August 2013 Blog Posts (97)

Classroom Observations Are Not About Compliance By Peter DeWitt

Classroom Observations Are Not About Compliance

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Added by Michael Keany on August 5, 2013 at 7:32pm — No Comments

If You Want to Motivate Someone, Shut Up Already - An Interview with Brandon Irwin

The Motivation Provided by Having a Partner and Being Part of a Team

In this Harvard Business Review interview by Scott Berinato, Kansas State University kinesiology professor Brandon Irwin reports some interesting findings on motivation and coaching that may apply to K-12 schools. He had people perform abdominal “planks” (lying face down, keeping your body straight, lifting yourself up on your elbows, and holding that position as long as you…

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Added by Michael Keany on August 5, 2013 at 3:45pm — No Comments

Student achievement and teacher evaluations: The math doesn’t add up? BY SCOTT MCLEOD

Student achievement and teacher evaluations: The math doesn’t add up?

1+1=3

Many states are applying for NCLB waivers. But they are adopting teacher evaluation criteria that are statistically, professionally, and morally inappropriate. …

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Added by Michael Keany on August 5, 2013 at 2:06pm — No Comments

Why Teachers Should Read for Pleasure

My friend and mentor, Carol Varsalona sent me this interesting article on the importance of teachers reading to enhance their confidence in the classroom and their own personal well-being.  Check out other interesting teaching tidbits and facts on Carol's new blog, …

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Added by Christine Brower-Cohen on August 5, 2013 at 2:02pm — No Comments

What Can We Learn From Failure? By Peter DeWitt

What Can We Learn From Failure?

Ed Week

What really…

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Added by Michael Keany on August 3, 2013 at 11:28am — No Comments

Do Schools Work Hard Enough to Engage Parents? By Peter DeWitt

Do Schools Work Hard Enough to Engage Parents?

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Added by Michael Keany on August 3, 2013 at 10:53am — No Comments

What Price Racial Diversity? By Walt Gardner

What Price Racial Diversity?

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Added by Michael Keany on August 2, 2013 at 4:41pm — No Comments

Standardized Testing for Colleges: A Necessary Evil? By Matthew Lynch

Standardized Testing for Colleges: A Necessary Evil?

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Added by Michael Keany on August 2, 2013 at 4:39pm — No Comments

Four Questions Every New Superintendent Should Ask By Jonathan Travers and David Rosenberg

Four Questions Every New Superintendent Should Ask

Premium article access courtesy of Edweek.org.

Congratulations! You’ve just been named superintendent of a large, urban school district. You’re in good company: Dozens of districts—from Boston to…

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Added by Michael Keany on August 2, 2013 at 3:02pm — No Comments

They said it! Would you say it?

"I have no idea what I want to do"

I heard this comment from a 22 year-old college graduate. He’s a bright, engaging, confident young man who played collegiate sports. Yet, he doesn’t know how to go about finding a job that he thinks he’d…

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Added by Bob Wolf on August 2, 2013 at 8:00am — No Comments

Helping Girls Unlock Their Leadership Potential by ANNE OBRIEN



Helping Girls Unlock Their Leadership Potential

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Added by Michael Keany on August 1, 2013 at 3:28pm — No Comments

What You Need to Be an Innovative Educator by TERRY HEICK



What You Need to Be an Innovative Educator

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Added by Michael Keany on August 1, 2013 at 3:19pm — No Comments

WARNING: This Blog Post May Be Too 'Taboo' for Wimpy Teachers By Marilyn Rhames

WARNING: This Blog Post May Be Too 'Taboo' for Wimpy Teachers

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Added by Michael Keany on August 1, 2013 at 7:48am — No Comments

Common Core and Evaluations: Are Teachers 'Going Crazy'? by Andrew Ujifusa

Common Core and Evaluations: Are Teachers 'Going Crazy'?

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Added by Michael Keany on August 1, 2013 at 7:46am — No Comments

Democracy Inside—and Outside—an Egyptian Classroom by Adam Herzig

Democracy Inside—and Outside—an Egyptian Classroom

An anti-government protester flashes a victory sign in Tahrir Square, in Cairo, Egypt, on Feb. 11, 2011, after President Hosni Mubarak resigned his post after three decades of authoritarian rule.
—Hussein Malla/AP-File
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Added by Michael Keany on August 1, 2013 at 7:43am — No Comments

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