April 2015 Blog Posts (65)

Another thing bonus pay won't fix

Another thing bonus pay won't fix

A National Education Policy Center (NEPC) review of a report from Georgetown University's Edunomics Lab finds the report misreads or ignores well-established evidence on class size, teacher assessment, pay, and job satisfaction in its proposal to pay bonuses to the "best" teachers in a district for teaching more students. The report proposes paying the top 25 percent of teachers bonuses for accepting up to three more students…

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Added by Michael Keany on April 22, 2015 at 9:15am — No Comments

How the ‘opt-out’ movement continues to grow by Steven Cohen and David Gamberg



Guest Column: How the ‘opt-out’ movement continues to grow

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Added by Michael Keany on April 22, 2015 at 8:37am — No Comments

Meet Danielle Meitiv: Fighting for Her Kids’ Rights by Peter Gray

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Added by Michael Keany on April 21, 2015 at 10:09am — No Comments

3 Reasons Why Faculty Meetings Are a Waste of Time By Peter DeWitt

3 Reasons Why Faculty Meetings Are a Waste of Time

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Added by Michael Keany on April 21, 2015 at 9:41am — No Comments

Please, No More Professional Development! by Kristine Fox via Peter DeWitt

Please, No More Professional Development!

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Added by Michael Keany on April 21, 2015 at 9:39am — No Comments

Shadowing students, another example by Grant Wiggins

Another shadowing report

by grantwiggins

Today's post is a guest post from Jeremy Chiappeta, Executive Director at Blackstone Valley Prep Mayoral Academy. Jeremy took us up on the challenge set by…

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Added by Michael Keany on April 20, 2015 at 1:57pm — No Comments

Educators alarmed by some questions on N.Y. Common Core tests by Carol Burris via Valerie Strauss

Answer Sheet

Educators alarmed by some questions on N.Y. Common Core tests

By Valerie Strauss April 19 at 12:15 PM

Washington Post…

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Added by Michael Keany on April 20, 2015 at 9:02am — No Comments

Addressing Mental Health Concerns: A Key to School Improvement

Drs. Adelman and Taylor write, " Anyone who has spent time in schools can itemize the multifaceted mental health and psychosocial concerns that require attention so that schools and students can succeed. As a result, many stakeholders are interested in enhancing how schools address such concerns. The question is: How should society's schools address the many factors interfering with teaching and learning?" …

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Added by Jill Berkowicz & Ann Myers on April 19, 2015 at 6:38am — No Comments

Title I -- program, no; funding stream, yes by Holly Yettick

Title I -- program, no; funding stream, yes

Does Title I raise test scores? asks Holly Yettick in Education Week. Fifty years after passage of the ESEA, the question remains unanswered, she writes. Evaluation after evaluation has failed to identify decisive, long-lasting impacts of the funding aimed at raising achievement for disadvantaged children. Part of this lack of evidence stems from Title I's design: Researchers face the fundamental problem of defining…

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Added by Michael Keany on April 17, 2015 at 2:18pm — No Comments

Everyone WINs! by Mary Hendricks-Harris

Everyone WINs!

Mary Hendricks-Harris

Mary Hendricks-Harris is chief academic officer for the Francis Howell School District in Missouri. With more than 20 years of experience, Mary has been a…

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Added by Michael Keany on April 17, 2015 at 12:49pm — No Comments

Want Reform? Principals Matter, Too By WILL MILLER



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Added by Michael Keany on April 17, 2015 at 8:41am — No Comments

Rated Highly Effective Last Year to ???? This Year

A dedicated Long Island teacher is frustrated with this week's ELA state testing.  Here are her observations and thoughts...

Here are the problems I’ve encountered with the ELA State Exams for my fourth grade class.…
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Added by Kelly Frisenda on April 16, 2015 at 8:40pm — No Comments

As a Child - When an Adult

As a Child – When an Adult

Jonathan T. Jefferson

“When I was a child, I spake as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child: but when I became a man, I put away childish things.”  1 Corinthians 13:11 King James Version

 

The above quote is a fitting start to this self-study.  I am not a religious man, and I rarely use quotes from religious texts.  As you will read, my…

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Added by Jonathan T. Jefferson on April 16, 2015 at 7:59pm — No Comments

Why we need traditional education ASAP

 A melancholy acknowledgment that our Education Establishment has successfully sabotaged traditional education in virtually every situation.

 Instead, public schools tend to do things in the most chaotic and least efficient ways. You can look at reading, math, history, science, you can look at every grade, and every corner of the school, and you will find that progressive education muddles everything and makes it less…

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Added by Bruce Deitrick Price on April 16, 2015 at 6:13pm — No Comments

Changing Expectations Can Improve Student Achievement #tbt

Clearly, teachers are no longer purveyors of information, but schools can still be incubators for learning.  Schools are places where questions are raised and answers explored, experiences are shared, and collaboration can be expected.  It is the work of schools to develop students as learners, thinkers, and knowers, all with the goal of preparing them to be independent, informed, college and career ready.

In that spirit schools have adopted texts, software, methods,…

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Added by Jill Berkowicz & Ann Myers on April 16, 2015 at 6:36am — No Comments

Wrong Answer: In an era of high-stakes testing, a struggling school made a shocking choice. BY RACHEL AVIV





Wrong Answer

In an era of high-stakes testing, a struggling school made a shocking choice.

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Added by Michael Keany on April 15, 2015 at 2:10pm — No Comments

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