Michael Keany's Blog – December 2013 Archive (57)

WHAT ARE TESTS REALLY MEASURING?: WHEN ACHIEVEMENT ISN’T ACHIEVEMENT by P.L. Thomas

WHAT ARE TESTS REALLY MEASURING?: WHEN ACHIEVEMENT ISN’T ACHIEVEMENT

THE BECOMING RADICAL

A Place for a Pedagogy of Kindness (the public and scholarly writing by P. L. Thomas, Furman University)

High-stakes standardized testing must be the most resilient phenomenon…

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Added by Michael Keany on December 21, 2013 at 9:09am — No Comments

You've Got to Reach Before You Teach by MAURICE ELIAS



You've Got to Reach Before You Teach

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Added by Michael Keany on December 20, 2013 at 9:02am — No Comments

Why Is Data a Dirty Word? By Peter DeWitt

Why Is Data a Dirty Word?

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Added by Michael Keany on December 20, 2013 at 8:59am — No Comments

Be Present from A Principal's Reflections by Eric Sheninger

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Added by Michael Keany on December 19, 2013 at 9:24am — No Comments

Language, Measures, and the US Handicap in Math by Peter Gray in Freedom to Learn

Language, Measures, and the US Handicap in Math

Does Asian math superiority derive partly from a difference in number names?
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Added by Michael Keany on December 19, 2013 at 9:21am — No Comments

All-important and overlooked: classroom management

All-important and overlooked: classroom management

A new report from the National Council on Teacher Quality investigates the extent to which America's traditional teacher-preparation programs offer research-based strategies for candidates to better manage classrooms from the outset. Most programs can correctly claim at least some classroom-management instruction, but it's often scattered throughout the curriculum. Most…

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Added by Michael Keany on December 17, 2013 at 7:39pm — No Comments

Community schools: It's time

Community schools: It's time

Efforts to create full-service community schools that serve the whole child with an array of services are gaining traction under California's new education funding formula, writes Jane Meredith Adams for Ed Source. The convergence of more money for low-income students and a new mandate to work with families under the Local Control Funding Formula has created an environment in which community…

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Added by Michael Keany on December 17, 2013 at 7:37pm — No Comments

School leadership at the heart of reform

School leadership at the heart of reform

A new paper from Bain & Company argues that transformational leadership is vital to solving the nation's public-education crisis, but most school systems lack an effective end-to-end model for identifying, encouraging, and developing school leaders over time. It also considers current school-leadership development models by districts and charter management…
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Added by Michael Keany on December 17, 2013 at 7:34pm — No Comments

Wither teacher unions?

Wither teacher unions?

Long among the wealthiest and most powerful interest groups in American politics, teacher unions are grappling with financial, legal, and public-relations challenges and fighting for the support of an increasingly skeptical public, writes Stephanie Simon on Politico.com. The National Education Association (NEA) has lost 230,000 members, or 7 percent, since 2009, and is projecting…
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Added by Michael Keany on December 17, 2013 at 7:32pm — No Comments

The Critical Words Your Students Must Know for the Common Core State Standards! by Marilee Sprenger

The Critical Words Your Students Must Know for the Common            Core State Standards!

by Marilee  Sprenger

http://www.marileesprenger.com/the-critical-words.html



Researchers estimate 85% of achievement test scores are based on the vocabulary of the standards. Students from poverty, ELL…

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Added by Michael Keany on December 17, 2013 at 8:29am — 1 Comment

Mommy, It’s Only A Game (Has competitiveness gone too far?) by Dr. Louis. C. D’Aquila, D.A., CFT

Mommy, It’s Only A Game

(Has competitiveness gone too far?)

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Dr. Louis. C. D’Aquila, D.A., CFT

Email: ldaquila@verizon.net

About the author: The author of this article is a retired teacher, former varsity track and soccer coach and adjunct college professor. Presently active as a…

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Added by Michael Keany on December 16, 2013 at 3:02pm — No Comments

Building Technology Fluency: Preparing Students to be Digital Learners by Beth Holland



Building Technology Fluency: Preparing Students to be Digital Learners



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Added by Michael Keany on December 16, 2013 at 11:57am — No Comments

Are Kids Sports Pricing Themselves Out of the Market? by John Greenya

Are Kids Sports Pricing Themselves Out of the Market?

As organized sports get pushed further out of reach of many poorer kids, one former college hoops star wants to even the playing field.

Pacific Standard

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Added by Michael Keany on December 16, 2013 at 10:43am — No Comments

Dreaming makes you smarter by Annie Murphy Paul

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Added by Michael Keany on December 16, 2013 at 9:36am — No Comments

10 school initiatives that never go away by Meris Stansbury

10 school initiatives that never go away

Posted By Meris Stansbury On December 16, 2013  In Featured on eSchool News,Opinion,Policy,Top News | 

A new concept called ‘initiative fatigue’ has educators griping…

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Added by Michael Keany on December 16, 2013 at 7:50am — No Comments

Sandy Hook and Hands of Hope: Safer Schools Within Our Reach by JESSICA LURA

 

Sandy Hook and Hands of Hope: Safer Schools Within Our Reach

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Added by Michael Keany on December 13, 2013 at 9:34am — No Comments

Why Verse? by Terry Farish

Poetic Novels

In this School Library Journal article, author Terry Farish explains why poetic novels are a natural form for historical fiction, stories of displaced people, and struggling readers. Here are some of the reactions she gets from students:

  • “The verses are like tweets, a short form that our brains are adapting to.” 
  • “The story is told in images, and it’s like you’re seeing frames in a…
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Added by Michael Keany on December 12, 2013 at 6:07am — No Comments

Missing From Science Class: Too Few Girls and Minorities Study Tech Subjects

EDITORIAL

Missing From Science Class

Too Few Girls and Minorities Study Tech Subjects

EKTA
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Added by Michael Keany on December 11, 2013 at 8:11am — No Comments

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