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Absence of Leadership?

I recently posted another video of a Diane Ravitch interview with CNN. There are now several videotaped interviews of Diane Ravitch standing up for education reform on The Educator’s PLN. It was with this last post however, that I realized that aside from Diane Ravitch, I could think of few others who stand out on the National stage in support of Education reform beyond something…

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Added by Tom Whitby on October 11, 2011 at 9:02am — 1 Comment

Eugenic Legacies Still Influence Education by David B. Cohen

Eugenic Legacies Still Influence Education

OCTOBER 9, 2011
by David B. Cohen
classroom

"Every student, every day" - a reminder to myself posted in…

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Added by Michael Keany on October 10, 2011 at 10:18am — No Comments

Do Administrators Run the Risk of Losing Touch with Students? By Peter DeWitt

Do Administrators Run the Risk of Losing Touch with Students?

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Added by Michael Keany on October 7, 2011 at 4:32pm — 1 Comment

Teaching Secrets: After the Honeymoon By Cossondra George

Teaching Secrets: After the Honeymoon

The school year's honeymoon is over. Teachers and students are settling into routines—which can be comforting but can also confront new teachers with the reality of how tiring a teacher's life can be. This can be a make-or-break period for new teachers. It's when you need to develop habits that will sustain you—and keep your excitement and…

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Added by Michael Keany on October 5, 2011 at 12:17pm — No Comments

Teachers: What Kind of Cook Are You?

When the weather begins to cool and the leaves begin to change, I find I become a different kind of cook. I bring my big pots and pans out of storage and carefully select ingredients that will make a delicious soup or stew and fill my house with the aroma of warmth and comfort. I pluck the last of the basil from the garden and instead of mixing it with oil and vinegar to marinade chicken breast that I will cook on the grill, I stir it into a pot of ripe red tomatoes and mix in oregano and… Continue

Added by Kim Yaris on October 5, 2011 at 9:24am — No Comments

The Ideal vs. the Reality by C. Kent McGuire

Are Top Students Getting Short Shrift?

Lumping all students together in one class may help average and struggling children, but does that come at a cost to top performers?

The Ideal vs. the Reality

Updated October 2, 2011, 07:00 PM…

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Added by Michael Keany on October 4, 2011 at 5:30pm — No Comments

A New Goal for an Old Idea by Cassandra L. Davis

Are Top Students Getting Short Shrift?

Lumping all students together in one class may help average and struggling children, but does that come at a cost to top performers?

A New Goal for an Old Idea

Updated October 2, 2011, 07:00 PM…

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Added by Michael Keany on October 4, 2011 at 4:30pm — No Comments

Done Well, Differentiation Works by Carol Ann Tomlinson

Are Top Students Getting Short Shrift?

Lumping all students together in one class may help average and struggling children, but does that come at a cost to top performers?

Done Well, Differentiation Works

Updated October 2, 2011, 07:00…

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Added by Michael Keany on October 4, 2011 at 3:00pm — No Comments

Acknowledging the Trade-Offs (in differentiation) by Frederick Hess

Are Top Students Getting Short Shrift?

Lumping all students together in one class may help average and struggling children, but does that come at a cost to top performers?

Acknowledging the Trade-Offs

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Added by Michael Keany on October 4, 2011 at 2:30pm — No Comments

Homework: Only Review What You Need to Review By David Ginsburg

Homework: Only Review What You Need to Review

Teacher in Front of Classroom.jpg A lot…

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Added by Michael Keany on October 3, 2011 at 3:49pm — No Comments

Tip for New Teachers #1: Always Be Watching

Tip for New Teachers #1: Always Be Watching

 

Unknown They say teachers must have eyes on the back of their heads. This is definitely true on some level, and there are some very obvious, but not necessarily intuitive, tricks to get close to this reality--close enough that you might actually hear your students say,…
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Added by Michael Keany on October 3, 2011 at 3:48pm — No Comments

Tip For New Teachers #2: Monitor Your Talking Time!

Tip For New Teachers #2: Monitor Your Talking Time!



Images-2 I'm sure every one of us has sat through a class, as a student or an observer, and thought, "Gee this teacher must love the sound of his or her own voice."  We watch the students tuning out the teacher's words, waiting until it's time for them to participate…

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Added by Michael Keany on October 3, 2011 at 3:46pm — No Comments

Do school superintendents matter? By Jay Mathews

Do school superintendents matter?

Early in 2004, at a party for Washington-area school leaders, Jack D. Dale, head of the Frederick County, Md., system, let slip that he had gotten a big new job…

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Added by Michael Keany on October 3, 2011 at 12:46pm — No Comments

Good Evaluation Requires Data -- And Sound Judgment By Tom Vander Ark

Good Evaluation Requires Data -- And Sound Judgment

By Tom Vander Ark
Posted: 10/1/11 12:36 PM ET…


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Added by Michael Keany on October 3, 2011 at 10:53am — No Comments

The University of Wherever By BILL KELLER

The University of Wherever



NY Times



FOR more than a decade educators have been expecting the Internet to transform that bastion of tradition and authority, the university. Digital utopians have envisioned a world of virtual…

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Added by Michael Keany on October 3, 2011 at 6:43am — No Comments

The dangers of building a plane in the air By Valerie Strauss This was written by Carol Corbett Burris

The dangers of building a plane in the air

This was written by Carol Corbett Burris, principal of South Side High School in New York. She was named the 2010 New York State Outstanding Educator by the School Administrators Association of New York…

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Added by Michael Keany on October 2, 2011 at 8:24am — No Comments

Why Naming Names Is Wrong By Diane Ravitch

Why Naming Names Is Wrong

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Added by Michael Keany on October 1, 2011 at 11:58am — No Comments

Why Evaluate Teachers and Doctors Differently? By Walt Gardner

Why Evaluate Teachers and Doctors Differently?

It's become…

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Added by Michael Keany on October 1, 2011 at 11:57am — No Comments

The Tao of Finland's Schools By Anthony Rebora

The Tao of Finland's Schools

By Anthony Rebora on September 29, 2011 

This month's Smithsonian magazine includes an interesting article exploring the (relatively recent) success of Finland's school system. The author highlights a certain Zen-like quality…

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Added by Michael Keany on September 30, 2011 at 3:26pm — 1 Comment

Real Men Don't Teach by Dennis Danziger

Real Men Don't Teach

by Dennis Danziger
Posted: 9/29/11 04:22 PM ET…


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Added by Michael Keany on September 30, 2011 at 2:41pm — No Comments

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