January 2015 Blog Posts (69)

A home-schooling free-for-all?

A home-schooling free-for-all?

Unlike much education in this country, home-schooling is broadly unregulated, writes Motoko Rich in The New York Times. Along with its steady growth has come a debate and lobbying war over how much oversight such education requires. Eleven states do not require home-schooling families to register with district or state agencies, according to the Coalition for Responsible Home Education. Fourteen states do not specify subjects that…

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Added by Michael Keany on January 14, 2015 at 8:30am — No Comments

Education: the epicenter of injustice in our society

Education: the epicenter of injustice in our society

Low-income children of color are at the epicenter of injustice in our society, writes Mark Warren in The New England Journal of Public Policy. It will take a social movement to break this cycle, but education reformers seldom think in movement terms. Most reformers take a technical or an organizational approach, concentrating on how education is delivered, e.g., improving curricula or better training…

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Added by Michael Keany on January 14, 2015 at 8:21am — No Comments

Evaluation Lessons From Roger Ebert

The documentary "Life Itself" about the life of Roger Ebert is a multi-dimensional study of a very interesting man and his work.  He was the first film critic to receive a Pulitzer Prize (1975) for film criticism. His writing was recognized as being insightful and revelatory. As a critic, he was viewed as a true expert of the cinema. One slice of the documentary that is of particular importance to educators is when Martin Scorsese spoke about receiving reviews from Roger Ebert.…

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Added by Jill Berkowicz & Ann Myers on January 13, 2015 at 4:16pm — No Comments

Have you thought about what dyslexia really is?

By way of  setting the stage, dyslexia is  for sure a huge topic. It is probably a huge fraud. And there seems to be a significant shift in attitude about this subject.

 What we know for sure is that the public schools use dyslexia as an excuse for the bad results they get in reading. Dyslexia is also used as a hook for fundraising by the International Dyslexia Association.

 The Cynic’s Guide to Education would tell you that our public…

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Added by Bruce Deitrick Price on January 12, 2015 at 9:23pm — 2 Comments

Are You a Dynamic Leader? By Christopher Wooleyhand, Ph.D.

What is dynamic leadership? How do you know if you have it or not? Why is it important? School leaders continue to take on a range of daily responsibilities. Dynamic leadership may be the singular approach that allows schools to meet with success. Our students and teachers cannot afford to be led by those who lack the skills to ensure that every minute of their day is spent meaningfully. Are you a dynamic leader? Let’s look at the arguable qualities that make a leader dynamic or… Continue

Added by Debbie Wooleyhand on January 12, 2015 at 6:30pm — No Comments

Mom spells out problems with PARCC Common Core test by Sarah Blaine

Mom spells out problems with PARCC Common Core test

Washington Post…
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Added by Michael Keany on January 12, 2015 at 6:14am — No Comments

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Added by ALBERTA CECILIA on January 12, 2015 at 4:00am — No Comments

Scanning the World- a 3D Printing Initiative by Peter Suchmann

http://www.inside3dp.com/scanning-world-global-educational-initiative-3d-printing/

As Educational Consultants, we travel around Long Island and New York City visiting schools, libraries and community groups. Once there, we are always asked the following question: What should we be printing with our 3D Printers to really motivate and fascinate our students?

There are many…

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Added by Peter Suchmann on January 11, 2015 at 4:30pm — No Comments

Exam 350-018 Latest and Updated Real Exam Questions and Answers

Passing the Cisco 350-018—great advantages for the IT professionals

Understanding the nature of 350-018 CCIE Security written (Version 4.0)

The Cisco CCIE Security written (Version 4.0) is a well-known Cisco certification exam, which is associated with  numerous promising job roles. The Cisco 350-018 questions has designed the core areas of Cisco CCIE Security written (Version 4.0) in a technical way and in the wake of advanced Cisco sector…

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Added by ethel zylstra on January 11, 2015 at 11:00am — No Comments

A Post from Paris by Grant Wiggins

A Post from Paris

by grantwiggins

I happened to be in Paris the day of the terror attack, and it was a…

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Added by Michael Keany on January 11, 2015 at 9:12am — No Comments

Teacher Evaluation: going from bad to worse by Carol Burris

Teacher evaluation: going from bad to worse?…

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Added by Michael Keany on January 11, 2015 at 9:10am — No Comments

Empathy in the classroom. Helping Hands Month - Feb. 2015

http://www.inside3dp.com/empathy-force-drives-3d-printing-revolution/

Please tell me what you think of this idea. If you like it- please help me to spread the word. Pete@3dprintingedu.com

Added by Peter Suchmann on January 10, 2015 at 3:00pm — No Comments

11 Helpful Reading Apps that can be Downloaded on a Tablet or Smartphone

Reading is just of the activities that not everyone can deal with. Some maybe lucky that they don't have trouble dealing with anything that they want to read. But, try to consider and think of others who happened to experience some difficulty when it comes to reading.

But, through the modern technology that the world have now anything can be possible. Reading disabilities is not a big problem at all as long as you have you iPad…

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Added by Lizelle Garnier on January 9, 2015 at 12:26am — No Comments

America's Strength: An Innovation Economy by Robert E. Slavin

America's Strength: An Innovation Economy

Robert E. Slavin



In a 2012 article in The New York Times called …

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Added by Michael Keany on January 8, 2015 at 11:55am — No Comments

Teacher Evaluation 3.0

Any current evaluation tool based upon established teaching and leading standards, no matter how they came to be, can serve as architecture. They are the "what" of the process.  Think of them as the steel beams of the process...and that is all.  What happens as the floors, ceilings, windows, HVAC systems, walls, and furnishings are put in place remains a locally controlled issue. They are the "how" of the process.  The "how" is most certainly a personal, and locally…

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Added by Jill Berkowicz & Ann Myers on January 8, 2015 at 6:59am — No Comments

What if everyone told the truth?

An article in the New York Times, signed by everybody on the editorial board,  argued that every problem in the schools is due to a shortage of money, and racial problems.

 Basically, the New York Times claims this. Gov. Cuomo claims this. And the Regents claim this. Each ends up in the same spot, although coming from different directions and with different emphasis. Money and race. Race and money. That's what they want to talk about. And the goal in every case is money, more…

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Added by Bruce Deitrick Price on January 7, 2015 at 4:58pm — No Comments

To grow up the child of well-educated parents in an affluent American home is to hit the verbal lottery

It's all about the schema

To grow up the child of well-educated parents in an affluent American home is to hit the verbal lottery, writes Robert Pondiscio on the Thomas B. Fordham Institute website. Verbal parents chatter incessantly, and offer a running commentary on everything in a child's life. In sharp contrast, early disadvantages in language among low-income children -- both a low volume of words and little variety in how words are used --…

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Added by Michael Keany on January 7, 2015 at 10:48am — No Comments

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