Michael Keany's Blog – May 2013 Archive (135)

Technology and Behavior: It's a 21st-Century Thing By Peter Gow

Technology and Behavior: It's a 21st-Century Thing



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Added by Michael Keany on May 13, 2013 at 12:57pm — No Comments

We Need a New Approach to Principal Selection By Ronald J. Bonnstetter & Bill J. Bonnstetter

We Need a New Approach to Principal Selection

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In charting a course to sail your boat around the world, you don't hire a navigator who still believes the Earth is flat. Yet we continue to ask…

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Your brain on fiction by Annie Murphy Paul

Your brain on fiction
Of all the pieces I've written over the past couple…
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That Dastardly Computer Gave My Essay a D!

Computers Grading Students’ Essays – Some Push-Back

Several people wrote letters to The New York Times in response to the article about computer grading of students’ essays (summarized in Marshall Memo 480). Here are excerpts from two of the letters:

• “Far from being grateful for ‘a break’ from grading papers, I am dismayed by the prospect of substituting the teacher-student interactions that are the heart of…

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How Do Schools Unlock the Potential of English-Language Learners? By Peter DeWitt

How Do Schools Unlock the Potential of English-Language Learners?

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Top athletes and singers have coaches. Should you? BY ATUL GAWANDE

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Top athletes and singers have coaches. Should you?

BY  OCTOBER 3, 2011

New Yorker Magazine…

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John Thompson: Coaching is Good for Doctors and Teachers Both

John Thompson: Coaching is Good for Doctors and Teachers Both

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Added by Michael Keany on May 13, 2013 at 9:38am — 1 Comment

Further Thoughts on the Measures of Effective Teaching (MET) Study

Further Thoughts on the Measures of Effective Teaching (MET) Study

In this interview with Michael Jonas in CommonWealth Magazine, Harvard professor and Measures of Effective Teaching project honcho Thomas Kane discusses MET findings. Four excerpts:

• “In math, a top-quartile teacher on the combined measure [test-score gains, classroom observations, and student survey data] generated 7.6 more months of learning in a typical…

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Added by Michael Keany on May 12, 2013 at 6:30pm — No Comments

Preparation routes: Teachers leading the way by Barnett Berry

Preparation routes: Teachers leading the way



What better way to celebrate Teacher Appreciation Day than by sharing and discussing the ideas and experiences of teacher leaders? Today, CTQ released a report on teacher education, written by a team of 17…

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Added by Michael Keany on May 10, 2013 at 4:24pm — No Comments

Mirror, Mirror on the Wall: How Can I Be a Better Teacher Next Fall? by DR. RICHARD CURWIN

Mirror, Mirror on the Wall: How Can I Be a Better Teacher Next Fall?

DR. RICHARD CURWIN'S BLOG

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Sliding Into Homelessness By Zakkiaya Bowen

Sliding Into Homelessness

By Zakkiaya Bowen

NY Times May 8, 2013

Zakkiaya Bowen Youth CommunicationZakkiaya Bowen

I am 21 years old and a full-time student at LaGuardia Community College, working toward a degree in writing and literature. I am a writer for Represent magazine and I work as a research analyst for an international company.

I sound like I’ve got it all figured it out,…

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What Your Students Will Need to Get a Job at Amazon By Anthony Rebora

What Your Students Will Need to Get a Job at Amazon

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How Testing Will Change What I Teach Next Year by Bill Ferriter

May 07, 2013

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Teacher "Appreciation" By Nancy Flanagan

Teacher "Appreciation"

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The Testing Obsession Widens the Gap By Deborah Meier

The Testing Obsession Widens the Gap

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Well-Behaved Educators Rarely Make History By Peter DeWitt

Well-Behaved Educators Rarely Make History

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The Cop Who Wouldn't Take My Teaching Job By Marilyn Rhames

The Cop Who Wouldn't Take My Teaching Job

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The Plight of Teachers' Unions By Arthur Levine

The Plight of Teachers' Unions

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In late March, Karen Lewis, the president of the Chicago Teachers Union, attacked Mayor Rahm Emanuel for undermining the city's schools with a plan to close more than 50 underutilized schools.…

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Added by Michael Keany on May 9, 2013 at 1:35pm — No Comments

Five Ways Teachers Can Use Technology to Help Students By Darrell M. West and Joshua Bleiberg

Darrell West

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The Solution to a Bad Guy With a Test Is a Good Guy With a Test by Dr. Arnold Dodge

Arnold Dodge

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