Alfie Kohn has been at the forefront of the resistance to test-based reforms for more than a decade. As we…
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No future job after 2011 - 2012 school year
So what can you do if you know your job is going to be cut next year?
Start planning now!
It is a tough world out there, and this economy is only making things tougher. I have spoken to a large amount of teachers who say that they will be temporary career changers until things get better.
Does anyone else feel this way? If so, what options have you explored? As for me... I have begun creating my own businesses online. I will be looking for…
ContinueAdded by Kurt Allen on July 31, 2011 at 8:13pm — No Comments
To Secretary Duncan: The information you invited By Valerie Strauss (based on a letter from Carol Corbett Burris and Kevin G. Welner)
To Secretary Duncan: The information you invited
This is a letter that was sent by two educators to Education Secretary Arne Duncan after Duncan called one of them, Principal Carol Corbett Burris of …
Added by Michael Keany on July 31, 2011 at 12:33pm — No Comments
Confession of a Cheating Teacher By Benjamin Herold
Confession of a Cheating Teacher
Philadelphia
She said she knows she's a good teacher.
But she still helped her students cheat.
"What I did was wrong, but I don’t feel guilty about it,” said a veteran Philadelphia English teacher who shared her story with the Notebook/NewsWorks.
During a series of…
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Alfie Kohn: We Have to Take Back Our Schools By Anthony Cody
Added by Michael Keany on July 28, 2011 at 2:45pm — No Comments
Teachers Converging on Washington for 4-Day Schools Rally By guest blogger Nirvi Shah
Teachers Converging on Washington for 4-Day Schools Rally
By guest blogger Nirvi Shah
UPDATED
Today kicks off the…
Added by Michael Keany on July 28, 2011 at 2:39pm — No Comments
We have to start with the recognition that digital technologies are transforming EVERYTHING. by Scott McLeod
MY OPENING REMARKS AT THE IOWA EDUCATION SUMMIT
I served on a panel, Education in a Digital World, at the Iowa Education Summit today. Here is what I said during my 5 minutes of opening remarks.
Good afternoon,
We have to start with the recognition that digital technologies are…
Added by Michael Keany on July 27, 2011 at 4:43pm — No Comments
Turning the Tide by Eric Sheninger
Added by Michael Keany on July 27, 2011 at 4:39pm — No Comments
Principal: Why I’m marching to ‘save our schools’ by Carol Corbett Burris
Principal: Why I’m marching to ‘save our schools’
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This was written by Carol Corbett Burris, the principal of …
Added by Michael Keany on July 27, 2011 at 2:34pm — No Comments
Why have so many successful people been taught in Montessori schools? by Andrew McAfee
Montessori Builds Innovators
by Andrew McAfee
WSJ
There are strident disagreements these days over every aspect of American educational policy, except for one. Everyone thinks it would be great if we could better teach students how to innovate.
So shouldn't we be paying a great deal of attention to the educational method that produced, among others, Larry Page, Sergei Brin, Jeff Bezos, Jimmy Wales, Peter…
Added by Michael Keany on July 27, 2011 at 1:21pm — No Comments
David Thornburg on Open-Source Textbooks by Betty Ray
David Thornburg on Open-Source Textbooks
Editor's Note: Today’s guest blogger is David Thornburg, Ph.D., a futurist, author, consultant and founder and Director of Global Operations for the Thornburg Center.
The world of education changed last month at 2PM EST on December 2, when NASA announced the …
Added by Michael Keany on July 27, 2011 at 1:16pm — No Comments
Student Teaching: More Than a Custody Arrangement? By Sarah Henchey
Student Teaching: More Than a Custody Arrangement?
I took the leap in the fall of 2010. With six years of experience as a teacher, I agreed to partner with a local university (my alma mater, as it happened) to mentor my first student teacher.
She joined my 6th grade language arts classroom for one day a week throughout the fall semester and participated full-time in the…
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Should Schools Use Social Networks for Instruction? By Patrick Ledesma
Should Schools Use Social Networks for Instruction?
The Digital Immigrant and Digital Native Discussions Continue...(…
Added by Michael Keany on July 27, 2011 at 11:33am — No Comments
Zero Tolerance is Not Elementary By Peter DeWitt
Zero Tolerance is Not Elementary
Public policy towards children has moved towards treating them more like adults and ways that…
Added by Michael Keany on July 27, 2011 at 11:31am — No Comments
Spotlight on Association Leadership: What does the perfect leader look like? By Shelly Alcorn
Spotlight on Association Leadership: What does the perfect leader look like?
This guest post is by Shelly Alcorn, CAE, an …
Added by Michael Keany on July 27, 2011 at 10:36am — No Comments
Who is Responsible for Teaching Financial Literacy?
Who is Responsible for Teaching Financial Literacy?
It has become increasingly evident that nations around the globe are still in the grip of the worst economic freefall since the Great Depression. Crisis. As the European Union faces both short and long term unrest and the opposing forces within our nation battle over entitlement reductions vs. tax increases the vast majority of our citizens are clueless about the fundamental issues that are the root causes for our…
ContinueAdded by Gerald Lauber Ed.D on July 27, 2011 at 10:33am — No Comments
Employment and People with Disabilities: A Social Ill to Change, Not Manage by Nicholas Villani
Nicholas A. Villani, President of Career and Employment Options, Inc. has written an article that was published in the Autism Spectrum News, Summer 2011… |
Added by Michael Keany on July 26, 2011 at 3:29pm — No Comments
What Do Teachers Want? By Jeff Henig
What Do Teachers Want?
Note: Jeff Henig, a professor of political science and education at Teachers College, Columbia University, is…
Added by Michael Keany on July 25, 2011 at 1:56pm — No Comments
Complex Thinking is not Tested and Won't be Taught By Anthony Cody
Added by Michael Keany on July 25, 2011 at 1:24pm — No Comments
The Ten People You'll Meet in Meeting Hell by John McIntyre
Around the table - The Ten People You'll Meet in Meeting Hell
Those whom the Lord wishes to punish for their waywardness he sends to meetings. These are the types you can expect to find there.
The Circumlocutor: Listen to him take eight minutes to paraphrase the four-paragraph text in front of you, and then realize that you are not quite sure what his point was. You are not permitted to…
Added by Michael Keany on July 25, 2011 at 9:33am — No Comments
My Educational Core Values
In Jim Collins’ bestselling book “Good to Great” he points out that the enemy of Great is Good. He explains that we don’t have great schools because we have good schools – society is content with good. My primary focus as an educator is to help motivate our students, staff and community…
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