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August 2014 Blog Posts (52)
School Reform is Empty Without Love and Support by Robert E. Slavin
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Teaching as a Subversive Activity by Dr. Arnold Dodge
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Computational Thinking by Annie Murphy Paul
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Reading theories: it's so easy to test what works
Someone just left this comment on Facebook: "As far as I know, everywhere is sending sight words home to study, while the kids are tested on how fast they can identify them at school. Seems they're here to stay. Unfortunate indeed."
The whole point of the Reading Wars was that sight-words do not work as well as straight phonics. But look how the Education Establishment has maneuvered to keep sight-words in play. They really do LOVE…
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Coaching Towards the Common Core State Standards By Elena Aguilar
Coaching Towards the Common Core State Standards
Added by Michael Keany on August 27, 2014 at 6:18am — No Comments
Building Better Teachers—-Mastering the craft demands time to collaborate—just what American schools don’t provide by Sara Mosle
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Help! My Principal Says He's an Instructional Leader! By Peter DeWitt
Help! My Principal Says He's an Instructional Leader!
Added by Michael Keany on August 27, 2014 at 6:12am — No Comments
Become the Storyteller-in-Chief from A Principal's Reflections by Eric Sheninger
Added by Michael Keany on August 26, 2014 at 7:13pm — No Comments
Students crave emotional mentorship from their teachers that their parents can’t give them. There’s nothing wrong with that. By William Deresiewicz
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Students crave emotional mentorship from their teachers that their parents can’t give them. There’s nothing wrong with that. …
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What's behind the declining support for the Common Core? by Michael J. Petrilli
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Is Too Much Tech Making Your Mind Lop-Sided? by Annie Murphy Paul
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Vacation Reading and Inferencing by Grant Wiggins
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from – How Not To Be Wrong: The Power of Mathematical Thinking, Jordan Ellenberg, Penguin, 2014:
The methods of calculus are a lot…
Added by Michael Keany on August 26, 2014 at 8:11am — No Comments
How to Get Kids to Class: To Keep Poor Students in School, Provide Social Services By DANIEL J. CARDINALI
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8 Steps To Ensure Great Communication With Parents By Jeff Dunn
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The debate over black educational achievement
On another site, people were discussing correct grammar, then ebonics, and before you know it, whether black students can learn as well as white students. I assume everybody has heard this debate many times. I suspect that the debate itself is propaganda. There are buried sophistries and hidden agenda. People are missing a very important point. Here it is:
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I want to discuss a perspective that may…
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Should You Boycott Standardized Testing? By Dawn Casey-Rowe
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A shocking statistic about the quality of education research By Valerie Strauss
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Giving Students Our B.E.S.T. by Christopher Wooleyhand, Ph.D.
“Every day is a gift with a child, no matter what problems you have.”
-Carol Ann Duffy
Monday is the first day for students in our district. How excited they must be! Anticipation and hope well up in the hearts of children and parents on the eve of a new school year. New clothes, new shoes, and fresh supplies make for a restless night of sleep. Our families send their best to our schools and they deserve our best in return. Giving our students the best means:
Being a… Continue
-Carol Ann Duffy
Monday is the first day for students in our district. How excited they must be! Anticipation and hope well up in the hearts of children and parents on the eve of a new school year. New clothes, new shoes, and fresh supplies make for a restless night of sleep. Our families send their best to our schools and they deserve our best in return. Giving our students the best means:
Being a… Continue
Added by Debbie Wooleyhand on August 21, 2014 at 6:49am — No Comments
Parenting, brilliantly by Annie Murphy Paul
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5 Back to School Tips for New Teachers By Lisa Dabbs
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