March 2014 Blog Posts (81)

The Wrong Way to Teach Grammar by MICHELLE NAVARRE CLEARY

The Wrong Way to Teach Grammar



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Added by Michael Keany on March 24, 2014 at 6:33am — No Comments

Kindergarten teacher: My job is now about tests and data — not children. I quit.



Kindergarten teacher: My job is now about tests and data — not children. I quit.



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Added by Michael Keany on March 24, 2014 at 6:26am — 1 Comment

The never-ending controversy over all-girls education

The never-ending controversy over all-girls education

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Added by Michael Keany on March 24, 2014 at 5:56am — No Comments

A ‘Dear John’ letter to Florida — from 2010 state Teacher of the Year



A ‘Dear John’ letter to Florida — from 2010 state Teacher of the Year



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Added by Michael Keany on March 23, 2014 at 9:05am — No Comments

What’s the ‘Sweet Spot’ of Difficulty For Learning? by Annie Murphy Paul

What’s the ‘Sweet Spot’ of Difficulty For…

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Added by Michael Keany on March 21, 2014 at 1:25pm — No Comments

Suits you, Sir! by Dave Dodgson



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Added by Michael Keany on March 21, 2014 at 1:15pm — No Comments

Do Clothes Make the Teacher? By Walt Gardner

Do Clothes Make the Teacher?

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Added by Michael Keany on March 21, 2014 at 1:11pm — No Comments

Edcamps: Remixing Professional Development by Andrew Marcinek



Edcamps: Remixing Professional Development

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Added by Michael Keany on March 21, 2014 at 1:03pm — No Comments

Teaching Students to Embrace Mistakes by Hunter Maats and Katie O'Brien



Teaching Students to Embrace Mistakes

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Added by Michael Keany on March 21, 2014 at 12:58pm — No Comments

College isn’t for everyone. Let’s stop pretending it is. by Michael J. Petrilli

College isn’t for everyone. Let’s stop pretending it is.

Michael J. Petrilli

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Added by Michael Keany on March 20, 2014 at 7:09pm — No Comments

Things I Forgot After 13 Years Away From the Classroom

This is a guest blog by veteran educator, Deborah Wooleyhand.



I was recently asked to cover a class at a local elementary school during state testing. The teacher I substituted for was administering the assessment to a student with one/one accommodations. I quickly agreed. How hard could it be? I was a kindergarten teacher for 18 years, so covering a class for a few hours would be no problem.



I have been out of the classroom for 13 years. I forgot how children like to push… Continue

Added by Debbie Wooleyhand on March 20, 2014 at 6:39pm — No Comments

So how overblown were No. 1 Shanghai’s PISA results? by Valerie Strauss

The Answer Sheet

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Added by Michael Keany on March 20, 2014 at 1:42pm — No Comments

Two Roads Diverged…

…no this is not Robert Frost’s The Road Not Taken, but it is where we stand—at a crossroads in education. We have two competing views of how we as a nation should travel into the future. On one side exists a technocratic solution—the system has failed or is failing, and therefore a radical change is necessary. This is the disruptive innovation view. To those who subscribe to this view, the covenant that we have had with public education since the days of Horrace Mann in the 1850s is no longer… Continue

Added by David A. Gamberg on March 19, 2014 at 5:51pm — No Comments

Grades: The Educational Dinosaur of Our Time by Starr Sackstein

Grades: The Educational Dinosaur of Our Time

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Added by Michael Keany on March 19, 2014 at 4:31pm — No Comments

How obsolete is your school? Take this quiz to find out. by Lisa Nielsen

How obsolete is your school? Take this quiz to find out.

In his recent article, "14 things that are obsolete in 21st century schools," Ingvi Hrannar Ómarsson, gives innovative educators, students, and parents some food for…
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Added by Michael Keany on March 19, 2014 at 10:03am — No Comments

Video: Kids with severe disabilities taking mandatory standardized test



Video: Kids with severe disabilities taking mandatory standardized test



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Added by Michael Keany on March 17, 2014 at 2:13pm — No Comments

Netflix’s Reed Hastings has a big idea: Kill elected school boards By Valerie Strauss

The Answer Sheet

By Valerie Strauss…

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Added by Michael Keany on March 17, 2014 at 2:05pm — No Comments

4 Things To Consider As You Allow Phones in Class By Colleen Lee

Edudemic

4 Things To Consider As You Allow Phones in Class

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Added by Michael Keany on March 17, 2014 at 11:01am — No Comments

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