My wife and I had been saving up our rewards points from airlines, hotels, and credit cards in order to celebrate a 24th wedding anniversary in Las Vegas. We finally did it this past week. As a lifelong “Rat Pack” fan I looked forward to the Landmarks, the Legends, the Lights, and the Luxuries of the Las Vegas Strip. Ironically, however, our most enjoyable venture was a helicopter tour and landing in the Grand Canyon in Arizona.
One of the most impressive feats of Las Vegas…
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Added by Tom Whitby on February 24, 2012 at 2:33pm —
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Why Great Teachers Are Also Learners
You can inspire students to learn with simple demonstrations of your own curiosity
FEB 21 2012
Vicki Davis
The Atlantic
As a teacher, the most…
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Added by Michael Keany on February 23, 2012 at 10:49pm —
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Why Common Core standards will fail
Virginia, take a bow.
While Maryland, 44 other states and the District are spending billions of dollars to install new national standards for their schools, Virginia has stuck with the standards it has. …
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Added by Michael Keany on February 23, 2012 at 10:46pm —
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‘You are so smart…why did you become a teacher?’
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 State. She is…
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Added by Michael Keany on February 20, 2012 at 7:59pm —
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Added by Michael Keany on February 20, 2012 at 2:02pm —
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Can Education Entrepreneurs Do Well And Do Good?
Business and education don't always mix, but a new generation of edupreneurs is responding to genuine needs in the classroom in ways big companies haven't
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Added by Michael Keany on February 20, 2012 at 1:21pm —
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Q and A: Imagining a Virtual Education Oasis
The thing to know about author Ernest Cline is that he owns a DeLorean. Well, that, and he conceived a future where everyone who can will learn online.
That vision might seem exaggerated, but as virtual education continues to break into the mainstream of K-12 and higher education, and expands rapidly in job-training programs, his imaginary view of the future of education might have a stronger connection to reality than one might…
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Added by Michael Keany on February 18, 2012 at 1:41pm —
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A Sound Deal on Teacher Evaluations
NY Times Editorial
Thanks to an agreement brokered by Gov. Andrew Cuomo, New York has moved a step closer to carrying out the statewide teacher evaluation system it promised two years ago in return for $700 million from the federal Race…
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Added by Michael Keany on February 17, 2012 at 7:02am —
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Added by Michael Keany on February 16, 2012 at 12:20pm —
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What All Students Need from All Teachers
(Originally titled “Teach Up for Excellence”)
Marshall Memo - 423
In this Educational Leadership article, differentiation guru Carol Ann Tomlinson (University of Virginia) and EDEquity founder Edwin Lou Javius note that until quite recently, U.S. schools were legally segregated and unequal based on race. Today, there is…
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Added by Michael Keany on February 16, 2012 at 11:18am —
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Seven misconceptions about how students learn
Will Rogers once said, “It isn’t what people don’t know that hurts them. It’s what they do know that just ain’t so.”
That’s the introduction to a…
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Added by Michael Keany on February 14, 2012 at 2:09pm —
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As an educator for the past four decades there is very little in the way of conversation that I haven’t discussed about what it is to be a teacher. In these discussions, over all of these years, there is one position taken by many people which always gives me cause to think less of the person with whom I am having the discussion. It forces me to question their bias on the subject. The statement that sets me off is usually some variation of,”teaching isn’t really a profession”.
The…
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Added by Tom Whitby on February 13, 2012 at 1:23pm —
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St. John’s University / Oakdale is pleased to announce that we are now offering the following programs:
- Advanced Certificate in School Building Leadership (22 Credits)
- Master of Science in Teaching Children with Disabilities – Adolescent Education
Excel, Surpass, Succeed
Become a Part of Something Bigger
St. John’s University / Oakdale
Graduate School of…
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Added by Danica D'Ambrosio on February 13, 2012 at 10:45am —
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Just Lin, Baby! 10 Lessons Jeremy Lin Can Teach Us Before We Go To Work Monday Morning
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Added by Michael Keany on February 12, 2012 at 10:48am —
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We all know the line about success. It’s something we want, it’s something we work for, it’s something we’re rewarded with, it’s something we measure by, and it’s something we judge by. We all know of ‘successful’ people, ideas, programs, communities, schools, etc. that we can point to and proclaim success. So if we all know it, or think we know it when we see it, and we’re always supposed to be working towards it, what is it? What is success?
I’ve been reading …
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Added by Ralph Ratto on February 12, 2012 at 9:00am —
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There has been much debate in education on who is ultimately responsible for a child's learning. In a perfect world the parents would be the child's first teachers. They would then work closely with… Continue
Added by Bill Burkhead on February 11, 2012 at 8:16pm —
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Reasonable doubt on teacher evaluation
My guest is Aaron Pallas, professor of sociology and education at Teachers College, Columbia University. He writes the …
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Added by Michael Keany on February 9, 2012 at 7:05am —
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Senior writer for The Education Trust…
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Added by Michael Keany on February 6, 2012 at 1:43pm —
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Cuomo and the schools
Fred LeBrun, Commentary
Albany Times Union
Thanks to Carol Corbett-Burris for referring this commentary to us.
Published 08:32 p.m., Saturday, February 4, 2012…
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Added by Michael Keany on February 6, 2012 at 10:48am —
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Super Bowl Sunday has finally arrived. And Yes!! My beloved NY Giants are in it!
Regardless of which team you cheer on to victory, everyone is fully aware that Super Bowl Sunday has arrived. The media has been buzzing, stores have stocked up on supplies and team paraphernalia, the advertising industry has paid millions for 30 seconds of air time, families and friends are gathering, people all across the nation are focusing on the big game,and even presidential candidates are…
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Added by Ralph Ratto on February 5, 2012 at 3:44pm —
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