September 2013 Blog Posts (90)

Being a connected educator means being in conversations that matter by Lisa Nielsen

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Added by Michael Keany on September 17, 2013 at 8:45am — No Comments

Advice for Educators Wanting to be Principals -- Part One By Larry Ferlazzo

Advice for Educators Wanting to be Principals -- Part One

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Added by Michael Keany on September 17, 2013 at 8:39am — No Comments

Music helps memory by Annie Murphy Paul

Music helps memory
The best way to…
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Added by Michael Keany on September 16, 2013 at 4:46pm — No Comments

Lifelines for Poor Children By JAMES J. HECKMAN

Lifelines for Poor Children

The Great Divide

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Added by Michael Keany on September 16, 2013 at 4:45pm — No Comments

Becoming Compliance Driven Enforcers of Educational Policies and Procedures

“I want them to be good people, I want them to have fun, I want them to laugh.” These are the words of Diane Ravitch, quoted in a recent NYT article when she spoke of the overzealous accountability process that is in conflict with the more important objectives that come as a result of a healthy education for our children and grandchildren. They may be her words but they should be the sentiments of a nation. These words should resonate with all who stand for a robust educational experience for… Continue

Added by David A. Gamberg on September 16, 2013 at 9:21am — No Comments

Diane Ravitch and learning technologies: Here we go again by Dr.Scott McLeod

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Added by Michael Keany on September 16, 2013 at 9:20am — No Comments

Three Unhelpful Ideas About Schools

Three Unhelpful Ideas About Schools

In this Education Week article, James Nehring (University of Massachusetts/Lowell) says three bad ideas are making the rounds among education writers these days. “For each of these ideas,” says Nehring, “there is a better way that will set us on a more constructive path.”

• Bad idea #1: Educators have a lot to learn from the medical profession. This has intuitive appeal, and the…

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Added by Michael Keany on September 16, 2013 at 9:11am — No Comments

The Reading Wars: Many lies were told; are you ready for the truth?

A lot of people think the Reading Wars are a case of he said, she said.

One expert says X, another expert says Y, and a third expert says Z. These different approaches are tossed back and forth, and the casual observer is persuaded there must be no important difference, otherwise the experts would  pick a winner.

Result: the public is always confused and parents are at the mercy of school…

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Added by Bruce Deitrick Price on September 14, 2013 at 5:59pm — No Comments

John Kuhn: Why Shouldn't Teachers Be Graded, Too?

John Kuhn: Why Shouldn't Teachers Be Graded, Too?

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Added by Michael Keany on September 14, 2013 at 12:10pm — No Comments

20 tenets of responsive leadership By David Penberg

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20 tenets of responsive leadership

By David Penberg on September 11th, 2013

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This list is not a recipe, but more a map — a way…

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Added by Michael Keany on September 12, 2013 at 11:30pm — No Comments

Multiple Measures Matter More When They Include Teacher Autonomy By Peter DeWitt

Multiple Measures Matter More When They Include Teacher Autonomy

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Added by Michael Keany on September 12, 2013 at 1:00pm — No Comments

Loud Voice Fighting Tide of New Trend in Education

Loud Voice Fighting Tide of New Trend in Education

Chester Higgins Jr./The New York Times

Diane Ravitch has become a hero to the left for opposing conventional wisdom on fixing schools.

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Added by Michael Keany on September 11, 2013 at 4:23pm — No Comments

Making Sense Out of Educational Research by DR. RICHARD CURWIN



Making Sense Out of Educational Research

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Added by Michael Keany on September 11, 2013 at 3:00pm — No Comments

Three Myths About Today’s Students by Paul Kirchner

Three Myths About Today’s Students

In this thought-provoking article in Educational Psychologist, Paul Kirschner (Open University of the Netherlands) and Jeroen van Merrienboer (Maastricht University) attack three common beliefs about teaching and learning.

• Belief #1: Today’s students are information-savvy “digital natives.” The theory is that young people have been immersed in technology all their lives and are therefore able to multi-task (for example, simultaneously doing…

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Added by Michael Keany on September 11, 2013 at 2:52pm — No Comments

Teacher Quality 2.0 By Rick Hess

Teacher Quality 2.0

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Added by Michael Keany on September 11, 2013 at 11:31am — No Comments

Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of Nimh - Teaching Tool

This must have been my fantasy summer.  I'm usually not a fan of the fantasy genre, but this summer, many of the middle grade and young adult books that I read were fantasies.  And one of my favorite fantasies was Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of Nimh.

This Newbery winner is an enchanting tale and a great teaching tool for illustrating the importance of world-building in any novel.  This is a clear example of setting driving the story in much the same way that geography shapes…

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Added by Christine Brower-Cohen on September 10, 2013 at 9:59pm — No Comments

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