May 2012 Blog Posts (73)

And the winner of the May 9th Photo Contest was ...

Maria Trucios - a repeat winner!  Congratulations Maria (but we will now put in place the Maria Rule - no previous winners can qualify!)

Maria correctly guessed the school above was Little Rock Central High School, scene of early Civil Rights…

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Added by Michael Keany on May 13, 2012 at 9:00am — No Comments

Assess and Coach NOT Test and Judge

Over the last several weeks, in light of all the standardized testing taking place in the state of New York, I have been doing a lot of thinking about the ideas of assessment and testing and how important they are in the world of public education. In New York State we have reached a point where our children are sitting for at least 6 days of standardized testing in grades 3, 4 and 5 in the areas of English Language Arts and Mathematics. As if that weren't enough, the results from these tests…

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Added by Tony Sinanis on May 12, 2012 at 6:25am — No Comments

How We Teach Trumps What We Teach.

I was fortunate and honored to be asked to speak at a recent conference for The Software Information Industry Association (SIIA). They are all wonderful people in a group that represents a major portion of education software developers and manufacturers. I had some great discussions with some very smart and driven education-minded, business people. As I stated in my last post, many of these people have come from the ranks of educators. My big take away from this conference however, was not…

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Added by Tom Whitby on May 11, 2012 at 8:17am — 2 Comments

Teacher evaluation: What it should look like by Valerie Strauss

Teacher evaluation: What it should look like

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Added by Michael Keany on May 10, 2012 at 3:41pm — No Comments

Grade the Work, Not the Behavior by Cindi Rigsbee

Grade the Work, Not the Behavior

Premium article access courtesy of TeacherMagazine.org.

"You can't give a student a zero for cheating. You have to…

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Added by Michael Keany on May 10, 2012 at 8:19am — No Comments

Should Students Evaluate Their Teachers? BY BEN JOHNSON

Should Students Evaluate Their Teachers?



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Added by Michael Keany on May 9, 2012 at 4:18pm — No Comments

Now That I Know What I Know by Dan Brown

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Added by Michael Keany on May 9, 2012 at 4:03pm — No Comments

Sowing Failure, Reaping Success: What Failure Can Teach By DANIEL E. SLOTNIK and KATHERINE SCHULTEN

Sowing Failure, Reaping Success: What Failure Can Teach

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Added by Michael Keany on May 9, 2012 at 3:57pm — No Comments

And the Winner the May 6th Photo Contest Was ...

Maria Trucios

Maria correctly identified the photo below as the eruption of Mt. Pinatubo - June 15, 1991 in the Phillipines.

Congratulations Maria!

Added by Michael Keany on May 9, 2012 at 9:00am — No Comments

Thoughts on Teacher Appreciation Week by Lori Ungemah

Lori Ungemah

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Added by Michael Keany on May 8, 2012 at 11:24am — No Comments

Ask the Teachers by Sec. Arne Duncan

Sec. Arne Duncan

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Added by Michael Keany on May 8, 2012 at 11:16am — No Comments

Elizabeth Phillips: Teachers Need to Be Supported

Elizabeth Phillips: Teachers Need to Be Supported

Elizabeth Phillips at P.S. 321. Ángel Franco/The New York Times-- Elizabeth Phillips at P.S. 321.




May 7, 2012, 11:32 a.m.…

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Added by Michael Keany on May 8, 2012 at 7:32am — No Comments

We Need Cross-District High Schools by Nancy Rauch Douzinas

We Need Cross-District High Schools
By Nancy Rauch Douzinas



NRD  
With all the problems Long Island keeps agonizing over (high taxes, lack of affordable homes, etc.), one problem - huge, long-standing, and getting worse - rarely gets mentioned.



Racial segregation.



On some level Long Islanders surely recognize that our communities are segregated, but are…
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Added by Michael Keany on May 7, 2012 at 5:46pm — No Comments

Online research and policy clearinghouse that documents the educational outcomes of arts learning

 

The Arts Education Partnership is pleased to announce the release of ArtsEdSearch.org—the nation's first online research and policy clearinghouse that documents the educational outcomes of arts learning for students and teachers.



A first-of-its kind, ArtsEdSearch™  grew out of a need…

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Added by Nan Lynnette Van Dyke on May 7, 2012 at 2:51pm — No Comments

Teacher Evaluation That Improves Classroom Performance

Teacher Evaluation That Improves Classroom Performance



From the Marshall Memo #434

In this Harvard Educational Review article, Brown University professor John Papay notes three points of agreement among researchers and practitioners:

  • Teachers are the most important school-level factor in student learning.
  • There is wide variation in different…
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Added by Michael Keany on May 7, 2012 at 1:47pm — No Comments

Sandy McConnell: Beginning teachers get trapped in a cycle of heartbreak

Sandy McConnell: Beginning teachers get trapped in a cycle of heartbreak

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Added by Michael Keany on May 7, 2012 at 1:09pm — No Comments

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