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Have the teachers' unions come around? by William J. Bennett

Have the teachers' unions come around?

by William J. Bennett

(CNN) -- The vote to endorse President Barack Obama for re-election in 2012 by the nation's largest teachers' union, the National Education Association (NEA), was not exactly a surprise.

As Jonah Goldberg…

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Added by Michael Keany on July 8, 2011 at 8:57am — No Comments

Where Are Parents in the Education Partnership? By Walt Gardner

Where Are Parents in the Education Partnership?

By Walt Gardner on July 4, 2011 7:40 AM …
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Added by Michael Keany on July 6, 2011 at 10:08am — No Comments

Smells Like School Spirit By DAVID BROOKS

Smells Like School Spirit



By DAVID BROOKS


NY Times

Aspen, Colo.

Diane Ravitch is the nation’s most vocal educational historian. She once was one of the leading intellects behind the education reform movement — emphasizing…

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Added by Michael Keany on July 1, 2011 at 6:56am — No Comments

Experience counts for something by Randy Ross

Experience counts for something

By Valerie Strauss

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This was written by Randy Ross, who was a principal and teacher for over 43 years both in New York City and Great Neck, LI, as well as an assistant superintendent, professor at CCNY’s School of Education and director of…

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Added by Michael Keany on June 30, 2011 at 8:54am — No Comments

A Leadership Mistake by Ryan Bretag

A Leadership Mistake

by Ryan Bretag | @ryanbretag

How many teachers have you seen teach in your school?

I've seen every teacher teach during my building walks and instructional walks. I've visited a good…

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Added by Michael Keany on June 29, 2011 at 2:56pm — No Comments

The 3 most important questions in education by Sam Chaltain

The 3 most important questions in education

By Valerie Strauss

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This was written by Sam Chaltain, a D.C.-based writer, educator and strategist. He was the national director of the…

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Added by Michael Keany on June 28, 2011 at 3:35pm — No Comments

Why I Am Marching on July 30 By Diane Ravitch

Why I Am Marching on July 30

By Diane Ravitch 

Dear Deborah,

I will be marching with the Save Our Schools coalition of…

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Added by Michael Keany on June 28, 2011 at 11:05am — 1 Comment

Bad Teacher? A Breath of Fresh Air By Rick Hess

Bad Teacher? A Breath of Fresh Air

By Rick Hess 

On Friday, I finally walked out of an edu-movie without having to scrape off the sanctimony and treacle. Whether heartrending dramas or documentaries, edu-cinema has long gone for the mawkish…

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Added by Michael Keany on June 27, 2011 at 4:01pm — No Comments

Bad Teacher Movie Boasts Bad Taste by Scott Janssen

Bad Teacher Movie Boasts Bad Taste

by Scott Janssen
Posted: 06/26/11 01:48 PM ET…


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Added by Michael Keany on June 27, 2011 at 3:47pm — 1 Comment

The reform pretenders by Carol Corbett Burris, the principal of South Side High School - in Valerie Strauss's Blog

The reform pretenders

By Valerie Strauss

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This was written by Carol Corbett Burris, the 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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Added by Michael Keany on June 27, 2011 at 8:20am — 1 Comment

Measuring a Teacher’s Effectiveness Goes Beyond Test Scores by Elena Aguilar

Measuring a Teacher’s Effectiveness Goes Beyond Test Scores

by Elena Aguilar

Edutopia

At the end of a school year, there are so many measurements which could indicate that a teacher was “effective” -- graduation rates, grades, test scores -- quantifiable and ostensibly objective. Whether a teacher was effective must definitely be measured by how much his/her students’ learning increased over a period of time,…

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Added by Michael Keany on June 24, 2011 at 5:20pm — No Comments

What Should Evaluation Systems Accomplish? By Justin Baeder

What Should Evaluation Systems Accomplish?

By Justin Baeder 

@eduleadership

Since …

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Added by Michael Keany on June 24, 2011 at 5:07pm — No Comments

A Primer on Interactive Books

A Primer on Interactive Books

By Betty Ray

Edutopia

Editor's Note: Today's guest blogger is Laura Fleming, school librarian at Cherry Hill School in River Edge, NJ. Laura blogs at …

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Added by Michael Keany on June 23, 2011 at 1:53pm — No Comments

Small Changes, Huge Results by by Eric Sheninger

Small Changes, Huge Results

Cross-posted at the Huffington Post.



Last week my school was fortunate to have the NJ School Boards Association (NJSBA) visit to…
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Added by Michael Keany on June 21, 2011 at 10:54am — No Comments

Time to Toss Out Cell Phone Bans and SM Filters and Be True Technology Leaders by J. Robinson

Time to Toss Out Cell Phone Bans and SM Filters and Be True Technology Leaders

“It’s time to lift the cell phone bans, open the wireless for student personal devices, and stop filtering social technologies.” That seems to be the idea in a…

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Opinion: Arnius Duncanus? By Michael J. Petrilli

Opinion: Arnius Duncanus?

By Michael J. Petrilli

Commodus bust

Photo in the public domain

Much like …

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Added by Michael Keany on June 18, 2011 at 10:19pm — No Comments

Stop blaming teachers for poor student performance By Myles B. Hoenig

Stop blaming teachers for poor student performance

Educational activist says Baltimore City Council should be commended for supporting event that questions high-stakes testing

By Myles B. Hoenig

12:45 p.m. EDT, June…

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Horizon Report 2011 K-12 Edition - Summer Reading by Stephanie Sandife

Horizon Report 2011 K-12 Edition - Summer Reading

Posted: 17 Jun 2011 09:20 AM PDT

The New Media Consortium has released The NMC Horizon…

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Added by Michael Keany on June 18, 2011 at 8:51pm — No Comments

Relying on Magic: The Foundations of Would-be Education Reformers by William J. Mathis

(Thanks to Gerry Lauber for forwarding this piece to our attention.)

Relying on Magic: The Foundations of Would-be Education Reformers

byWilliam J.…
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Added by Michael Keany on June 15, 2011 at 3:00pm — No Comments

How to cut special-ed spending without sacrificing quality by Laura Devaney

How to cut special-ed spending without sacrificing quality

With the right strategies, spending can decrease at the same time student achievement increases, one expert says

By Laura Devaney, Managing Editor

eSchool News…



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