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Can anyone be a great teacher? By Annette Breaux
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Getting Preschool Education Right - NY Times Editorial
Getting Preschool Education Right
NY Times Editorial
Even before the cost estimates and program details have been made public, President Obama’s proposal for …
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The four biggest myths of the anti-testing backlash By Kathleen Porter-Magee and Jennifer Borgioli
The four biggest myths of the anti-testing backlash
By Kathleen Porter-Magee and Jennifer Borgioli / February 14, 2013
Across the United States and beyond, the anti-testing movement seems to be reaching its crescendo. Yet the case against testing is remarkably weak, resting on a foundation of four fundamental misunderstandings of the role that assessments play in our schools.…
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Obama for Governor! By Chester E. Finn, Jr.
Obama for Governor!
By Chester E. Finn, Jr. / February 14, 2013
Maybe Barack Obama should follow the Pope’s example and resign—but then he should run for governor, presumably in Illinois (where he would definitely be an improvement on the last dozen or so).
 Most of Obama's… |
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Teacher Quality: Three Views of How to Get It By Marc Tucker
Teacher Quality: Three Views of How to Get It
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School Turnarounds Are Predictably Rare By Walt Gardner
School Turnarounds Are Predictably Rare
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A Dress-Code Enforcer's Struggle for the Soul of the Middle-School Girl By Jessica Lahey
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How Can Teachers Overcome Depression and Strife? By Anthony Cody
How Can Teachers Overcome Depression and Strife?
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How to Fuel Students’ Learning Through Their Interests By Ian Quillen
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A warning to college profs from a high school teacher by Kenneth Bernstein, posted by Valerie Strauss
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High Stakes Decisions with Low Quality Info
Thanks to Carol Burris and Sean Feeney for this reference:
| High Stakes Decisions with Low Quality Info |
Bruce Baker is one of the more thoughtful examiners of the many practices being put in place by the latest wave of education "reformers." Dr. Baker is a professor in the graduate school of education at Rutgers; his… |
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It’s good to be King: More Misguided Rhetoric on the NY State Eval System reposted from School Finance 101
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Preparing Students for Common Core ELA by Tom Hoffman
Preparing Students for Common Core ELA
by Tom Hoffman
It should be fairly straightforward, really (says the ex-teacher).
Increase the complexity and volume of reading as much as you can. Unfortunately there are no new tricks for making this…
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Professional Development: Whose Job Is It? By Peter DeWitt
Professional Development: Whose Job Is It?
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Showing Your "School Family" Some Love by NICHOLAS PROVENZANO
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What Three Things Bother You Most about the Common Core? By Nancy Flanagan
What Three Things Bother You Most about the Common Core?
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When All Teachers Are Above Average by Stephen Sawchuk
When All Teachers Are Above Average
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The Time-Tested Dos and Don'ts of Using Classroom Technology By Paul Barnwell
The Time-Tested Dos and Don'ts of Using Classroom Technology
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Tough Sledding on Pre-K Politics: Why Access and Quality Aren't Easily Divorced By Sara Mead
Tough Sledding on Pre-K Politics: Why Access and Quality Aren't Easily Divorced
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Working Together, We Can Produce Genius by Robert Garmston and Valerie von Frank
Working Together, We Can Produce Genius
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