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"Won't Back Down" Film Pushes ALEC Parent Trigger Proposal
"Won't Back Down" Film Pushes ALEC Parent Trigger Proposal
Friday, 21 September 2012 09:18By Mary Bottari and Sara Jerving, …Added by Michael Keany on September 28, 2012 at 1:51pm — No Comments
"Won't Back Down": A misleading movie with blatant stereotypes
"Won't Back Down": A misleading movie with blatant stereotypes
The movie “Won’t Back Down,” which will open in theaters Sept. 28, already is drawing a lot of attention, particularly from educators, parent activists and other public school advocates who believe its portrayal of parent engagement and what…
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Won’t Back Down’s Teaching Moment from National Review Online
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FAQ RE THE FILM “WON’T BACK DOWN.” THE PARENT TRIGGER - Originally posted at Parents Across America
FAQ RE THE FILM “WON’T BACK DOWN.” THE PARENT TRIGGER
Originally posted at Parents Across America on August 13,…
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The Paradoxical Logic of School Turnarounds: A Catch-22 by Tina Trujillo - Larry Cuban's Blog
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Carol Burris and I Dissect A Bizarre New York Times Editorial by Diane Ravitch
Carol Burris and I Dissect A Bizarre New York Times Editorial
Diane Ravitch Blog
The New York Times’…
Added by Michael Keany on September 27, 2012 at 2:29pm — 1 Comment
The Danger Of Denying The Coleman Report by Gary Rubinstein
The Danger Of Denying The Coleman Report
by Gary RubinsteinAfter 20 years in schools, it is completely obvious to me that schools are limited in their abilities to overcome every challenge that every child faces.
Even in affluent schools, children are plagued by all kinds of out-of-school factors including mental illness of various levels resulting in depression and…
Added by Michael Keany on September 27, 2012 at 2:25pm — No Comments
Won’t Back Down: An Engaging and Misleading Film by Mark Phillips
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Won’t Back Down: An Engaging and Misleading Film
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Not Your Parents' PTA by Andrew P. Kelly & Patrick McGuinn
Not Your Parents' PTA
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Education reform is awash in a surge of "parent power." Long considered bystanders (or even obstacles) to the push for school reform, a slew of new "education reform advocacy…
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Rog Lucido: How do High Stakes Tests Affect Our Students?
Rog Lucido: How do High Stakes Tests Affect Our Students?
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I Am Not a Cannibal, But I Teach "Yo Mama" Jokes on Occasion By Marilyn Rhames
I Am Not a Cannibal, But I Teach "Yo Mama" Jokes on Occasion
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'How Can I Encourage Teachers To Use Me as a Resource?' By Elena Aguilar
'How Can I Encourage Teachers To Use Me as a Resource?'
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Will the Common Assessments Be Used as a Graduation Requirement? By Catherine Gewertz
Will the Common Assessments Be Used as a Graduation Requirement?
Added by Michael Keany on September 26, 2012 at 7:13pm — No Comments
Poking Fun at the Common Core Standards by Larry Cuban
Cartoons on Common Core Standards
For this monthly* post of cartoons, I have selected images about the impending Common Core curriculum standards in math and English for K-12 students. While many countries have a national curriculum, the U.S. does not. Since the Common Core standards have been adopted by 46 states and the District of Columbia, the U.S. will soon have a national–not federally mandated–one.
According to a…
Added by Michael Keany on September 26, 2012 at 7:08pm — No Comments
Inclusion: Is it Confusion, Intrusion... or Delusion? by Jerome Schultz
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Many Children Left Behind By Nancy Rauch Douzinas
Many Children Left Behind
By Nancy Rauch Douzinas
A new batch of five-year olds is headed to Kindergarten this week, carrying with them, along with some jitters, big dreams of success.
But a soon-to-be-published study from Teachers College brings troubling news. Gaps in early childhood services are leaving many kids with the odds stacked heavily against…
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A new batch of five-year olds is headed to Kindergarten this week, carrying with them, along with some jitters, big dreams of success. But a soon-to-be-published study from Teachers College brings troubling news. Gaps in early childhood services are leaving many kids with the odds stacked heavily against…
Added by Michael Keany on September 26, 2012 at 11:53am — No Comments
Grit – Necessary But Not Sufficient
Grit – Necessary But Not Sufficient
From the Marshall Memo #451
In this Education Gadfly commentary on Paul Tough’s new book, How Children Succeed [see Marshall Memo 450, #5 for more], Robert Pondiscio of the Core Knowledge Foundation worries that most people’s big takeaway from the book will be, “It’s all about character” or “Grit trumps cognitive ability.” In fact, the book tells the…
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Does Minimum Grading Inflate Grades and Lead to Social Promotion?
Does Minimum Grading Inflate Grades and Lead to Social Promotion?
From the Marshall Memo #451
In this Educational Researcher article, James Carifio and Theodore Cary (professor and researcher at University of Massachusetts/Lowell) report on their study of seven years of student grading data from an urban high school. They wanted to see if the practice of minimum grading (which the school used…
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Five Myths About Keeping Students Back
Five Myths About Keeping Students Back
From the Marshall Memo #451
In this article in Principal Leadership, Shane Jimerson (University of California/Santa Barbara) and Tyler Renshaw (Louisiana State University) debunk these myths about retaining students:
• Myth #1: Retention is a gift of time and helps students catch up. “Research reveals that students who are…
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How schools (even great ones) fail kids with ADHD By Valerie Strauss
Added by Michael Keany on September 24, 2012 at 3:48pm — No Comments
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