December 2012 Blog Posts (75)

Teaching Artists and the Future of the Arts by Nick Rabkin

Nick Rabkin

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Added by Michael Keany on December 7, 2012 at 10:49am — No Comments

How Many Billions Are We REALLY Spending on Testing? By Anthony Cody

How Many Billions Are We REALLY Spending on Testing?

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Added by Michael Keany on December 6, 2012 at 6:23am — No Comments

Is Favoritism Wrong?

Is Favoritism Wrong?

 

In this thoughtful Chronicle of Higher Education article, philosophy professor Stephen Asma (Columbia College/Chicago) says the opposite of fairness is not selfishness. But that’s the way it seems when we hear children complain, “That’s not fair!” It’s easy for parents and teachers to see this as a thinly disguised attempt to get one’s way. “Kids learn early that an honest declaration of ‘I’m not…

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Added by Michael Keany on December 5, 2012 at 7:44pm — No Comments

We’re No. 1 By David Warlick

Inspiring Others

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We’re No. 1

By David Warlick on December 4th, 2012…

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

More on Problems with Value-Added Evaluation of Teachers

More on Problems with Value-Added Evaluation of Teachers

 

Why is there such a push to evaluate teachers using value-added analysis? asks Michael Marder (University of Texas/Austin) in this Kappa Delta Pi Record article. Because many governors, state education commissioners, and federal legislators have embraced these points:

  • Teachers are the single most important in-school factor in student…
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Added by Michael Keany on December 5, 2012 at 12:16pm — No Comments

Assistive Technology and the 1:1 Student by ANDREW MARCINEK

Assistive Technology and the 1:1 Student

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Added by Michael Keany on December 4, 2012 at 9:23am — No Comments

Why the Common Core is Worth Our Positive Attention By Peter DeWitt

Why the Common Core is Worth Our Positive Attention

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Added by Michael Keany on December 4, 2012 at 8:55am — No Comments

Tom Friedman's Embarrassing Man-Crush on Sec. Duncan By Rick Hess

Tom Friedman's Embarrassing Man-Crush on Sec. Duncan

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Added by Michael Keany on December 4, 2012 at 8:53am — No Comments

10 Things School Board Members Should Do in 2013 By Tom Vander Ark

10 Things School Board Members Should Do in 2013

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Added by Michael Keany on December 4, 2012 at 8:51am — No Comments

Wanaque (NJ) superintendent explains test scores as just one tool for determining district success

Wanaque superintendent explains test scores as just one tool for determining district success

MONDAY, DECEMBER 3, 2012

SUBURBAN TRENDS…
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Added by Michael Keany on December 4, 2012 at 8:27am — No Comments

The Opportunity New York’s Dignity Act Presents by Mark Barth

The Opportunity New York’s Dignity Act Presents

by Mark Barth, author of the Social Emotional Development and Learning Guidelines which were adopted by the Board of Regents in July 2011. Mark received a Ph.D. from U Albany. His dissertation, The Role of a Solicited Public in Developing Educational Policy, was published by VDM Verlag in 2009. Now retired, Mark can be reached at…

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Added by Michael Keany on December 3, 2012 at 6:54pm — No Comments

Common Core vs. Common Sense By Ronald A. Wolk

Common Core vs. Common Sense

Premium article access courtesy of Edweek.org.

The headline in a recent edition of Education Week read, "Hopes Pinned on Standards to Boost College Readiness: SAT results show no improvement in any tested…

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Added by Michael Keany on December 3, 2012 at 4:46pm — No Comments

Education Writing Jobs for ELA Teachers

December 3, 2012

 

Visit my Literacy Connections blog for a writing opportunity for ELA teachers.  If you have at least five years experience teaching ELA, you can apply to write test materials.  Good luck!

 

Happy writing,

Christine

Added by Christine Brower-Cohen on December 3, 2012 at 12:26pm — No Comments

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