June 2013 Blog Posts (119)

Teaching Toward Utopia By Julie Gorlewski

Teaching Toward Utopia

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One of the greatest challenges for teachers is preparing students to live in—ideally, to succeed in—a world that does not yet exist. In a democracy, teachers must prepare students to participate in the…

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Added by Michael Keany on June 12, 2013 at 7:45am — No Comments

The Digital Lives of Teens: Mobile is Now by MATT LEVINSON



The Digital Lives of Teens: Mobile is Now

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Added by Michael Keany on June 11, 2013 at 11:04pm — No Comments

The bottom line on student tracking By Valerie Strauss

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The bottom line on student tracking

By Valerie Strauss, Updated: June 10, 2013

In recent days I have…

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Added by Michael Keany on June 11, 2013 at 1:49pm — No Comments

What if Finland’s great teachers taught in U.S. schools? By Valerie Strauss

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What if Finland’s great teachers taught in U.S. schools?

By Valerie Strauss, Updated: May 15, 2013

Finland’s Pasi…

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How Poverty Is Like Global Warming by Michael Petrilli

How Poverty Is Like Global Warming (& Other Parting Thoughts)

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Added by Michael Keany on June 11, 2013 at 1:36pm — No Comments

Raising the Bar for Those Who Teach the Teachers By Heather Harding

Raising the Bar for Those Who Teach the Teachers

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Why Aren't More School Leaders Fighting Against Ed Reform? By Peter DeWitt

Why Aren't More School Leaders Fighting Against Ed Reform?

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Keys to Working Together Productively and Harmoniously

Keys to Working Together Productively and Harmoniously

In this Journal of Staff Development article, Robert Garmston (Center for Cognitive Coaching and Center for Adaptive Schools) and Diane Zimmerman (Fusion Resolution) say that school leaders need to develop collaborative compacts – “a set of accords about how a group will function.” Here are their suggestions:

• Working together:

  • Group…
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Added by Michael Keany on June 11, 2013 at 1:14pm — No Comments

A Year With a Master-Teacher Should Be Standard Practice By Anthony J. Mullen

A Year With a Master-Teacher Should Be Standard Practice

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Added by Michael Keany on June 10, 2013 at 4:21pm — No Comments

A Retired Massachusetts Principal Shares His Moral Compass by John Ritchie

A Retired Massachusetts Principal Shares His Moral Compass

In this thoughtful Kappan article, former Massachusetts principal and superintendent John Ritchie quotes Emily Dickinson: The sailor cannot see the north – but knows the needle can. “On countless occasions,” says Ritchie, “I felt lost in a sea of complex challenges, conflicting expectations, and vexing problems – compounded by expectations that the principal always knows…

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Added by Michael Keany on June 10, 2013 at 3:34pm — No Comments

What Teacher Education Programs Don't Tell You By Otis Kriegel

What Teacher Education Programs Don't Tell You

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It was time for dismissal. I did my best, organizing my class of 23 1st graders into a line with partners. It's what I was taught to do. Some of them stood still and quiet, listening, while…

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Added by Michael Keany on June 10, 2013 at 10:39am — No Comments

How Do We Judge Success in a Democracy? by Deborah Meier

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The story of an ‘offending’ blog post by Carol Burris (from The Answer Sheet by Valerie Strauss)

The Answer Sheet

By Valerie Strauss



The story of…

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Added by Michael Keany on June 10, 2013 at 10:31am — No Comments

When the N.Y. State Education Dept. Tried to Censor This Blog By Peter DeWitt

When the N.Y. State Education Dept. Tried to Censor This Blog

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Added by Michael Keany on June 10, 2013 at 10:26am — No Comments

Virtual Schooling: Where Are We Now? Where Are We Headed? by ANDREW MILLER



Virtual Schooling: Where Are We Now? Where Are We Headed?

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Added by Michael Keany on June 10, 2013 at 10:20am — No Comments

We Don't Like "Projects" by SHAWN CORNALLY



We Don't Like "Projects"

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The Common Core: Haven't We Been Here Before? by DR. ALLEN MENDLER



The Common Core: Haven't We Been Here Before?

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Added by Michael Keany on June 10, 2013 at 10:12am — No Comments

Why should I bother with this homework? by Chad Evans

Why should I bother with this homework?

by Chad Evans



Dear Teacher,


In this standards based grading…
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Added by Michael Keany on June 10, 2013 at 9:48am — No Comments

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