New York: Dissident Group of Regents Offers Alternative Vision of Teacher Evaluation…

To Boost Reading Skills, Restore the Liberal Arts to Elementary School By Robert Pondiscio…

Common Core’s First Breakout Hit? By Robert Pondiscio…

The NYSED Meetings: Leading to Change or More of the Same?…

Emotions are contagious…

Orson Welles made a great point, get an audience interested, and they can understand ANYTHING.

 He was talking showbiz, movies, plays. But I immediately realized the same insight applied to education.

 I wrote a little tribute to Orson Welles, as last month was the 100th anniversary of his birth.

Let me…

SPED data and accessibility

A new report from the National Center for Educational Outcomes analyzes whether states publicly report data for students with disabilities with the same frequency, and in the same detail, as it reports on the assessment of nondisabled children, as required by the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act. It also assesses reporting of performance gaps across years, and ease of access to public reporting of participation and…

Common Core's next problem

As California districts finish administering new Smarter Balanced online Common Core assessments, educators face the next hurdle: sharing data with millions of parents about how their children fared, writes Sarah Tully for EdSource. It's anticipated that fewer students will meet proficiency standards compared to the earlier California Standards Tests in 2013 and before. New scores break down into four categories: "standard exceeded,"…

Behind the Headline: Study: Kids Can Learn As Much from ‘Sesame Street’ as from Preschool By Education Next…

Each of us has our own perspectives, beliefs, and biases. We see the world through our own eyes, carrying with us our past experiences and our present circumstances. How then, can we actually see and know what is the true problem or the best solution?  Grandmothers all shared the old adage "Two heads are better than one." We agree.  And ten heads may be better than two!  Whether planning for a learning opportunity for students or a meeting with colleagues, the perspectives of others…

The Need For Digital Literacy…

Behind the Headline: Take the Test to Get Into China’s Top Universities By Education Next…

Passing the HP HPE0-J79—great advantages for the IT professionals

Understanding the nature of HPE0-J79 Architecting Multi-Site HPE Storage Solutions

The HP Architecting Multi-Site HPE Storage Solutions is a well-known HP certification exam, which is associated with  numerous promising job roles. The HP HPE0-J79 questions has designed the core areas of HP Architecting Multi-Site HPE Storage Solutions in a technical way and in the wake of…

Feeling badly about an evaluation or an interaction is not necessarily a bad thing.  If one takes the time to reflect on the "bad feeling", it can be a motivator. Feeling bad is a part of life that all of us need to learn how to manage. We have a choice as to whether to allow it to turn into stress or to turn into an informant. Often it is the springboard from which we learn and change. Feeling bad about something can provoke our reflection on how to change "it" the next time. Let's…

Passing the HP HPE0-J78—great advantages for the IT professionals

Understanding the nature of HPE0-J78 Delta - Designing HPE Enterprise Storage and Backup Solutions

The HP Delta - Designing HPE Enterprise Storage and Backup Solutions is a well-known HP certification exam, which is associated with  numerous promising job roles. The HP HPE0-J78 questions has designed the core areas of HP Delta - Designing HPE Enterprise Storage and Backup…

High Performing Minority Districts: An Anomaly?…

This article is titled "The War against Black Children." But it's really about the war against defenseless children,  no matter what color they are or what group they belong to.

 Truth is, there are lots of dysfunctional and destructive methods used in our public schools. If parents run screaming to the school, the education commissars will back off.

But if there's nobody to defend those kids, the bad methods will be…

Many schools have worked hard to establish communication and maintain transparency with parents. Many are turning to technology for help with this goal.  Schools' missions, visions, codes of conduct, curriculum, requirements, contact information, emergency communications, and budget information have become standard information shared on websites and social media. Using social media to communicate about athletic events, emergencies, school closings, good news, homework and meetings have…