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EDUCATION AND THE STATE OF OUR UNION Posted by Matthew McKnight
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The Latest Wrinkle About Merit Pay for Teachers By Walt Gardner
The Latest Wrinkle About Merit Pay for Teachers
By Walt Gardner on January 2, 2012 8:18 AM
They say if you live long enough you get to see it all. That's why I was not surprised to read about Impact Plus, billed as the nation's most advanced merit pay system for public school teachers ("…
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From Whence Come Ideas for Reforming Teaching Practices? by Larry Cuban
From Whence Come Ideas for Reforming Teaching Practices?
Larry Cuban
Over many years I have written about reforms aimed at classroom teachers and how they have fallen flat. Think about major past efforts–and yes, in the present moment also–to alter how teachers taught reading, math, science, and social studies. Or reform-driven decision-makers making enormous investments to get teachers to use new technologies in classroom lessons, past and present. Teachers have selectively…
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Student Achievement, Poverty and “Toxic Stress” by Robert Pondiscio
Student Achievement, Poverty and “Toxic Stress”
by Robert Pondiscio
January 4th, 2012
Tags: accountability, American Academy of Pediatrics,…
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Using Test Scores to Evaluate Teachers Is Based on the Wrong Values by Carol Corbett Burris
Using Test Scores to Evaluate Teachers Is Based on the Wrong Values
Jan. 25, 2012, 12:17 p.m.
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The True Cost of High School Dropouts
The True Cost of High School Dropouts
By HENRY M. LEVIN and CECILIA E. ROUSE
NY Times
ONLY 21 states require students to attend high school until they graduate or turn 18. The proposal President Obama …
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I Represented All Teachers by Sara Ferguson
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WARNING: “Control-Oriented Efforts Can Sabotage Student Motivation” by Joan R. Fretz
WARNING: “Control-Oriented Efforts Can Sabotage Student Motivation”
Joan R. Fretz
There are many controls being placed on American schools, their leaders and their teachers. Many outside our school walls say these controls are necessary. They want American students to have strong literacy and computation skills and to be creative problem solvers and innovative…
Added by Michael Keany on January 24, 2012 at 10:00am — No Comments
In Race to the Top, the Dirty Work Is Left to Those on the Bottom By MICHAEL WINERIP
In Race to the Top, the Dirty Work Is Left to Those on the Bottom
By MICHAEL WINERIP
NY Times
Even if you think the Obama administration’s signature education program, Race to the Top, will not help a single child in America learn…
Added by Michael Keany on January 23, 2012 at 6:05pm — No Comments
Diane Ravitch shares her views on education reform
Diane Ravitch shares her views on education reform
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Ravitch: Problems with the big teacher evaluation study
Ravitch: Problems with the big teacher evaluation study
This was written by education historian Diane Ravitch for her Bridging…
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Four Musts in Redesigning K-12 Education BY BOB LENZ
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Teacher Preparation With Strings Attached by Ariel Sacks
Teacher Preparation With Strings Attached
Ariel Sacks
I'm certainly one of the lucky ones. I can proudly say that my teacher preparation included a strong background in developmental theory, curriculum design, and student-centered pedagogy at Bank…
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Justice for English Language Learners By Patricia Dickenson
Justice for English Language Learners
Note: Patricia Dickenson, a former elementary school teacher in Los Angeles, is…
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Let Teachers Teach by Larry Strauss
Let Teachers Teach…
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Use the Data, but Constructively by Sydney Morris
Use the Data, but Constructively
Sydney Morris is a former public school teacher and the co-founder of Educators 4 Excellence, a national nonprofit that seeks to elevate the voices of teachers in education policy.
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We Know Which Teachers to Fire by Lance T. Izumi
We Know Which Teachers to Fire
Lance T. Izumi is the senior director of education studies at the Pacific Research Institute.
UPDATED JANUARY 16, 2012, 7:00 PM…
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Let’s Not Rush Into Value-Added Evaluations by Jesse Rothstein
Let’s Not Rush Into Value-Added Evaluations
Jesse Rothstein is an associate professor of public policy and economics at the University of California, Berkeley. He has studied the relationship between classroom assignments and estimates of "value-added" by teachers.…
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Results Are In; How Will We Respond? by Arun Ramanathan
Results Are In; How Will We Respond?
Arun Ramanathan is the executive director of The Education Trust—West.
UPDATED JANUARY 16, 2012, 7:00 PM
There is plenty of …
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Test Scores Are Only a Snapshot by Dawn Shirk
Test Scores Are Only a Snapshot
Dawn Shirk teaches English as a second language at Reidsville Middle School and Reidsville High School in Reidsville, N.C.
UPDATED JANUARY 16, 2012, 7:00 PM
Traditionally, teachers have been observed by their principal once a year, and evaluated solely on…
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