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TEST PREP: Junk Food Instruction by Steve Peha
TEST PREP: Junk Food Instruction
Steve Peha
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Testing is the most misunderstood element of education reform.
Ignoring decades of research that shows that testing actually helps kids learn, we assume it doesn’t. Ignoring more recent…
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Can we fix elitist public high school admissions? by Alia Wong
Can we fix elitist public high school admissions?
Only 5,000 kids are offered admission to the nine prestigious college-prep high schools in New York City, and they are predominantly male, and white or Asian, reports Alia Wong in The Atlantic. In 2013, just four percent of incoming freshman were black, and five percent Latino, to the three most prominent schools: Stuyvesant, Bronx School of Science, and Brooklyn Tech. Admission to a specialized school hinges…
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The Common Core: great if you're affluent - Carol Burris
The Common Core: great if you're affluent
Carol Burris, a principal in New York state, writes in a letter in The Hechinger Report to Jayne Ellspermann, a principal in Florida, that the problems she sees with the Common Core go beyond mechanical issues of implementation to the standards themselves. If every child in America grew up in a financially secure home with access to enriching activities and an excellent pre-school, the standards would be great. Since…
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Learning Should NEVER be Lonely. by Bill Ferriter
Learning Should NEVER be Lonely.
Posted by Bill Ferriter on Tuesday, 03/17/2015
One of the terms that I just can't come to grips with in education is "personalized learning." Maybe I'm being paranoid, but it literally frightens me.
In my worst nightmares, I see rows of…
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Opting Out? Look at the Tests First By Robert Rothman
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Decoding the Common Core: A Teacher's Perspective by Ariel Sacks
Decoding the Common Core: A Teacher's Perspective
—Jared Boggess for Education Week
- Ed Week
From my perspective as an experienced…
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Don't Become a Teacher, Advises Award-Winner Nancie Atwell By Jordan Moeny
Don't Become a Teacher, Advises Award-Winner Nancie Atwell
Ed Week
An influential language arts teacher who…
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Lessons from 'Thug Notes': Does Swearing Belong in the Classroom? by Mary Jo Madda
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You Cannot Tell Wisdom: What You Don’t Learn in Teacher Education Programs and Teach for America by Larry Cuban
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Focused Leadership: Fish Don't Rot From the Tail First by Steve Ventura
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Strong opinions, weakly held by Dennis Sparks
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CAN WE DISCUSS THE WHOLE CLASS NOVEL FOR A MOMENT? by Pernille Ripp
CAN WE DISCUSS THE WHOLE CLASS NOVEL FOR A MOMENT?
I have been pondering the idea of the repeated whole class novel; a bastion of English classes everywhere. I have been pondering why this practice seems to flourish in English classes everywhere despite what it seems to be doing to some students’ love of reading. Frankly, I am starting to get upset about it, after all, it is hard not to when my incredible niece who…
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Program Computers, Not Kids by Victoria A Davis
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Matthew Kohut – The Two Hidden Qualities of Effective Educators
Matthew Kohut – The Two Hidden Qualities of Effective Educators
Based upon research in social science, Matthew Kohut claims there are universal metaphors that cue our bodies via hormonal boosts to trust people. Humans can influence their public speaking abilities by body pose and influence others with non-verbal communication. Matthew reminds us to align the visual, the vocal, and the verbal when speaking to others. These are three channels that are most effective when they work…
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The Common Fear About the Common Core by Steve Peha
The Common Fear About the Common Core
by Steve Peha
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A recent article in EdWeek expressed what I…
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CULTURE: How Do We Want Our Kids to Be Smart? by Steve Peha
CULTURE: How Do We Want Our Kids to Be Smart?by Steve Peha TEACHING THAT MAKES SENSE
www.ttms.org Here in the Age of Standards and Testing, we begin with the question: “How smart do we want our kids to be?” But I… |
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Why the Continued Obsession with High Stakes Accountability and Testing? from The 21st Century Principal by J. Robinson
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Principal Evaluation: Focused on the Trees or the Forest? by Ray Smith and Julie Smith
Principal Evaluation: Focused on the Trees or the Forest?
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Should All Students Take Dual-Credit Courses? from Bridging Differences by Joe Nathan
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What’s an Adolescent Brain’s Weakness? Other Tweens
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