 4:41pm — 1 Comment

Change and challenge: tips on moving forward in the face of resistance by Grant Wiggins

Change and challenge: tips on moving forward in the face of resistance

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Added by Michael Keany on January 21, 2014 at 4:01pm — No Comments

Mike Schmoker on Curriculum Focus and Simplicity

Mike Schmoker on Curriculum Focus and Simplicity

“In the realm of organizational improvement, complexity kills,” says author/consultant Mike Schmoker in this powerful article in Education Week. “It demoralizes employees and distorts the critical connection between effort and outcomes. It is the enemy of the most indispensable elements of improvement: clarity, priority, and focus… It prevents us from perceiving the simplest, but most effective…

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Added by Michael Keany on January 21, 2014 at 10:00am — No Comments

Are You Sick of Highly Paid Teachers?

Thanks to Scot McLeod for drawing our attention to this post.



sboucher

Daily Kos

MON FEB 21, 2011 AT 09:18 PM PST

Are you sick of highly-paid teachers?

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Teachers' hefty salaries are driving up taxes, and they only work nine or ten months a year! It's time we put things in perspective and pay them for what they do -- babysit!

We can get that for less than minimum wage.



A friend on facebook shared this with me, and it's a hoot.… Continue

Added by Michael Keany on January 20, 2014 at 11:53am — No Comments

Remember Like an Actor - improve your memory using these actors’ tricks by Annie Murphy Paul

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Added by Michael Keany on January 20, 2014 at 8:53am — No Comments

It Takes a Dream and a Team to Create a Voice in Education

“There is nothing like a dream to create the future.” 
Victor Hugo, Les Miserables
 
At just what point in life do…
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Added by Carol Varsalona on January 19, 2014 at 6:51pm — No Comments

‘I would love to teach but…’ by Valerie Strauss about the resignation of Kris Nielsen from Teaching



‘I would love to teach but…’



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Added by Michael Keany on January 19, 2014 at 11:26am — No Comments

Obama’s Homework Assignment by Thomas L. Friedman



NY Times SundayReview|OP-ED COLUMNIST

Obama’s Homework Assignment

JAN. 18, 2014…



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Added by Michael Keany on January 19, 2014 at 11:22am — No Comments

Education Establishment and Imperialism

Wouldn't you confidently predict that our Education Establishment is full of people who spend a lot of time complaining about imperialism. They do this because they are smugly confident that it's Other People who commit this crime, and especially the United States.

But what after all is imperialism but trying to tell everybody else what to do. Not just tell them but make them.

And who does all that more than our own Education…

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Added by Bruce Deitrick Price on January 17, 2014 at 4:53pm — No Comments

Common Core’s Newer Math - A return to mathematical ignorance By David G. Bonagura Jr.

Common Core’s Newer Math 

A return to mathematical ignorance 

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Added by Michael Keany on January 17, 2014 at 2:31pm — No Comments

New Yorker Magazine Cover Highlights Parents' Perspective by Alexander Russo

Covers: New Yorker Highlights Parents' Perspective

by Alexander Russo
This Week in Education…

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Added by Michael Keany on January 17, 2014 at 2:25pm — No Comments

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