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Cleaning Up for the Common Core by Jessica Keigan

Cleaning Up for the Common Core



Jessica Keigan
Ever watched a reality T.V. show about hoarders? They are horrifying. Piles of magazines from multiple decades. Bedrooms filled with polyester clothing and cats. These shows always shock my system.…
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Added by Michael Keany on March 15, 2012 at 8:45am — No Comments

Mathematical Practices Make a Difference by Ali Crowley

Mathematical Practices Make a Difference



Ali Crowley
I'm a high school math teacher in Kentucky, a state that not only adopted the Common Core Standards but also began full implementation of them in math and English classes this year (currently 46 days…
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Added by Michael Keany on March 15, 2012 at 8:44am — No Comments

Common Core: Letting Go of Control by Lauren Hill

Common Core: Letting Go of Control



Lauren Hill
The philosophy underpinning the Common Core Standards demands that teachers let go of control in the classroom and give it to students. I love this. It is exactly the right thing to do. Can't you remember your own teachers ardently…
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Added by Michael Keany on March 15, 2012 at 8:43am — No Comments

Can Stereotyping Girls Harm Boys Too? by Annie Murphy Paul



March 9, 2012 | 9:21 AM |

Can Stereotyping Girls Harm Boys Too?



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Added by Michael Keany on March 14, 2012 at 1:05pm — No Comments

Hidden cost of destroying education by David Gamberg

Guest Column: Hidden cost of destroying education

By  | 03/02/2012 

Suffolk Times…

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Added by Michael Keany on March 14, 2012 at 11:31am — No Comments

R.I.P. Encyclopedia Britannica

Encyclopedia Britannica announced on 3/13/12 that its 2010 print edition will be its last:

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Added by Ryan Fisk on March 14, 2012 at 8:00am — No Comments

Arts Education Needs to be Protected

Arts Education Needs to be Protected

Tuesday, March 13, 2012…
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Added by Michael Keany on March 13, 2012 at 9:06am — No Comments

Pass the Books. Hold the Oil. by Tom Friedman

Pass the Books. Hold the Oil.

Thomas Fuchs
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Published: March 10,…
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Added by Michael Keany on March 13, 2012 at 8:44am — No Comments

Why I Decided to Become a Private School Teacher by Nadia Zananiri

Why I Decided to Become a Private School Teacher

By Nancy Flanagan on March 10, 2012

This is…

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Added by Michael Keany on March 12, 2012 at 4:55pm — No Comments

Empower Students: 5 Powerful Strategies by Celina Brennan

Celina Brennan

ASCD Edge

Meeting students…

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Added by Michael Keany on March 12, 2012 at 4:37pm — No Comments

What About the Kids Who Behave? by JASON L. RILEY

What About the Kids Who Behave?

A new Education Department study reveals disturbing sensibilities on the left when it comes to education in general and black education in particular.

  • WSJ…
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Added by Michael Keany on March 10, 2012 at 9:26am — No Comments

Vince Marsala: Politicians are Wrecking Our Schools

Vince Marsala: Politicians are Wrecking Our Schools

By Anthony Cody on March 8, 2012 

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Added by Michael Keany on March 9, 2012 at 11:42am — No Comments

My View: Wanted: Amazing administrators by Megan Allen

My View: Wanted: Amazing administrators

Courtesy Blair Allen By Megan Allen, Special to CNN

Editor’s…

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Added by Michael Keany on March 8, 2012 at 2:24pm — No Comments

Losing our way

Throughout history, there are numerous examples of smart people who have made poor decisions. At the time, they may have thought that the decision seemed logical, appropriate and promised that positive changes would result. We have all read stories of well-respected people who have made incredibly ill-conceived statements, policies, and proclamations that in hindsight were misguided, short-sighted and downright wrong. Here's a grievous example of one of those misguided decisions.

The…

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Added by Andy Greene on March 8, 2012 at 6:34am — 2 Comments

Six Reasons Rewards Don't Work by DR. RICHARD CURWIN

Six Reasons Rewards Don't Work

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Added by Michael Keany on March 7, 2012 at 9:45pm — No Comments

Save Long Island Schools Facebook Group (I am reposting email)

As educators, I felt many of the Long Islanders on this board would find this email informative...

 
Please distribute the more people we get to join us the stronger we will be.
 
 
Dear  fellow Long Islanders, 

     I am a parent in the East Islip School district, in September our PTA council formed a Legislative Action Committee. Several weeks ago we had a meeting with one…

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Added by Pam Calandra on March 7, 2012 at 3:11pm — No Comments

There are no miracles, but there are teachers: An educator’s view on the Common Core by Darren Burris

There are no miracles, but there are teachers: An educator’s view on the Common Core

By Darren Burris
Hechinger Report


Ask 10 fifth-grade…

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Added by Michael Keany on March 7, 2012 at 2:59pm — No Comments

Why most teachers don’t know what they don’t know.

Most professions have professional journals. Professional journals have long been the method by which innovations to professions have been introduced. Lengthy articles explaining the: who, what, where, when, why and how of an innovation in the profession was spelled out for all to read. Follow-up journal articles weighed the pros and cons. Journals historically have been a form of print media, but with the advent of the internet many are transitioning to a digital form in addition to the…

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Added by Tom Whitby on March 7, 2012 at 11:16am — No Comments

Remembering our favorite TV teachers by Jordan Bienstock

Remembering our favorite TV teachers

By Jordan Bienstock, CNN

(CNN) – Teachers play a tremendous role in shaping how we view the world. But who – or what – shapes our view of teachers? For me, and I’m guessing…

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Added by Michael Keany on March 5, 2012 at 6:14pm — No Comments

Back to School: Student for a Day

“The secret of education lies in respecting the pupil.” Ralph Waldo Emerson…

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Added by Bill Burkhead on March 4, 2012 at 7:00pm — No Comments

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