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Eugenic Legacies Still Influence Education by David B. Cohen
Eugenic Legacies Still Influence Education
OCTOBER 9, 2011
"Every student, every day" - a reminder to myself posted in…
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Do Administrators Run the Risk of Losing Touch with Students? By Peter DeWitt
Do Administrators Run the Risk of Losing Touch with Students?
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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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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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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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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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
Updated October 2, 2011, 07:00 PM…
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Homework: Only Review What You Need to Review By David Ginsburg
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Tip for New Teachers #1: Always Be Watching
Tip for New Teachers #1: Always Be Watching
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Tip For New Teachers #2: Monitor Your Talking Time!
Tip For New Teachers #2: Monitor Your Talking Time!
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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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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