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I heard the comment many times, as an all-purpose excuse: "They mean well. They just can't get their act together."'
I puzzled over this. I pondered and I pondered. More and more it seemed to me that they don't mean well at all.
And our big national problem is that they do have their act together.
Just take any one item: 50 million functional illiterates and millions of children who never learn to read…
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Hurdles for teacher leaders
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Toward a (truly) universal pre-K in NYC
Mayor Bill de Blasio has unveiled a campaign to win a tax on high-earning New Yorkers to vastly improve the city's pre-kindergarten and after-school programs, reports Al Baker in The New York Times. De Blasio has assembled a high-powered taskforce and media campaign to apply political pressure in Albany, where he needs state leaders' approval to raise the city's tax rate to 4.41 percent, from 3.87…
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ELLs and the policies around them
A new brief from the Education Commission of the States examines reform issues around English Language Learners (ELLs), who as of 2010-11 were one in every 10 public school students in the United States. More than 25 percent of ELLs speak a language other than Spanish, and 10 percent speak a language that is not in the top ten; in some states, a majority of ELLs don't speak top-ten languages. The brief…
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Opting out is in, but does it work?
More parents are choosing to opt out of high-stakes standardized testing for their kids. But what impact does not participating really have—and is it really the best way to implement change?
Answer this question here in the comment section, or email me at
bookgirlblogger(at)gmail(dot)com, and your opinion could appear in a national magazine.
Happy reading and…
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While it is time to post my proposal for the NCTE 2014 Convention, I thought I would share my experience at the 2013 NCTE Convention in Boston last November.…
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WHAT MAKES SOME PEOPLE PERSEVERE THROUGH TRYING CIRCUMSTANCES WHILE OTHERS BEGIN FLAILING AT THE FIRST SIGN OF CRISIS? UNDERSTANDING THE KEY QUALITIES OF RESILIENT PEOPLE IS THE FIRST STEP TO CULTIVATING THAT BOUNCE-BACK QUALITY IN YOURSELF.
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Yes, we can reverse the dark tide in American education. Easily. Teach facts.
First, fully confront the nihilism you are up against. Some people want to pull the plug so that everything substantial drains out of the classroom. All facts, all knowledge, gone. The children will spend their time discussing problems in society, preparing portfolios, working on projects. Nothing these children say or think will mean very much because they won’t know any…
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I recently read Lyddie, by Katherine Paterson and I couldn't put it down. Why?
1. Ms. Paterson followed the most important rule of writing by creating a character readers care
about. I liked Lyddie as a person, and was willing to stick through 200 pages with her to make
sure things turned out in her favor.
2. Ms. Paterson grabbed me with all of the sights, sounds and smells of the time period. I felt like I
was on a…
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TEACH THE FOUR IMPROVERS OF WRITING AND MAKE YOUR STUDENT WRITERS THE EDITORS
Evelyn Rothstein, Ed.D., Adjunct Professor and Educational Consultant
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