May 2013 Blog Posts (153)

Perceptions of Technology in the Classroom (Infographic) from Center for Digital Education

Perceptions of Technology in the Classroom (Infographic)

ON APRIL 29, 2013
Integrating technology in education is essential, and many districts do it well, as demonstrated by the Digital School Districts…
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Added by Michael Keany on May 7, 2013 at 8:55am — No Comments

Liberal education policies go too far, cause backlash

Recent news out of North Carolina states: “Senate wants cursive, times tables taught.”

Imagine, government at the state level has to pass a law requiring that schools make sure children know the most basic things--multiplication tables and how to write their names.

The new initiatives were passed by “a wide margin.”

This news shows how foolish our Education Establishment can be: they let the school situation deteriorate to the point that…

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Added by Bruce Deitrick Price on May 6, 2013 at 4:04pm — No Comments

The Coming Revolution in Public Education by JOHN TIERNEY



The Coming Revolution in Public Education

Why the current wave of reforms, with its heavy emphasis on standardized tests, may actually be harming students
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Added by Michael Keany on May 6, 2013 at 1:53pm — No Comments

High Quality Preschool Isn't an Option for Children in Poverty By Peter DeWitt

High Quality Preschool Isn't an Option for Children in Poverty

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Added by Michael Keany on May 6, 2013 at 1:50pm — No Comments

Rich Parents Love Small Class Sizes by Dana Goldstein

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Added by Michael Keany on May 6, 2013 at 1:37pm — No Comments

Students' info should not be shared

Students' info should not be shared

Daily World - Gannett

May 2, 2013   |  

Parents raised the alarm when they learned the state Department of Education had provided confidential student data to a…

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Added by Michael Keany on May 6, 2013 at 8:41am — No Comments

Why learning and multitasking don't mix by Annie Murphy Paul

Why learning and multitasking don't mix

A note to my readers: I'm devoting this…
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Added by Michael Keany on May 6, 2013 at 8:35am — No Comments

What Do Math Educators Think About the Common Core? By Erik Robelen

What Do Math Educators Think About the Common Core?

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Added by Michael Keany on May 4, 2013 at 9:36am — No Comments

Wait! School Leaders Need Professional Development Too? By Peter DeWitt

Wait! School Leaders Need Professional Development Too?

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Added by Michael Keany on May 4, 2013 at 9:24am — No Comments

Character Education: Who Does the Homework? By Ilana Garon

Character Education: Who Does the Homework?

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Added by Michael Keany on May 4, 2013 at 9:23am — No Comments

When Confidentiality Inhibits Problem-Solving by Ariel Sacks

When Confidentiality Inhibits Problem-Solving



I spent the day away from my students grading the writing portion of the 8th grade NY State Common Core ELA Exams. I got to grade one short…

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Added by Michael Keany on May 4, 2013 at 9:03am — No Comments

Gamifying Student Engagement by Matthew Farber

Gamifying Student Engagement



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Added by Michael Keany on May 4, 2013 at 9:00am — 3 Comments

Strategy Saturday

May 4, 2013
This year, my colleagues and I have spent a lot of time focusing on strategic instruction, but what are strategies versus tools versus skills? …
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Added by Christine Brower-Cohen on May 4, 2013 at 7:25am — No Comments

David Brooks on the Purpose of Universities

David Brooks on the Purpose of Universities

In this New York Times column, David Brooks says the best thing about the rise of online education is that it challenges universities to justify themselves. Are they “mostly sorting devices to separate smart and hard-working high-school students from their less-able fellows so that employers can more easily identify them?” he asks. “Are  universities factories for the dissemination of job skills? Are…

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Added by Michael Keany on May 3, 2013 at 3:47pm — No Comments

Text-to-World Connection

May 3, 2013
 
Yesterday, a small plane made an emergency landing on Route 231 in Babylon.  I'm reading the…
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Added by Christine Brower-Cohen on May 3, 2013 at 2:08pm — No Comments

Common Core Lesson Planner App Feedback Wanted

I am new to the School Leadership 2.0 site, but will be here a lot, I can tell already.

I am a 3rd grade teacher in my 11th year in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. I am pretty sure I have the worst handwriting among all the teachers at my school. Thus this last fall, I created my own lesson planner app. It was just approved on the App store on April 25th.  - …

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Added by Thomas Story on May 3, 2013 at 1:00pm — No Comments

Teaching Secrets: The Last Day of School By Larry Ferlazzo

Teaching Secrets: The Last Day of School

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It's that time of year again—the last few weeks of school. Many of us work hard at plans to keep students…

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Added by Michael Keany on May 3, 2013 at 9:04am — No Comments

Saving Childhood By Jill Berkowicz and Ann Myers

Saving Childhood

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Added by Michael Keany on May 2, 2013 at 7:06pm — No Comments

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