October 2012 Blog Posts (108)

What Your Kids Are Really Doing Online by Michael Levin

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Added by Michael Keany on October 8, 2012 at 5:12pm — No Comments

Why teachers quit—and why we can’t fire our way to excellence by Aaron Pallas

Why teachers quit—and why we can’t fire our way to excellence

by Aaron Pallas

In the past few weeks, two major reports on teacher turnover and retention have been released. One was rolled out with extensive media coverage, and has been the subject of much discussion among policymakers and education commentators. The other was written by me, along with Teachers College doctoral student Clare Buckley.

The first report,…

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Added by Michael Keany on October 8, 2012 at 11:06am — 1 Comment

The big business of charter schools by Valerie Strauss

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Added by Michael Keany on October 8, 2012 at 10:56am — No Comments

Does Your School Culture Encourage Risk-Taking or Rule Following? By Peter DeWitt

Does Your School Culture Encourage Risk-Taking or Rule Following?

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Added by Michael Keany on October 8, 2012 at 10:52am — No Comments

STEM to STEAM: Art in K-12 is Key to Building a Strong Economy

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STEM to STEAM: Art in K-12 is Key to Building a Strong Economy

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Added by Michael Keany on October 8, 2012 at 10:49am — No Comments

How Do We Help Children Who Lost a Parent? By Peter DeWitt

How Do We Help Children Who Lost a Parent?

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Added by Michael Keany on October 8, 2012 at 9:51am — No Comments

What's next on the school-reform agenda by Michael J. Petrilli

What's next on the school-reform agenda

By Michael J. Petrilli / October 4, 2012

The Education Gadfly Weekly

 

Last week, the Policy Innovators in Education (PIE) Network brought together its member organizationsfor its annual…

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Added by Michael Keany on October 5, 2012 at 7:27am — No Comments

10 Things School Leaders Do to Kill a Teacher's Enthusiasm for Technology

10 Things School Leaders Do to Kill a Teacher's Enthusiasm for Technology

by J. Robinson

The 21st Century Principal



Here's a list of ten things a school leader does to kill any…
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Added by Michael Keany on October 4, 2012 at 11:00pm — No Comments

SLO: Squashed Learning Opportunities

New York State has recently required school districts to submit updated Annual Professional Performance Review (APPR) plans, which are directly connected to the end of year evaluations for all teachers and building administrators. The plans, as described on the EngageNY site, are quite comprehensive and are intended to ensure that there is an effective…

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Added by Tony Sinanis on October 4, 2012 at 1:39pm — No Comments

Will the Next "Education President" Please Stand Up? by Anthony Jackson

Will the Next "Education President" Please Stand Up?

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Added by Michael Keany on October 4, 2012 at 1:00pm — No Comments

Should We Teach the Five-Paragraph Essay? by Nancy Flanagan

Should We Teach the Five-Paragraph Essay?

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Added by Michael Keany on October 4, 2012 at 10:08am — No Comments

Evaluating Teachers: Controversial but Important by Stu Silberman

Evaluating Teachers: Controversial but Important

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Added by Michael Keany on October 4, 2012 at 9:55am — No Comments

Is Jonathan Kozol Too Gloomy? by Anthony Rebora

Is Jonathan Kozol Too Gloomy?

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Added by Michael Keany on October 4, 2012 at 9:30am — No Comments

How Our Principal Thinks Using Test Scores To Evaluate Teachers Will Hurt Students — What Are Your Thoughts?

How Our Principal Thinks Using Test Scores To Evaluate Teachers Will Hurt Students — What Are Your Thoughts?

by Larry Ferlazzo

Earlier today, I posted about New York Principal Carol Burris’ great article on how using test scores to evaluate hurts students.

I sent it to our school’s principal, Ted Appel (who has shared his thoughts on…

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Added by Michael Keany on October 3, 2012 at 11:30pm — No Comments

What To Do If Your School Bans a Useful Website

October 3, 2012 | 6:00 AM | By Tina Barseghian

Via…

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Added by Ryan Fisk on October 3, 2012 at 2:36pm — No Comments

Field trips might as well be ancient history

Field trips might as well be ancient history

Tests, economy tether students to the classroom…

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Added by Michael Keany on October 3, 2012 at 2:06pm — No Comments

Ban Ki-moon's new education initiative must emphasise teaching and targets

Ban Ki-moon's new education initiative must emphasise teaching and targets

If the UN's refreshingly positive Education First scheme is to succeed, it must prioritise quality teaching and define clear goals…

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Added by Michael Keany on October 3, 2012 at 10:28am — No Comments

Hovering Parents in the Workplace Infographic

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Added by Michael Keany on October 3, 2012 at 10:26am — No Comments

Study: Obama turnaround plans force 'schools to run like corporations'

Study: Obama turnaround plans force 'schools to run like corporations'

Dave Murray | dmurray@mlive.com By Dave Murray | dmurray@mlive.com 

on October 01, 2012 
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Added by Michael Keany on October 3, 2012 at 10:17am — No Comments

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