March 2014 Blog Posts (81)

Beyond the Ban: Revisiting In-School Internet Access by Tom Whitby



Beyond the Ban: Revisiting In-School Internet Access

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Added by Michael Keany on March 16, 2014 at 4:59pm — No Comments

Is Stocking Library Shelves with Nonfiction Content a Waste of Money? by Bill Ferriter





Is Stocking Library Shelves with Nonfiction Content a Waste of Money?



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Added by Michael Keany on March 16, 2014 at 10:03am — No Comments

Where Are the People of Color in Children’s Books? By WALTER DEAN MYERS







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Added by Michael Keany on March 16, 2014 at 9:42am — No Comments

The EdTPA Assessment Test By Linda A. Kellner

The EdTPA Assessment Test

By Linda A. Kellner



I have now spent the last seven months working closely with students in two local universities who are completing the edTPA assessment in order to achieve New York State Certification in Education. I have provided workshops, seminars, and support sessions and worked with individual students to clarify some of the prompts and questions in the document they have to complete. Please note, as supervisors we are not permitted to…

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Added by Michael Keany on March 14, 2014 at 9:44am — No Comments

Correcting SAT isn't the answer - USA Today Editorial



Correcting SAT isn't the answer: Our view





The Editorial Board, USATODAY6:39 p.m. EDT March 13, 2014…


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Added by Michael Keany on March 14, 2014 at 9:30am — No Comments

5 Ways to Encourage Child Creativity by Lisa Nielsen

5 Ways to Encourage Child Creativity

by Lisa Nielsen



Schools don’t have to kill the creativity Sir Ken Robinson laments in his popular video. To follow are a few ideas…
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Added by Michael Keany on March 13, 2014 at 2:48pm — No Comments

How Does PISA Put the World at Risk (Part 1): Romanticizing Misery by Yong Zhao

How Does PISA Put the World at Risk (Part 1): Romanticizing Misery

by Yong Zhao
9 MARCH 2014 

PISA, the OECD’s triennial international assessment of 15 year olds in math, reading, and science, has become one of the most destructive forces in education today. It creates illusory models of excellence, romanticizes misery, glorifies educational…

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Added by Michael Keany on March 13, 2014 at 2:12pm — No Comments

Common Core and Planning: Organizing a Unit of Instruction by Todd Finley

 

Common Core and Planning: Organizing a Unit of Instruction

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Added by Michael Keany on March 13, 2014 at 1:31pm — No Comments

Common Core: Guilty by Association...or Just Guilty? By Peter DeWitt

Common Core: Guilty by Association...or Just Guilty?

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Added by Michael Keany on March 13, 2014 at 1:21pm — No Comments

Diversity: image and reality by Annie Murphy Paul

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Added by Michael Keany on March 12, 2014 at 6:52pm — No Comments

There's Power in the Collective Voice: NYEDChat, The Voice of NYS Educators

It was less than a little over one year ago, that I began to explore Twitter as a professional development tool. For a decade before joining this conversational platform I explored the strength of connected voices through collegial circle and listserv conversations. Little did I realize how social media could strengthen…

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Added by Carol Varsalona on March 12, 2014 at 5:00pm — No Comments

Building A Community of Writers

Within every human soul is the gift of writing, whether we believe this is so or not. Everyone has a thought deep inside. Some thoughts explode on paper and some through oral communication. Others do not surface because of a lack of confidence in the writing process. As an educator and a proponent of writing, I have always encouraged others to have their voice take flight. …
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Added by Carol Varsalona on March 12, 2014 at 5:00pm — No Comments

The Teacher As An Awakener

An interesting quote by Robert Frost passed through the Twitter and Pinterest networks recently that started me thinking about the role of the educator in this time of challenge and change.  …

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Added by Carol Varsalona on March 12, 2014 at 4:14pm — No Comments

Accountability and Motivation By Marc Tucker

Accountability and Motivation

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Added by Michael Keany on March 10, 2014 at 2:41pm — No Comments

College President: SAT Is Part Hoax, Part Fraud by Leon Botstein

College President: SAT Is Part Hoax, Part Fraud





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Added by Michael Keany on March 10, 2014 at 2:30pm — No Comments

Foreign Language Acquisition

Greetings to all!  I am happy to join School Leadership 2.0.  My name is Nicole Weaver , and I teach high school French and Spanish.  I currently live in Littleton ,Colorado.  I love my job and I also derive great joy writing children's picture books.  My books are unique in that they are written in English, French , and Spanish with all three texts on each page.

Here is a sample page from my newly published book, My Brother Is My Best Friend.…

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Added by Nicole Weaver on March 9, 2014 at 6:35pm — No Comments

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