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The Future Is Now for Teacher Evaluation by Renee Moore

The Future Is Now for Teacher Evaluation



Renee Moore
The best teacher evaluation should look like good teaching: knowledgeable, well-prepared, flexible, collaborative, and reflective. It should result in the growth of all involved and consistently produce…
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Added by Michael Keany on December 15, 2011 at 9:36am — No Comments

How Can Standardized Test Scores Be Used in Teacher Evaluation? by Patrick Ledesma

How Can Standardized Test Scores Be Used in Teacher Evaluation?



Patrick Ledesma
Whether educators like it or not, the public values the use of standardized test scores as a measure of school quality. Test scores provide a…
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Added by Michael Keany on December 15, 2011 at 9:35am — No Comments

Making Teachers Part of a Team by Jessica Hahn

Making Teachers Part of a Team



Jessica Hahn
Last year, the number of 3rd graders in my school that scored proficient on the state standardized reading test was less than 50 percent. Yet some of the 3rd grade teachers were deemed good teachers. In fact, one of these…
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Added by Michael Keany on December 15, 2011 at 9:33am — No Comments

My First Wish for Teacher Evaluation by Ryan Niman

My First Wish for Teacher Evaluation



Ryan Niman
If a genie in a lamp ever offers me three wishes for my profession, I'm ready.

Here's my first: "I wish for an evaluation system that measures the full set of skills necessary to be a teacher."

In…

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Added by Michael Keany on December 15, 2011 at 9:32am — No Comments

What Does the "Special" in Special Education Mean? BY MARISA KAPLAN

What Does the "Special" in Special Education Mean?

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Added by Michael Keany on December 14, 2011 at 12:11pm — No Comments

Here's a Thought: Reform Driven by Passionate Educators by Eric Sheninger

Here's a Thought: Reform Driven by Passionate Educators

 (Eric Sheninger) Dec 13, 2011 



Ask yourself why…
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Added by Michael Keany on December 14, 2011 at 12:09pm — No Comments

Separation, Divorce & The Child in the Middle By Peter DeWitt

Separation, Divorce & The Child in the Middle

By Peter DeWitt on December 12, 2011 

Children…

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Added by Michael Keany on December 13, 2011 at 12:16pm — No Comments

Columbine Victim Rachel Scott's Kindness Lives On by Jean Fain

Licensed psychotherapist and author, 'The Self-Compassion Diet'…

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Added by Michael Keany on December 13, 2011 at 12:12pm — No Comments

Where do teachers come from? by John Merrow

This is the print preview: Back to normal view »

Education…

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Added by Michael Keany on December 13, 2011 at 12:00pm — No Comments

Whose children have been left behind? by Diane Ravitch

NATIONAL OPPORTUNITY TO LEARN SUMMIT December 9, 2011 Diane Ravitch

My theme for today: Whose children have been left behind?

Let me tell you a little bit about myself. For many years, I was a strong advocate of testing, accountability, and choice. I worked in three conservative think tanks where these ideas were held sacred. In 1998, I went to Albany, New York, to testify on behalf of charter legislation. At the time I was connected to the conservative Manhattan…

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Added by Michael Keany on December 12, 2011 at 10:14am — No Comments

Class Matters. Why Won’t We Admit It? By HELEN F. LADD and EDWARD B. FISKE

Class Matters. Why Won’t We Admit It?

By HELEN F. LADD and EDWARD B. FISKE

Durham, N.C.

NY Times

NO one seriously disputes the fact that students from disadvantaged households perform less well in school, on average, than their peers from more advantaged backgrounds. But rather than confront this fact of life head-on, our policy makers mistakenly continue to reason that, since they cannot change the…

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Added by Michael Keany on December 12, 2011 at 9:29am — No Comments

The Trouble With Homework By ANNIE MURPHY PAUL

The Trouble With Homework

By ANNIE MURPHY PAUL

NY Times

Annie Murphy Paul is the author of “Origins" and is at work on a new book about the science of learning.

WHEN you think of America’s students, do you picture overworked, stressed-out children bent under backpacks stuffed with textbooks and worksheets? Or do you call to mind glassy-eyed, empty-headed teenagers sitting before computer screens,…

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Added by Michael Keany on December 9, 2011 at 11:22am — 1 Comment

Don't Let Digital Dirt Dash Your Dreams: What Your Online Identity Says About You

Don't Let Digital Dirt Dash Your Dreams: What Your Online Identity Says About You

By AAEE on November 11, 2011 

More and more employers are using online social networking sites, such as…

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Added by Michael Keany on December 9, 2011 at 9:04am — No Comments

"Initiative among job seekers is breathtakingly rare." by Diann Lloyd-Dennis

"Initiative among job seekers is breathtakingly rare."

By AAEE on December 2, 2011 


This comment, made by a recruiter at…

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Added by Michael Keany on December 9, 2011 at 9:01am — No Comments

Ravitch: ‘Miracle schools’ not so miraculous after all

Ravitch: ‘Miracle schools’ not so miraculous after all

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This was written by education historian Diane Ravitch for her Bridging…

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Added by Michael Keany on December 9, 2011 at 8:53am — No Comments

After the Garden Is Gone by Marnie Hazelton

After the Garden Is Gone…
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Added by Michael Keany on December 8, 2011 at 8:23pm — No Comments

What You Can Do To Support School Libraries In Crisis by Carl Harvey II

President, AASL

What You Can Do To Support School Libraries In Crisis…

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Added by Michael Keany on December 8, 2011 at 4:37pm — No Comments

What Is The Most Important Thing to Remember About Classroom Management? by Larry Ferlazzo

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Added by Michael Keany on December 8, 2011 at 9:19am — No Comments

Needs Improvement List in Serious Need of Improvement by David Feller

Needs Improvement List in Serious Need of Improvement

David S. Feller North Merrick UFSD, Superintendent Nassau County Council of School Superintendents’ Special Education Committee, Chairperson November 18, 2011

I write in response to the recent coverage throughout the State regarding the large increase in schools that are on this year's Needs Improvement List. My reaction comes from the…

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Added by Michael Keany on December 7, 2011 at 5:01pm — 3 Comments

How Nations Teach Global Skills By Heather Singmaster

How Nations Teach Global Skills

By Anthony Jackson on December 7, 2011 

What can American school systems learn from academically high-achieving nations? My Asia Society colleague Heather Singmaster shares four case studies.

By Heather Singmaster

On Monday,…

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Added by Michael Keany on December 7, 2011 at 4:41pm — No Comments

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