July 2014 Blog Posts (74)

Redefining the Narrative: African American Students Find their Path to College by Christopher Wooleyhand, Ph.D.

There is an excellent article in the Washington Post today written by Emma Brown (Traversing two D.C.s, from Dunbar High to Georgetown University). It highlights the experiences of two former Dunbar (D.C.) High School graduates and former class valedictorians. The article is a must-read for anyone seeking to understand the challenges that African American students face when they venture into the world of higher education.



Johnathan Carrington and Sharnita James want a chance to excel… Continue

Added by Debbie Wooleyhand on July 31, 2014 at 4:25pm — No Comments

"Weird Al", Descriptivism, and Prescriptivism

With his new hit video Word Crimes, “Weird Al” is doing a great service for American education.

In particular, he’s attacking the non-teaching of grammar, punctuation, spelling, and everything else. He's got people talking about these important issues.

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He does not mention the slinky sophistry that…

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Added by Bruce Deitrick Price on July 31, 2014 at 3:00pm — No Comments

Plagiarism vs. Integrity

Often left to the pervue of the librarian, copyright information, as all else in our schools, needs to come out of its silo and be integrated into all of our classrooms. Understanding copyright and fair use is something that arises when we write but has relevance in so many other aspects of our lives. Students, teachers, and building and district leaders should be alert about these issues.  It is a matter of character. …

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Added by Jill Berkowicz & Ann Myers on July 31, 2014 at 6:53am — No Comments

15+ Readiness Resources for Driving Student Success by John McCarthy



15+ Readiness Resources for Driving Student Success

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Added by Michael Keany on July 30, 2014 at 11:28am — No Comments

Leadership Matters: The Dual Role of Leader and Teacher by Barry Saide

Leadership Matters: The Dual Role of Leader and Teacher

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Added by Michael Keany on July 30, 2014 at 10:46am — No Comments

Getting Teenagers to Focus When They're on the Computer by Annie Murphy Paul

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Added by Michael Keany on July 30, 2014 at 10:13am — No Comments

Why Homework Matters By swe.ali

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Why Homework Matters

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Added by Michael Keany on July 29, 2014 at 8:46am — No Comments

Reply to Nancy Flanagan's 'Shutting Teachers Up'

The article was in EdWeek but the first two paragraphs were posted here on 2.0, however, you could only reply to Nancy Flanagan if you subscribed to EdWeek. So here is a sample of my column on Education:

I disagree with Ravitch’s understanding. Many charter schools here in NYS are Public Charter Schools which means, primarily, that the teachers are not members of the Union. The Union (UFT) has a strange relationship to teachers and administrators in terms of its effect on…

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Added by Fred Welfare on July 27, 2014 at 4:29pm — No Comments

Why Do Americans Stink at Math? By ELIZABETH GREEN





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Added by Michael Keany on July 27, 2014 at 9:10am — No Comments

Kinesthetic Learning: Moving Toward a New Model for Education by Kirin Sinha



Kinesthetic Learning: Moving Toward a New Model for Education

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Added by Michael Keany on July 27, 2014 at 9:04am — No Comments

Leadership Lesson from Band of Brothers by Bill Ferriter

Leadership Lesson from Band of Brothers



One of my favorite moments in Band of Brothers -- the nothing-short-of-amazing HBO series…

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Added by Michael Keany on July 26, 2014 at 8:58am — No Comments

Does Group Work ... Work? By Peter DeWitt

Does Group Work ... Work?

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Added by Michael Keany on July 26, 2014 at 8:48am — No Comments

Teacher Pay Starts Low, Grows Slowly, Is Generally Awful, Report Says By Ross Brenneman

Teacher Pay Starts Low, Grows Slowly, Is Generally Awful, Report Says

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Added by Michael Keany on July 25, 2014 at 11:44am — No Comments

Evidence, Brown, and the Civil Rights Act by Robert Slavin



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Added by Michael Keany on July 25, 2014 at 11:41am — No Comments

Scams and Sabotage in Teaching

It’s a common feature throughout public school education: methods that not only don’t work but seem designed not to work.

This is so puzzling that when you first encounter the possibility, your mind rejects it. Why would people in education design methods that defeat education?

 I think New Math was a glaring example. Reform Math continues the same tradition. The Internet is full of videos of children crying because they cannot understand the…

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Added by Bruce Deitrick Price on July 24, 2014 at 4:01pm — No Comments

School Climate: The Issue May Be You By Peter DeWitt

School Climate: The Issue May Be You

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Added by Michael Keany on July 24, 2014 at 12:12pm — No Comments

People need people to learn (unless you're Bill Gates) by Annie Murphy Paul

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Added by Michael Keany on July 23, 2014 at 11:16am — No Comments

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