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Leveling the Playing Field: How to Make Standardized Test Preparation Accessible to All Students by Andrea Alexander
Leveling the Playing Field: How to Make Standardized Test Preparation Accessible to All Students
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Andrea Alexander is a former attorney and a current graduate student at the University of Michigan School of Information, where she is studying library and information services and information…
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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. |
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Where Are Parents in the Education Partnership? By Walt Gardner
Where Are Parents in the Education Partnership?
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Smells Like School Spirit By DAVID BROOKS
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Experience counts for something by Randy Ross
Experience counts for something
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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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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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The 3 most important questions in education by Sam Chaltain
The 3 most important questions in education
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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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Why I Am Marching on July 30 By Diane Ravitch
Why I Am Marching on July 30
Dear Deborah,
I will be marching with the Save Our Schools coalition of…
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Bad Teacher? A Breath of Fresh Air By Rick Hess
Bad Teacher? A Breath of Fresh Air
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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Bad Teacher Movie Boasts Bad Taste by Scott Janssen
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The reform pretenders by Carol Corbett Burris, the principal of South Side High School - in Valerie Strauss's Blog
The reform pretenders
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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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Measuring a Teacher’s Effectiveness Goes Beyond Test Scores by Elena Aguilar
Measuring a Teacher’s Effectiveness Goes Beyond Test Scores
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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What Should Evaluation Systems Accomplish? By Justin Baeder
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A Primer on Interactive Books
A Primer on Interactive Books
By Betty Ray
EdutopiaEditor'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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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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Last week my school was fortunate to have the NJ School Boards Association (NJSBA) visit to…
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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
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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
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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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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
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