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September 2012 Blog Posts (81)
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…
ContinueAdded by Michael Keany on September 25, 2012 at 9:16am — 1 Comment
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
Undocumented and Unafraid by Marian Wright Edelman
Added by Michael Keany on September 24, 2012 at 3:21pm — No Comments
Five Ways to Develop a Partnership with Your Principal
Added by Michael Keany on September 24, 2012 at 3:01pm — No Comments
A new way to teach math by Nancy McLaughlin
Added by Michael Keany on September 24, 2012 at 2:57pm — No Comments
Why Kids Need Schools to Change
Added by Michael Keany on September 24, 2012 at 2:56pm — No Comments
The 6 "P's" of Education
Dell Computer has sponsored four education Think Tanks over the last year, or so, and I have been fortunate to participate in three of them. At each get-together educators, education related organizers, education industry executives, and most recently students, were brought together in an open discussion on the weighty topics of education and education reform. All of the discussions were video-taped, and live-streamed, and even animated on a mural to a viewing audience. The final production…
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Dear Parents - A Must Read by Donald Sternberg
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On behalf of the…
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Who Is Sabotaging Our Schools? by Larry Strauss
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Education First by Ban Ki-moon Secretary-General, United Nations
Added by Michael Keany on September 22, 2012 at 9:36am — No Comments
Should Teachers Be Allowed to Sell Their Lesson Plans? By ANDREW J. ROTHERHAM
Should Teachers Be Allowed to Sell Their Lesson Plans?
A Georgia kindergarten teacher has made more than $1 million selling her lesson plans online. Can U.S schools crowdsource their way to better student…
Added by Michael Keany on September 22, 2012 at 9:19am — No Comments
Why Wikipedia Does Belong in the Classroom by JONATHAN OBAR
Why Wikipedia Does Belong in the Classroom
Added by Michael Keany on September 22, 2012 at 9:15am — No Comments
Is The New York Times wrong (again) on teacher evaluation? by Valerie Strauss
Added by Michael Keany on September 21, 2012 at 5:00pm — No Comments
Mitt Romney Report Card Shows Promise, Lack Of Discipline
Mitt Romney Report Card Shows Promise, Lack Of Discipline (PHOTO)
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Winston Churchill's School Record
WINSTON CHURCHILL AS POLITICIAN AND JOURNALIST: ‘HE MADE THE NEWS BY WRITING IT’
Added by Michael Keany on September 20, 2012 at 1:30pm — No Comments
Dylan Wiliam on Getting Feedback Right
Dylan Wiliam on Getting Feedback Right
From the Marshall Memo #451
(Originally titled “Feedback: Part of a System”)
In this Educational Leadership article, British researcher Dylan Wiliam says that when a student receives feedback, there are eight possible take-aways, only two of which are desirable:
• If the student hasn’t yet…
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Schooling Beyond Measure By Alfie Kohn
Schooling Beyond Measure
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The reason that standardized-test results tend to be so uninformative and misleading is closely related to the reason that these tests are so popular in the first place. That, in turn, is connected to our…
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