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Tip For New Teachers #2: Monitor Your Talking Time!
Tip For New Teachers #2: Monitor Your Talking Time!
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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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Good Evaluation Requires Data -- And Sound Judgment By Tom Vander Ark
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The University of Wherever By BILL KELLER
The University of Wherever
By BILL KELLER
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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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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Why Naming Names Is Wrong By Diane Ravitch
Why Naming Names Is Wrong
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Why Evaluate Teachers and Doctors Differently? By Walt Gardner
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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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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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New ways students cheat on tests By Valerie Strauss
New ways students cheat on tests
A cheating scheme just uncovered in New York in which a college student took the SAT exam for younger teens — for a fee — is bringing new…
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How Jay-Z Can Help Us Remix Education By José Vilson
How Jay-Z Can Help Us Remix Education
Recently, I bought "Watch The Throne," Jay-Z and Kanye West's collaborative album. Since Jay-Z's debut album "Reasonable Doubt," he's undergone a metamorphosis: from a young spitfire to a mature statesman, reigning over the hip-hop community lyrically and industrially. Meanwhile, all 15 of his albums to date have gone platinum.…
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The U.S. Economy and Public Education by Bill Gates
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From Australia: Should children do traditional homework?
Should children do traditional homework?
The Question
September 24, 2011OPINION
"Children work all day, go home and do more," says Sue Thomson. Photo: Craig…
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6 wild ideas for ideal schools By Jay Mathews
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How to fix the mess we call middle school By Valerie Strauss
How to fix the mess we call middle school
Elementary schools and high schools are tough enough to run, but middle schools are a problem unto themselves. Nobody quite knows what to do with students who are of age to be in…
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Conversations with Arne Duncan - Offering advice on educator evaluations By Carol Corbett Burris and Kevin G. Welner
Conversations with Arne Duncan
Offering advice on educator evaluations
The national push for new teacher evaluations is real; educators should not miss this opportunity to influence policy makers with solid evidence.
By Carol Corbett Burris and Kevin G. Welner
38 Kappan October 2011
We can’t say how many high school principals get calls from Secretary of Education Arne Duncan, particularly when he knows he’ll be speaking…
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Let Teachers Teach by Vern Williams
Should the School Day Be Longer?
While more time in the classroom may benefit children from disadvantaged backgrounds, is it right for everyone?
Let Teachers Teach
September 26, 2011
NHY Times…
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A Teacher's Worst Nightmare By Walt Gardner
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Educating The Social Network Generation By Peter DeWitt
Educating The Social Network Generation
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Delay Kindergarten at Your Child’s Peril By SAM WANG and SANDRA AAMODT
Delay Kindergarten at Your Child’s Peril
By SAM WANG and SANDRA AAMODT
NY Times
Sam Wang is an associate professor of molecular biology and neuroscience at Princeton. Sandra Aamodt is a former editor in chief of Nature Neuroscience. They are the authors of “Welcome to Your Child’s Brain: How the Mind Grows From Conception to…
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