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New York State Education Reform and Misplaced Religiosity
by: Katie Zahedi
Diane Ravitch discusses the formidable pressures brought to bear on state departments of education by political and corporate sponsors to move ahead with reforms, but is this the only reason that NYSED is ignoring the wide-spread concerns of the state's principals. I find it hard to believe that anyone, including New York SED leadership could be so dedicated without a trace of beneficence in the mix.…
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Economists to teachers: We’ve dropped the “Deselection” and moved straight to “Fire ‘em”
Posted on January 7, 2012 by Cedar Riener
I had a few thoughts about the big teacher quality and VAM study that came out today that I wanted to share before…
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Five Steps to Widening the College Pipeline for African American and Latino Students
1/5/12
Edutopia
Dr. Danielle Moss Lee (@HEAFNYC on Twitter) is President and CEO at Harlem Educational Activities Fund (HEAF). With a…
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Message to New Teachers for a New Year: Patience, Persistence and Peace
1/4/12
Edutopia
Lisa M. Dabbs M.Ed. (@teachingwthsoul on Twitter) is the facilitator of Edutopia's New Teacher…
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A New Year's Goal: Stop Giving So Much Homework
1/4/12
Edutopia
A former teacher and instructional coach, Elena Aguilar is now a transformational leadership coach in the Oakland Unified School District.
Setting goals, resolutions, or intentions might be on our minds this week. We've probably experienced that "resolutions" don't work --…
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Parent Meetings: Bypassing the Dance of Blame
By Dave Orphal
Do you dread parent meetings—or find that they don't yield the results you wish they did?
At their worst, such meetings (especially when they focus on a problem) are packed with defensiveness, frustration, guilt, and fear for parents, teachers, and students. All parties want to "get it over with." But by sharpening your facilitation skills, you can keep a parent meeting from degenerating…
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Digital Classrooms: Is The Investment Paying Off?
Eric Savitz, Forbes Staff
Guest post written by Chuck Dietrich
Chuck Dietrich is CEO of SlideRocket.…
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Top 10 questions to ask yourself in 2012
by Justin Tarte
I firmly believe in self-reflection as a means toward growth and development. As such, we all would benefit from an intense session of self-reflection of the first half of the 2011-2012 school year. Additionally, through self-reflection we will better understand who we are as educators, as well as how our actions are aligning with our beliefs. Regardless of your position or role in education, here are my…
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NY Times Opinion
The Head Start program, which prepares disadvantaged 3- and 4-year-olds for school, has served nearly 30 million children since it was created in 1965. While there is little doubt that the federal program is critically important for these children and their parents, quality varies widely among programs.
Over the years, Congress has tried to strengthen oversight and improve the $8 billion…
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How to Check for Deeper Understanding and Engage All Students
By Ben Johnson
Via Edutopia
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This will not be your typical New Year's resolution post promising to lose 20lbs, give more to charity or adopt a pet. Although I find resolutions fun,…
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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…
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Robert Clagett is a former dean of admissions at Middlebury College and former senior…
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