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Forging ahead with nutty teacher evaluation plan by Carol Corbett Burris

Forging ahead with nutty teacher evaluation plan

By Valerie Strauss

This was written by Carol Corbett Burris, principal of South Side High School in New York. She was named the 2010 New York State Outstanding Educator by the School Administrators Association of New York…

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Added by Michael Keany on December 30, 2011 at 5:34pm — 1 Comment

Education-Related Predictions for 2012 by Larry Ferlazzo

Education-Related Predictions for 2012

by Larry Ferlazzo
Posted: 12/29/11 03:40 PM ET…
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Added by Michael Keany on December 30, 2011 at 5:31pm — No Comments

As Jan. 1 Application Deadline Nears, an Argument for a Yearlong Breather By ROBERT CLAGETT

As Jan. 1 Application Deadline Nears, an Argument for a Yearlong Breather

By ROBERT CLAGETT
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NY Times

Robert Clagett is a former dean of admissions at Middlebury College and former senior…

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Added by Michael Keany on December 29, 2011 at 1:24pm — No Comments

New Year's Resolution: Be a SEL Champion for Children BY MAURICE ELIAS

New Year's Resolution: Be a SEL Champion for Children

BY MAURICE ELIAS

12/27/11
Edutopia…
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Added by Michael Keany on December 29, 2011 at 1:21pm — No Comments

YouTube for Schools - A Leadership Embarrassment by Ryan Bretag

YouTube for Schools - A Leadership Embarrassment

Posted: 27 Dec 2011 10:36 AM PST

Ryan Bretag | @ryanbretag

The…

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Added by Michael Keany on December 28, 2011 at 8:57am — No Comments

The Quiz: Test yourself on education in 2011 By Valerie Strauss

The Quiz: Test yourself on education in 2011

By Valerie Strauss

The year 2011 was monumental in education — monumentally good or monumentally bad, depending on your view.

School reformers who believe in using business principles to run public schools had a banner year. More…

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Added by Michael Keany on December 27, 2011 at 12:58pm — No Comments

Five Books That Have Influenced My Teaching BY MARY BETH HERTZ

Five Books That Have Influenced My Teaching

BY MARY BETH HERTZ

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It's the holiday season, which means, once the eating and entertaining is over, many of us will have some free time on our hands. If you want to spend some of that time snuggling up with a great book, here are some books that I have read (or re-read) in the past year or so that have influenced my teaching. Not all of them…

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Added by Michael Keany on December 22, 2011 at 1:16pm — No Comments

3 ways to improve the USA's teachers By Wendy Kopp and Dennis Van Roekel

3 ways to improve the USA's teachers

By Wendy Kopp and Dennis Van Roekel

USA Today

Teaching is one of the most challenging jobs in the …

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Added by Michael Keany on December 22, 2011 at 12:55pm — No Comments

Change Things Up With Novelty Learning By Charles Laurent

Change Things Up With Novelty Learning

By Charles Laurent
Teacher Magazine

Some days when I drive into school in the mornings I go a different way. It takes a bit longer and my alternate route selection is met by a question from my 3rd grade daughter: "Dad, why are you going this way?" My response is always the same: "I just wanted to do something different, and it's good for…

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Added by Michael Keany on December 22, 2011 at 9:14am — No Comments

Our Love-Hate Relationship With the SATs by ANDREW J. ROTHERHAM

Our Love-Hate Relationship With the SATs

Cheating scandals aside, the grandaddy of high-stakes college admissions testing soldiers on
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Added by Michael Keany on December 22, 2011 at 9:00am — No Comments

Coursekit Aims To Overhaul How Teachers Run Their Classrooms

Coursekit Aims To Overhaul How Teachers Run Their Classrooms

Fast Company
Joseph Cohen wants to break the backs of entrenched dinosaurs that don't innovate much. How do you craft a strategy that works?

A couple years ago, I sat in on a "Technology in the Classroom" course. We spent the early part of the…

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Added by Michael Keany on December 21, 2011 at 2:49pm — No Comments

26 Amazing Facts About Finland's Unorthodox Education System by Adam Taylor

26 Amazing Facts About Finland's Unorthodox Education System

Adam Taylor | Dec. 14, 2011, 9:00 PM 
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Added by Michael Keany on December 21, 2011 at 2:49pm — No Comments

Learning About Technology, Public Engagement, and Independence ....From a Comedian By Patrick Ledesma

Learning About Technology, Public Engagement, and Independence ....From a Comedian

By Patrick Ledesma on December 19, 2011 …
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Added by Michael Keany on December 21, 2011 at 2:48pm — No Comments

'No Excuses' Is Not Just for Teachers by LAURA KLEIN

'No Excuses' Is Not Just for Teachers

Dec. 19, 2011, 1:27 p.m.

By LAURA KLEIN

NY Times

When asked to identify the qualities that lead to success in…

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Added by Michael Keany on December 21, 2011 at 2:48pm — No Comments

When an adult took standardized tests forced on kids By Valerie Strauss

When an adult took standardized tests forced on kids

By Valerie Strauss

Update 12/12:

QUIZ: Take part of the test that the local school board member took in the story below: …

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Added by Michael Keany on December 19, 2011 at 9:18am — No Comments

Why an anti-testing post went viral By Valerie Strauss

Why an anti-testing post went viral

By Valerie Strauss

A guest post on The Answer Sheet this month about a school…

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Added by Michael Keany on December 19, 2011 at 9:16am — No Comments

10 Years of Assessing Students With Scientific Exactitude By MICHAEL WINERIP

10 Years of Assessing Students With Scientific Exactitude

By MICHAEL WINERIP

NY Times 12/18/11

In the last decade, we have emerged from the Education Stone Age. No longer must we rely on primitive tools like teachers and…

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Added by Michael Keany on December 19, 2011 at 9:11am — No Comments

Courageous Conversation: Formative Assessment and Grading BY ANDREW MILLER

Courageous Conversation: Formative Assessment and Grading

BY ANDREW MILLER

12/15/11
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Added by Michael Keany on December 16, 2011 at 4:38pm — No Comments

The UnCollege Movement BY DALE STEPHENS

The UnCollege Movement

BY DALE STEPHENS

12/16/11
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Added by Michael Keany on December 16, 2011 at 4:28pm — No Comments

Bixhorn: LI needs fair share of school aid

Bixhorn: LI needs fair share of school aid

Newsday Originally published: December 15, 2011 6:36 PM

Updated: December 15, 2011 7:57 PM

By GARY D. BIXHORN  

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Gary D. Bixhorn is chief operating officer of Eastern Suffolk BOCES and legislative chairperson of the Suffolk…

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Added by Michael Keany on December 16, 2011 at 9:03am — No Comments

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