May 2014 Blog Posts (82)

Work Less and Be More Productive by Annie Murphy Paul

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Added by Michael Keany on May 19, 2014 at 7:19pm — No Comments

Will Fed Guidance on Charter Schools Bring Change? By Christopher Wooleyhand, Ph.D.

The U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights issued a letter of guidance last week to charter schools (see link below). While supportive in tone, it laid out clear expectations regarding the application of civil rights laws in charter schools. This is good news for all schools. Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights, Catherine E. Lhamon’s letter suggests that a new level of transparency needs to be practiced by charter schools.



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Added by Debbie Wooleyhand on May 19, 2014 at 6:30pm — No Comments

The question of experience—teaching made simple? by Barnett Berry





The question of experience—teaching made simple?



It’s a bad narrative. But it stays at the surface. It’s easy to message. It doesn’t require…

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Added by Michael Keany on May 19, 2014 at 2:35pm — No Comments

How Transparency Can Transform School Culture by Katrina Schwartz

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Added by Michael Keany on May 19, 2014 at 10:48am — No Comments

Arne Duncan’s reaction to new research slamming teacher evaluation method he favors by Valerie Strauss

The Answer Sheet

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Added by Michael Keany on May 19, 2014 at 10:41am — No Comments

4 of the biggest myths surrounding the student data debate by Roger Riddell

4 of the biggest myths surrounding the student data debate

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From the debacle that led …

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Added by Michael Keany on May 19, 2014 at 10:33am — No Comments

Peer Observation: Get Out of the Land of Nice By Peter DeWitt

Peer Observation: Get Out of the Land of Nice

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Added by Michael Keany on May 19, 2014 at 10:12am — No Comments

What's all this talk about New and Higher Standards?

For aficionados of sophistry and propaganda, Common Core presents a drunken orgy of fun.

 One of the most interesting specimens of strange language is the word Standard. Can anybody say what it means exactly?

Is it a goal? Is it a rule? Is it a law? Is it a means to get somewhere? Is it a norm?  And if nobody knows what it means, how can people have intelligent conversations about it?

 Note in particular, there is a very…

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Added by Bruce Deitrick Price on May 17, 2014 at 5:03pm — No Comments

Are we abandoning public education 60 years after historic Brown ruling? By Barbara Miner

The Answer Sheet

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Added by Michael Keany on May 17, 2014 at 10:41am — No Comments

The Decline of Public Education by Lt. Gen. Clarence E. McKnight Jr.



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Added by Michael Keany on May 16, 2014 at 8:47am — No Comments

Good Schools for All: Finishing the Work of Brown vs. Board of Education by MAURICE ELIAS

 

Good Schools for All: Finishing the Work of Brown vs. Board of Education

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Added by Michael Keany on May 14, 2014 at 9:11am — No Comments

Talking to Children About Their Disabilities, With Metaphors and Minecraft By SARAH WHEELER

Talking to Children About Their Disabilities, With Metaphors and Minecraft

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Added by Michael Keany on May 14, 2014 at 9:08am — No Comments

Pranks and creativity by Annie Murphy Paul

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Added by Michael Keany on May 13, 2014 at 12:15pm — No Comments

Racism 101: Let’s Talk About Diversity and Prejudice in America’s Public Schools BY JILL KOYAMA

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Added by Michael Keany on May 13, 2014 at 11:28am — No Comments

“If I Suspend Them I Can’t Teach Them” BY JESSE KATZ

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Added by Michael Keany on May 13, 2014 at 11:24am — No Comments

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