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FREE THE SCHOOLS (a simple four-step plan)

What I've figured out so far. The 1-minute version:

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Free The Schools

 Our Education Establishment has an 80-year record

of praising and protecting bad pedagogies.…

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Added by Bruce Deitrick Price on March 25, 2013 at 4:59pm — No Comments

Why It Takes More Than a Genius to Lead a School by Liz Wiseman

Why It Takes More Than a Genius to Lead a School

Today's…

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Added by Michael Keany on March 24, 2013 at 11:00pm — No Comments

Which Path for the Common Core? By Ken Kay & Bob Lenz

Which Path for the Common Core?

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As educators across the country implement the Common Core State Standards, we see two paths emerging ... and diverging.

The first path treats the common core as just…

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Added by Michael Keany on March 24, 2013 at 5:00pm — No Comments

Why Would Anyone Want to Be a School Leader? By Peter DeWitt

Why Would Anyone Want to Be a School Leader?

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Added by Michael Keany on March 24, 2013 at 3:46pm — No Comments

Middle School, A Gift From the Public Education System By Peter Gow

Middle School, A Gift From the Public Education System

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Added by Michael Keany on March 24, 2013 at 3:00pm — No Comments

Twenty-Three Facets of Teaching – and What They Imply for Teachers by Stephen Downes

Twenty-Three Facets of Teaching – and What They Imply for Teachers

In this article in Huff Post Education, Stephen Downes shares an extraordinary list of the roles teachers play that he created in collaboration with a graduate class and Twitter followers:

The learner – Modeling being excited about something new, exploring it, trying it, and engaging students in learning about it.

The…

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Added by Michael Keany on March 24, 2013 at 11:49am — 1 Comment

An Educator Shifts Her Thinking In Three Key Areas by Debbie Miller

An Educator Shifts Her Thinking In Three Key Areas

“Comprehension strategies are more important now than ever,” says instructional coach/author/consultant Debbie Miller in this article in The Reading Teacher. “They help children get smarter about big, important topics that are relevant to them and help them become powerful and thoughtful human beings.” Common Core State Standards give teachers clear guidance on what those strategies are.…

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Added by Michael Keany on March 24, 2013 at 11:48am — No Comments

How to Lead Like a Jesuit by Chris Lowney

A Simple Ritual for Harried Managers (and Popes)

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Added by Michael Keany on March 24, 2013 at 11:00am — No Comments

Games and language building

Today I went to another center to observe jeopardy. Approximately, 50 students showed for the event. Once again, I gained a better insight to the complexities of education, particularly ESL instruction. The students and instructors were very good. The game captured the attention of all students. Language acquisition continues to fascinate me as my awareness grows with each day. I wonder what opportunities exist though games? As educational leaders, what are our responsibilities in either… Continue

Added by Robert M. Hagan, Ed.D. on March 23, 2013 at 9:29am — No Comments

ESL New Dehli India

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I writitng today to summaruize my most recent experiences while visiting New Dehli, India. I am very impressed by the work conducted by the AAM Foundation (AAMF.org). Essentially, the organization provides free ESL classes for students in the New Dehli area in roughly 50 centers. The creative thought process has enabled the organization to lauch an ambitious initiative to create 100 centers across the city.

Today we discussed the possibility of utilizing poetry, music,… Continue

Added by Robert M. Hagan, Ed.D. on March 23, 2013 at 9:06am — No Comments

MORAL PURPOSE WRIT LARGE By Michael Fullan, Ph.D.

MORAL PURPOSE WRIT LARGE

By Michael Fullan, Ph.D.

The pressing goal is to infuse spiritual force into all educators.



 The expanding interest in moral and spiritual leadership in education is an alluring but complex phenomenon. People can be automatically attracted to or repelled by the emphasis on the spiritual.

First, an explanation of the terminology. Both terms—"moral purpose" and "spiritual leadership"—have…

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Added by Michael Keany on March 21, 2013 at 7:01pm — No Comments

Bullying as True Drama By DANAH BOYD and ALICE MARWICK

The New York Times


September 22, 2011

Bullying as True Drama

SL 2.0 Note:  This is a dated article but not "out of date."

THE suicide of Jamey Rodemeyer, the 14-year-old boy from western…

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Added by Michael Keany on March 21, 2013 at 6:52pm — No Comments

The Common Core War (what is it good for?) - Thomas B. Fordham Institute



Thomas B. Fordham Institute

The Education Gadfly

In the latest dust-up over the Common Core, the inclusion of some (arguably) violent,…

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Added by Michael Keany on March 21, 2013 at 6:22pm — No Comments

Change Standards, Test Students, Measure Schools By Jill Berkowicz and Ann Myers

Change Standards, Test Students, Measure Schools

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Added by Michael Keany on March 21, 2013 at 3:27pm — No Comments

Further Response to Diane Ravitch on Common Core By Marc Tucker

Further Response to Diane Ravitch on Common Core

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Added by Michael Keany on March 21, 2013 at 3:24pm — No Comments

Student Responsibility for Learning By Walt Gardner

Student Responsibility for Learning

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Added by Michael Keany on March 21, 2013 at 3:23pm — No Comments

It's the Students, Stupid by Will Fitzhugh

It's the Students, Stupid

The billionaires' club, with their long retinue of pundits, researchers, and other hangers-on, are giving their attention, some of the time, to education. But they are not paying attention to the academic work of students, or to their responsibility for their own education.

Mr. Gates spent nearly two hundred million dollars recently on a program for teacher assessment, but does he realize that in almost every class there are…

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Added by Michael Keany on March 21, 2013 at 3:21pm — 3 Comments

The "Reggio Approach" to 0-99 Education: A Deep Exploration of Continuity by ADAM PROVOST

The "Reggio Approach" to 0-99 Education: A Deep Exploration of Continuity

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Added by Michael Keany on March 21, 2013 at 3:03pm — No Comments

Ten Tips for Becoming a Connected Educator by ELANA LEONI

Ten Tips for Becoming a Connected Educator

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Added by Michael Keany on March 21, 2013 at 2:51pm — No Comments

'Garbage In, Garbage Out' from Bridging Differences by Deborah Meier

'Garbage In, Garbage Out': Version 2

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Added by Michael Keany on March 21, 2013 at 2:30pm — No Comments

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