February 2013 Blog Posts (123)

Why Teachers Secretly Hate Grading Papers by John T. Tierney

- John T. Tierney is a former college professor and high-school teacher.  More



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Added by Michael Keany on February 11, 2013 at 10:45am — No Comments

What’s the most important question you should be asking? by Eric Barker

What’s the most important question you should be asking?



  • Barking Up the Wrong Tree

 

I don’t spend nearly enough time on Quora. There’s…

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Added by Michael Keany on February 11, 2013 at 10:43am — No Comments

The Secret to Fixing Bad Schools By DAVID L. KIRP

The New York Times


February 9, 2013

The Secret to Fixing Bad Schools

WHAT would it really take to give students a first-rate education? Some argue that our schools are irremediably broken and that…

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Added by Michael Keany on February 11, 2013 at 10:34am — No Comments

Why Gloomy Pundits and Politicians Are Wrong About America's Education System By Derek Thompson

Why Gloomy Pundits and Politicians Are Wrong About America's Education System

By Derek Thompson

The Atlantic Monthly

A eye-opening new paper comparing U.S. students to their international peers by social class finds that the richest Americans are world-class readers, and in math, our disadvantaged kids have improved more than almost any…

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Added by Michael Keany on February 11, 2013 at 10:32am — No Comments

3 Evaluation Issues We Need to Be Talking About By Barnett Barry

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Added by Michael Keany on February 11, 2013 at 10:31am — No Comments

Technology: Use it, or lose it!

I recently got into a discussion with my friend Errol St. Clair Smith, ExecutiveProducer at BAM Radio Network on the effect that technology has had on the news media. Many of the old tried and true guidelines of journalism have been forever changed with the 24-hour news cycle, as well as, news on demand. There is also the ability of anyone to publish at anytime and have the capacity of communicating tolarge masses with the click of a enter button (return button for Apple Folks).…

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Added by Tom Whitby on February 11, 2013 at 10:20am — No Comments

Are School Leaders Prepared for the Job? By Peter DeWitt

Are School Leaders Prepared for the Job?

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Added by Michael Keany on February 11, 2013 at 10:19am — No Comments

Building School Culture...1 Relationship at a Time

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Added by Bill Burkhead on February 11, 2013 at 9:00am — No Comments

Dealing with Digital Behavior Issues: A Parent Guide by EDWARD CHEN

Dealing with Digital Behavior Issues: A Parent Guide

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Added by Michael Keany on February 8, 2013 at 4:34pm — No Comments

Creating a Family Media Agreement: How to Have the Conversation by MATT LEVINSON

Creating a Family Media Agreement: How to Have the Conversation

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Added by Michael Keany on February 8, 2013 at 4:29pm — No Comments

Changing the Education Conversation by Anne O'Brien

Changing the Education Conversation

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Added by Michael Keany on February 8, 2013 at 3:52pm — No Comments

Common Core and Print by JONATHAN OLSEN

Common Core and Print

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Added by Michael Keany on February 8, 2013 at 3:48pm — No Comments

What to Do When Students Lie by DR. RICHARD CURWIN

What to Do When Students Lie

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Added by Michael Keany on February 8, 2013 at 1:31pm — No Comments

Put Down the Guns, Pick Up the Crayons by Deb Shoemaker

Put Down the Guns, Pick Up the Crayons

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Added by Michael Keany on February 8, 2013 at 1:24pm — No Comments

A Digital worksheet is still a worksheet.

I have read what seems like several, but in reality is probably a few blog posts recently that have claimed to have examined technology in schools and found that it has made little difference in learning. Of course many of these speak in generalities lacking specifics other than there is technology and there is a classroom and they observed stuff. When it comes to technology too many believe that by dropping it into a classroom magic happens. Even the most…

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Added by Tom Whitby on February 8, 2013 at 10:58am — No Comments

How Much Help is Too Much Help?

February 7, 2013
 
Recently, one of my children applied for an advanced science class.  Part of the application process was to write a 200-250 word essay on advances in genetic science.  As a teacher, I figured the best way to help my…
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Added by Christine Brower-Cohen on February 7, 2013 at 3:00pm — No Comments

Bad Boys: Educating the Most Difficult Students By Ilana Garon

Bad Boys: Educating the Most Difficult Students

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Added by Michael Keany on February 7, 2013 at 12:15pm — 1 Comment

Heard the One About Old Teachers Resisting Tests? By Nancy Flanagan

Heard the One About Old Teachers Resisting Tests?

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Added by Michael Keany on February 7, 2013 at 12:14pm — No Comments

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