Michael Keany's Blog – November 2012 Archive (66)

Healthier Testing Made Easy: The Idea of Authentic Assessment by GRANT WIGGINS

Healthier Testing Made Easy: The Idea of Authentic Assessment

Tests don't just measure absorption of facts. They teach what we value.

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Added by Michael Keany on November 14, 2012 at 6:44pm — No Comments

Bad Teaching Practice #1: "I am Only Going to Teach Those Who Are Ready To Learn" By Anthony Cody

Bad Teaching Practice #1: "I am Only Going to Teach Those Who Are Ready To Learn"

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Added by Michael Keany on November 13, 2012 at 9:35pm — No Comments

Teaching Climate Change in Sandy's Wake By Laurence Peters

Teaching Climate Change in Sandy's Wake

Premium article access courtesy of Edweek.org.

When asked what was the greatest threat a statesman might face, British Prime Minister Harold Macmillan is said to have replied, "Events, dear boy, events."

Hurricane…

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Added by Michael Keany on November 13, 2012 at 9:06pm — No Comments

Problems with Value-Added Teacher Evaluation in Secondary Schools

Problems with Value-Added Teacher Evaluation in Secondary Schools

 

In this Education Week article, Stephen Sawchuk reports on two new studies that question the accuracy of value-added teacher evaluation in middle and high schools. What undermines the validity of value-added data, say the studies, is students being grouped by achievement. Value-added analysis compares a statistical estimate of students’ projected growth with…

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Added by Michael Keany on November 13, 2012 at 6:47am — No Comments

Hurricane Sandy: An SEL Lesson in Responding to Calamity by Maurice Elias

Hurricane Sandy: An SEL Lesson in Responding to Calamity

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Added by Michael Keany on November 12, 2012 at 12:54pm — No Comments

What High-School Students Should Learn About Race by Lawrence Blum

What High-School Students Should Learn About Race

 

“Americans, especially white Americans, don’t like to talk about race,” says University of Massachusetts professor Lawrence Blum in this thoughtful Harvard Education Letter article. “Many Americans think we are in a ‘postracial’ society, partly because a black man is president, so they don’t need to give much thought to race anymore. This view is completely and deeply…

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Added by Michael Keany on November 12, 2012 at 8:10am — No Comments

Setting Students Up for Success

Setting Students Up for Success

Create the path of least resistance





By Rebecca Friedman with Chavi Abramson  …

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Added by Michael Keany on November 10, 2012 at 2:14pm — No Comments

Are "old school" teaching methods still relevant? by Annie Murphy Paul

Brilliant: The Science of Smart

Why Kids Should Learn Cursive (and Math Facts, and Word Roots)

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Added by Michael Keany on November 10, 2012 at 2:00pm — No Comments

What Questions Reveal About a Leader’s Mindset

What Questions Reveal About a Leader’s Mindset

 

In this Wharton Leadership Digest article, Marilee Adams (American University) distinguishes between “judger” and “learner” questions and says they make a significant difference to the quality of a meeting. Here are some judger questions:

  • Who is to blame? Why can’t they perform?
  • How can I prove I’m right?
  • How…
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Added by Michael Keany on November 7, 2012 at 4:57pm — No Comments

An Election Day Message to My Students by Randy Turner, English Teacher

Randy Turner

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Added by Michael Keany on November 7, 2012 at 1:52pm — No Comments

Four More Years: What Now? By Rick Hess

Four More Years: What Now?

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Added by Michael Keany on November 7, 2012 at 12:43pm — No Comments

What Do Kentucky Test Results Foreshadow for the Common Core? By Catherine Gewertz

What Do Kentucky Test Results Foreshadow for the Common Core?

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Added by Michael Keany on November 6, 2012 at 11:34am — No Comments

The 'Natural' Teacher By Walt Gardner

The 'Natural' Teacher

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Added by Michael Keany on November 5, 2012 at 1:12pm — No Comments

Stop Picking on Gym Teachers! by Sara Mead

Stop Picking on Gym Teachers!

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Added by Michael Keany on November 5, 2012 at 1:10pm — No Comments

Why are women so underrepresented in educational leadership? by Dan Domenech

Why are women so underrepresented in educational leadership?

Posted By Dan Domenech On November 2, 2012 

eSchool News

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Seventy-two percent of the education…

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Added by Michael Keany on November 5, 2012 at 12:24pm — No Comments

Student Fights Bullying with Positivity by KEVIN CURWICK

Student Fights Bullying with Positivity

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Added by Michael Keany on November 5, 2012 at 10:31am — No Comments

Suspend Testing after the Hurricane: An Open Letter from Denny Taylor

Suspend Testing after the Hurricane: An Open Letter from Denny Taylor

5 NOVEMBER 2012 

Two Important Research Findings on Children and Trauma Support the Halting of Testing in K-12 Public Schools: An Open Letter to Governor Christie, Governor Cuomo and Mayor Bloomberg er

Denny Taylor, Professor of…

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Added by Michael Keany on November 5, 2012 at 10:23am — No Comments

The Importance of Education: An Economics View By Michael Greenstone & Adam Looney

The Importance of Education: An Economics View

Article Tools Ed Week

It's not headline news that educational attainment is highly correlated with income: College graduates typically earn more than less-educated Americans. What is…

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Added by Michael Keany on November 5, 2012 at 10:19am — No Comments

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