Added by Michael Keany on February 24, 2015 at 2:02pm —
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Here Comes The Classroom Observation and My Slim Chances of Being Rated a Top Teacher (Becca Leech) Larry Cuban on School Reform and Classroom Practice by larrycuban / 7h // keep unread // hide // preview Tennessee teacher Becca Leech has been, in her words, “a special educator since 1991, with experience teaching infants to young adults in rural, suburban and urban communities, and in both private and non-profit school settings. I currently coordinate an alternative graduation program for…
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Added by Michael Keany on February 23, 2015 at 10:12am —
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Letting Parents in on the Secret of School
By Peter DeWitt on February 22, 2015 7:40 AM
Let's get two of the most common obstacles out of the way first.
Some parents don't want to engage - Perhaps they had a tough school experience when they were growing up. Maybe, they feel intimidated that we engage in educational talk and they don't always know the acronyms. What if we tried just one more conversation? What if we channeled Covey and tried to understand a little bit…
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Don’t Give Up the Gains in Education
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Balefire Labs Announces Best Educational Apps of 2014
It's been a big year for us and for apps! We reviewed more than 2,000 apps in 2014 and the 18 apps that have won our Best of 2014 award really stood out from the rest of the crowd!
Our method of selecting winners for this award was simple...we just picked the apps that had the best scores according to our…
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ALLIANCE FOR QUALITY EDUCATION: CUOMO’S SCHOOL PLAN BASED ON FLIMSY EVIDENCE

Governor’s Plan to Appoint School Czars to Takeover Struggling Schools and Districts is Based upon Flimsy Evidence and Represents Unprecedented State Overreach
(Long Island, NY) Today Governor Cuomo sent a letter to Chancellor of the Board of Regents Meryl…
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Is Common Core too hard for kindergarten?
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Added by Michael Keany on February 12, 2015 at 4:22pm —
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Demographic truths about Latino attainment
U.S. population growth is now driven by Hispanics: No other group is replenishing itself through births or immigration to reverse overall population decline, writes Tim Henderson for Stateline. In 25 states, however, whites are twice as likely as Hispanics to have college degrees, a serious problem in an economy that generates more jobs for the educated. Rising Latino dropout rates and falling family incomes will put…
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Added by Michael Keany on February 11, 2015 at 4:42pm —
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Our Boys Need Us: The Power of Mentoring
FEBRUARY 11, 2015…
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Thomas Guskey on Overcoming Obstacles to Better Grading
“Five Obstacles to Grading Reform” by Thomas Guskey in Educational Leadership, November 2011 (Vol. 69, #3, p. 16-21), http://www.ascd.org; Guskey can be reached at…
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School communities, like all organizations and individuals,…
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