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Vince Marsala: Politicians are Wrecking Our Schools

Vince Marsala: Politicians are Wrecking Our Schools

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Added by Michael Keany on March 9, 2012 at 11:42am — No Comments

My View: Wanted: Amazing administrators by Megan Allen

My View: Wanted: Amazing administrators

Courtesy Blair Allen By Megan Allen, Special to CNN

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Added by Michael Keany on March 8, 2012 at 2:24pm — No Comments

Losing our way

Throughout history, there are numerous examples of smart people who have made poor decisions. At the time, they may have thought that the decision seemed logical, appropriate and promised that positive changes would result. We have all read stories of well-respected people who have made incredibly ill-conceived statements, policies, and proclamations that in hindsight were misguided, short-sighted and downright wrong. Here's a grievous example of one of those misguided decisions.

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Added by Andy Greene on March 8, 2012 at 6:34am — 2 Comments

Six Reasons Rewards Don't Work by DR. RICHARD CURWIN

Six Reasons Rewards Don't Work

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Added by Michael Keany on March 7, 2012 at 9:45pm — No Comments

Save Long Island Schools Facebook Group (I am reposting email)

As educators, I felt many of the Long Islanders on this board would find this email informative...

 
Please distribute the more people we get to join us the stronger we will be.
 
 
Dear  fellow Long Islanders, 

     I am a parent in the East Islip School district, in September our PTA council formed a Legislative Action Committee. Several weeks ago we had a meeting with one…

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Added by Pam Calandra on March 7, 2012 at 3:11pm — No Comments

There are no miracles, but there are teachers: An educator’s view on the Common Core by Darren Burris

There are no miracles, but there are teachers: An educator’s view on the Common Core

By Darren Burris
Hechinger Report


Ask 10 fifth-grade…

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Added by Michael Keany on March 7, 2012 at 2:59pm — No Comments

Why most teachers don’t know what they don’t know.

Most professions have professional journals. Professional journals have long been the method by which innovations to professions have been introduced. Lengthy articles explaining the: who, what, where, when, why and how of an innovation in the profession was spelled out for all to read. Follow-up journal articles weighed the pros and cons. Journals historically have been a form of print media, but with the advent of the internet many are transitioning to a digital form in addition to the…

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Added by Tom Whitby on March 7, 2012 at 11:16am — No Comments

Remembering our favorite TV teachers by Jordan Bienstock

Remembering our favorite TV teachers

By Jordan Bienstock, CNN

(CNN) – Teachers play a tremendous role in shaping how we view the world. But who – or what – shapes our view of teachers? For me, and I’m guessing…

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Added by Michael Keany on March 5, 2012 at 6:14pm — No Comments

Back to School: Student for a Day

“The secret of education lies in respecting the pupil.” Ralph Waldo Emerson…

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Added by Bill Burkhead on March 4, 2012 at 7:00pm — No Comments

Management-Speak Disguises a Short-Sighted Vision of School

In decades of trying to improve schools, things aren’t working out. Maybe, we should apply a lesson of life to our approach to elementary school: Do the present right, and the future will take care of itself.

On the surface much of the lingo of school improvement seems full of confident commitment to excellence and success for all. Language like accountability for measurable outcomes, high standards, data driven decision-making, racing to the top, leaving no children behind, and so on…

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Added by Rick Ackerly on March 4, 2012 at 9:55am — No Comments

New standards may kill desire to rate teachers by test scores by Jay Mathews

New standards may kill desire to rate teachers by test scores

Last week, I examined the nation’s move toward Common Core…

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Added by Michael Keany on March 2, 2012 at 5:43pm — No Comments

How Do We Know When Students Are Engaged? bY BEN JOHNSON

How Do We Know When Students Are Engaged?

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Added by Michael Keany on March 2, 2012 at 5:41pm — No Comments

The True Story of Pascale Mauclair - labeled by Post as “city’s worst teacher.”

The True Story of Pascale Mauclair

Within hours of the publication of the Teacher Data Reports (TDRs) last Friday, the UFT began to hear stories of teachers and their families being hounded by news reporters from the New York Post.

On Friday evening, New York…

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Added by Michael Keany on March 1, 2012 at 2:48pm — 2 Comments

An Alternative To The Federally Mandated Teacher Evaluation Plans

An Alternative To The Federally Mandated Teacher Evaluation Plans

All of the plans for evaluating classroom teacher performance in the public schools share a common flaw: failure to recognize that the present system of public education in the United States are incapable of providing children…

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Added by Victor John Yannacone, jr. on March 1, 2012 at 12:00am — No Comments

How Many Continents Are There? by Kurt Wootton





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Added by Michael Keany on February 29, 2012 at 1:20pm — No Comments

“Reality Pedagogy” to Engage Black Male Students

“Reality Pedagogy” to Engage Black Male Students

From the Marshall Memo #425

“To address the low achievement of black males,” says Teachers College Columbia professor Christopher Emdin in this Kappan article, “schools must be willing to accept that there are ways of looking at the world, modes of communication, and approaches to teaching and learning that are unique to black males. At the same time, educators must also…

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Added by Michael Keany on February 28, 2012 at 12:36pm — No Comments

What Works – and What Doesn’t – Educating Male Students of Color

What Works – and What Doesn’t – Educating Male Students of Color

From The Marshall Memo #425

In this Kappan article, NYU professor Pedro Noguera reviews the discouraging statistics on African-American and Latino male students: they are less likely to be placed in programs for high achievers, more likely to be classified as learning disabled or mentally retarded and placed in special education; they have the highest suspension…

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Added by Michael Keany on February 28, 2012 at 12:32pm — No Comments

Rog Lucido: Student Learning Can Only be Described, Not Measured

Rog Lucido: Student Learning Can Only be Described, Not Measured

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Added by Michael Keany on February 28, 2012 at 12:25pm — No Comments

A Flawed Approach to Reading in the Common-Core Standards By Joanne Yatvin

A Flawed Approach to Reading in the Common-Core Standards

In reading the recently proposed Common Core State Standards already accepted by all but three states, I could not see many elementary school children of any background or ability meeting the standards at the…

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Added by Michael Keany on February 28, 2012 at 9:39am — No Comments

Amid a Federal Education Inquiry, an Unsettling Sight by Michael Winerip

Amid a Federal Education Inquiry, an Unsettling Sight

Pablo Martinez Monsivais/Associated Press; Alex Wong, via Getty Images

A spokesman for Education Secretary Arne Duncan, left, cautioned against the presumption of guilt in an investigation of Washington schools under the direction of Michelle Rhee.

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Added by Michael Keany on February 27, 2012 at 10:45am — No Comments

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