Michael Keany's Blog – October 2012 Archive (82)

If common core fails, then what? By Tom Whitby



Tom Whitby

If common core fails, then what?

By  on October 18th, 2012 

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I was invited to attend the Annual Conference…

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Added by Michael Keany on October 19, 2012 at 4:18pm — No Comments

Teachers are the key, top educators agree

Teachers are the key, top educators agree

Teachers are the key to education reforms and improvements.

Many countries have put a lot of effort into…

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Common Core: Fiction vs. nonfiction smackdown

Fiction vs. nonfiction smackdown

There is no more troubling fact about U.S. education…

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Added by Michael Keany on October 18, 2012 at 11:30pm — 1 Comment

National Teacher of the Year: Give Us a Career Path

National Teacher of the Year: Give Us a Career Path

Rebecca Mieliwocki, the 2012 National Teacher of the Year, receives congratulations from President Barack Obama during a White House ceremony in April 2012.
—Charles Dharapak/AP
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Added by Michael Keany on October 18, 2012 at 3:59pm — No Comments

Obama, Romney have different views on education

Obama, Romney have different views on education

Greg Toppo, USA TODAY
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(Photo: Michael Reynolds, AFP/Getty Images)





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  • Obama…
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Added by Michael Keany on October 18, 2012 at 3:55pm — No Comments

Them's That Got Shall Have: Criminalizing Parents Who Steal Free Education by Tressie McMillan Cottom

Tressie McMillan Cottom

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A Rubber Room By Any Other Name... By Tom Segal

A Rubber Room By Any Other Name...

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When Students Do The Teaching by KIERA CHASE

When Students Do The Teaching

Not every teacher gets to hear these words: the process of making "this video gave me a better understanding of how teachers teacher, so when I am faced with a math problem that I don't understand I…

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Added by Michael Keany on October 17, 2012 at 3:20pm — No Comments

Teen Read Week: Creating a Text-Rich School

Teen Read Week: Creating a Text-Rich School

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Added by Michael Keany on October 16, 2012 at 1:43pm — No Comments

Six Practices of Schools and School Districts Marching to Obsolescence by J. Robinson

MONDAY, OCTOBER 15, 2012

21st Century Principal - J. Robinson…

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Added by Michael Keany on October 16, 2012 at 1:34pm — 1 Comment

Letter From an 'Angry Black Man': Am I a Good Coach? By Elena Aguilar

Letter From an 'Angry Black Man': Am I a Good Coach?

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Added by Michael Keany on October 16, 2012 at 12:25pm — No Comments

School Reform, But From Whose Perspective? by Cheryl Scott Williams

School Reform, But From Whose Perspective?

—Jori Bolton
Premium article access courtesy of Edweek.org.

Public K-12 schooling is a…

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Added by Michael Keany on October 16, 2012 at 12:13pm — No Comments

Dear Parents of Special-Needs Children I’ve Taught In the Past

Anonymous on Flappiness.com 

http://flappinessis.com/2011/12/01/an-apology-from-your-childs-former-teacher/

Dear Parents of Special-Needs Children I’ve Taught In the Past,

I need to make…

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The Need for Spreadsheet Math in K-12 by Art Bardige

The Need for Spreadsheet Math in K-12

Guest blog written by Art Bardige,…

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Added by Michael Keany on October 15, 2012 at 2:04pm — No Comments

Resisting Technology Is Soooo 20th Century By Peter DeWitt

Resisting Technology Is Soooo 20th Century

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Two common core assessments bear important differences

Valley Views: Students should be focus of test criteria
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Added by Michael Keany on October 15, 2012 at 1:53pm — No Comments

Invitation to a Dialogue: A Student’s Call to Arms by NIKHIL GOYAL

Invitation to a Dialogue: A Student’s Call to Arms



To the Editor:

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Added by Michael Keany on October 15, 2012 at 1:49pm — No Comments

The Global Search for Education: The Education Debate 2012 -- Diane Ravitch

C. M. Rubin

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Added by Michael Keany on October 15, 2012 at 11:16am — No Comments

Want to Ruin Teaching? Give Ratings By DEBORAH KENNY

Want to Ruin Teaching? Give Ratings

  • NY Times

AS the founder of a charter school…

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Added by Michael Keany on October 15, 2012 at 9:06am — No Comments

Dear Teacher, Johnny Is Skipping the Test By SONI SANGHA

Dear Teacher, Johnny Is Skipping the Test

NY Times

LATER this month, children at 169 New York City elementary and middle schools will, for the second time in a calendar year, take a 40-minute “field test” in math and English language arts to determine which questions will go on future state standardized exams.

Lori Chajet’s daughter will not be among them, though the tests are scheduled to…

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Added by Michael Keany on October 14, 2012 at 10:37am — No Comments

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