I have thought long and hard about the Common Core standards.
I have decided that I cannot support them.
In this post, I will explain why.
I have long…
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Dear Teacher, With Love: When Student Letters Change Your Life By Marilyn Rhames
Dear Teacher, With Love: When Student Letters Change Your Life
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Teaching Values: Let's End Our Misguided Approach By Katherine Casey and Francesca Kaplan Grossman
Teaching Values: Let's End Our Misguided Approach
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"Schools and teachers don't get to choose whether they teach values. Schools and teachers are always affecting values by, for…
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Professional-development reform: 8 steps to make it happen By Tom Murray
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Thirty Years Later: A Nation Still at Risk? By: Alison DeNisco
Thirty Years Later: A Nation Still at Risk?
This April marks the 30th anniversary of the controversial Reagan-era report “A Nation at Risk”—and little has changed since.
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Why I Cannot Support the Common Core Standards by Diane Ravitch
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Twitter Is Perfect for Socially Awkward People By Peter DeWitt
Twitter Is Perfect for Socially Awkward People
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Singapore: Bilingual Language Policy and its Educational Success By Anthony Jackson
Singapore: Bilingual Language Policy and its Educational Success
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ADHD Medication Can Help Kids, But It Can't Fix Schools By Nancy Rappaport
ADHD Medication Can Help Kids, But It Can't Fix Schools
I think we can all agree that reforming schools through medicating students would be misguided, even ridiculous.
Yet The New York Times reported…
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Poverty's Prominent Role in Absenteeism By Marc Cutillo
Poverty's Prominent Role in Absenteeism
Ed WeekHalf of life is just showing up." I once loved repeating that to my students who were regularly absent from school. Like all good quotes, it owns a perfect blend of simplicity, adaptation,…
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A Genetic Code for Genius? By GAUTAM NAIK
A Genetic Code for Genius?
In China, a research project aims to find the roots of intelligence in our DNA; searching for the supersmart…
Added by Michael Keany on February 25, 2013 at 12:41pm — No Comments
Advanced Placement: Growing, But Good Enough? By Peter Gow
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You Better Start Listening to Teachers By John Wilson
You Better Start Listening to Teachers
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The IQ Debate By Walt Gardner
The IQ Debate
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When Schools Cut Nurses By Peter DeWitt
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5 Indications Your Leadership Is Obsolete for 21st Century Schools by J. Robinson
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Some Concerns About Facebook by Stephen Marche
Some Concerns About Facebook
“Does the Internet make people lonely, or are lonely people more attracted to the Internet?” asks novelist Stephen Marche in this troubling article in The Atlantic. He quotes John Cacioppo (University of Chicago’s Center for Cognitive and Social Neuroscience): “If you use Facebook to increase face-to-face contact, it increases social capital… It’s like a car. You can drive it to pick up your friends. Or you can…
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Can Parent Involvement Be a Negative Factor in a School? by Linn Posey-Maddox
Can Parent Involvement Be a Negative Factor in a School?
In this American Journal of Education article, Linn Posey-Maddox (University of Wisconsin/Madison) explores the phenomenon of middle- and upper-middle-class parents raising funds, writing grants, and volunteering in their children’s urban schools. The contributions from these parents can make a significant difference to school quality in tight budget times, providing art and music…
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How Educators Sometimes “Enable” Students (an Oldie but Goodie)
How Educators Sometimes “Enable” Students (an Oldie but Goodie)
(Originally titled “ ‘Enabling’ Undermines Responsibility in Students”)
In this 1989 Educational Leadership article, Wisconsin social studies teacher Steven Landfried writes candidly about teachers who are “enablers” – they let students (and colleagues) off the hook by allowing them to be lazy, avoid responsibilities, and miss out on opportunities for growth.…
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Activity Speaks Louder Than Words: Improving Student Engagement by KENDELL DORSEY
Activity Speaks Louder Than Words: Improving Student Engagement
FEBRUARY 20, 2013Edutopia…
Added by Michael Keany on February 22, 2013 at 11:30pm — No Comments
Is Educational Technology Worth the Hype?by BOB LENZ
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