Like most school systems that serve disadvantaged children, New Haven, an urban district with a high poverty rate, has faced enormous challenges in improving the quality of instruction. But its political leaders and teachers’ union took a bold step last year in agreeing to a new teacher evaluation system that aims to…
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Texting in the Classroom: Not Just a Distraction By Audrey Watters
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Response: Reasons For The "Downgrade" In Respect For Teachers By Larry Ferlazzo
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21 Things That Will Be Obsolete by 2020 By Tina Barseghian
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Does Innovation Have a DNA? Education Applications... by Stephanie Sandifer
Does Innovation Have a DNA? Education Applications...
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Ways to Prevent Cheating -- NY Times Editorial
Ways to Prevent Cheating
NY Times Editorial
The Board of Regents took an important step this month when it directed the New York State Education Department to develop a plan for eliminating glaring weaknesses in the state testing system. As a first move, the Regents voted to require that state tests for third through eighth grades be…
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No Defending Illiterate Educators
I was always intrigued by the saying, “I taught him everything he knows, but not everything that I know!” I always thought that was a pretty clever saying. It was also true of educators in years gone by. They were the content experts. If you wanted knowledge, these experts had it. People paid good money to travel to the places where these content experts delivered their wares, universities, colleges and monasteries. Knowledge was a commodity and, if the expert held anything back, a student’s…
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Do Schools Matter? by Whitney Tilson
Do Schools Matter?
by Whitney Tilson
Board member of KIPP charter schools in NYC, the National Alliance for Public Charter Schools and Democrats for Education Reform…
Added by Michael Keany on September 19, 2011 at 10:32am — No Comments
The School Reform Equivalent Of Playing “Mary Had A Little Lamb” With A Stradivarius by Larry Ferlazzo
The School Reform Equivalent Of Playing “Mary Had A Little Lamb” With A Stradivarius
by Larry Ferlazzo
I read something truly awful today in The New York Times Magazine article, What if the Secret to Success Is Failure?
But before I share what it was, I’d like to preface it by…
Added by Michael Keany on September 16, 2011 at 4:53pm — No Comments
Are We Expecting Too Much of Teacher Evaluation Systems? By Justin Baeder
Are We Expecting Too Much of Teacher Evaluation Systems?
I pay a lot of attention to teacher evaluation in this country, and it seems that the issue grows…
Added by Michael Keany on September 16, 2011 at 12:30pm — No Comments
Getting teacher evaluation right By Valerie Strauss
Getting teacher evaluation right
Here is an edited version of a briefing on the right way to evaluate teachers that Stanford University Professor Linda Darling-Hammond and…
Added by Michael Keany on September 16, 2011 at 11:35am — 1 Comment
We're Asking All the Wrong Questions by Steve Nelson
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Building a Nation of Nation Builders by Rehema Ellis
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What we LEARN that State Tests Don't Measure
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In my first two weeks of school I have witnessed things that are not assessed in state mandated tests, but are nevertheless cornerstones of a good education and strong school culture; acts of compassion, unselfishness & pride. In a series of short stories I would like to share 3 unbelievable life lessons I've been fortunate enough to be part of in only the first 2 weeks of school. These stories are why…
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Live from Parent Night: An Early-Grades Perspective By Maureen Kelleher
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Key to Improving SAT Scores Could Be Rigorous Curriculum By Caralee Adams
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In the Face of Fear
Today, I’ve been working on organizing and outlining some of the ideas that I have for what I dream will one day become a book for teachers about teaching literacy. Broad topic, I know. But right now, I’m in the gathering and envisioning stage of my writing process. I’m relishing going back through the volumes that I have been collecting over the years and reacquainting with my old thoughts and experiences as a teacher. I find myself making notes in the margins and asking myself…
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Respecting Students by Carol Ann Tomlinson
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Can We Teach Children to Love Learning? by Elissa Viggiani
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Teach Your Parents Well: Teens Teach Their Parents How to Use Tech Wisely by Susan Kaiser Greenland
Teach Your Parents Well: Teens Teach Their Parents How to Use Tech Wisely
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