The Politicization Of Educational Research

Economists to teachers: We’ve dropped the “Deselection” and moved straight to “Fire ‘em”

Posted on January 7, 2012 by Cedar Riener

I had a few thoughts about the big teacher quality and VAM study that came out today that I wanted to share before…

Five Steps to Widening the College Pipeline for African American and Latino Students

BY DANIELLE MOSS LEE

1/5/12

Edutopia

Dr. Danielle Moss Lee (@HEAFNYC on Twitter) is President and CEO at Harlem Educational Activities Fund (HEAF). With a…

Message to New Teachers for a New Year: Patience, Persistence and Peace

BY LISA MICHELLE DABBS 

1/4/12

Edutopia

Lisa M. Dabbs M.Ed. (@teachingwthsoul on Twitter) is the facilitator of Edutopia's New Teacher…

A New Year's Goal: Stop Giving So Much Homework

BY ELENA AGUILAR

1/4/12

Edutopia

A former teacher and instructional coach, Elena Aguilar is now a transformational leadership coach in the Oakland Unified School District.

Setting goals, resolutions, or intentions might be on our minds this week. We've probably experienced that "resolutions" don't work --…

Parent Meetings: Bypassing the Dance of Blame

By Dave Orphal

Do you dread parent meetings—or find that they don't yield the results you wish they did?

At their worst, such meetings (especially when they focus on a problem) are packed with defensiveness, frustration, guilt, and fear for parents, teachers, and students. All parties want to "get it over with." But by sharpening your facilitation skills, you can keep a parent meeting from degenerating…

Digital Classrooms: Is The Investment Paying Off?

Eric Savitz, Forbes Staff

Guest post written by Chuck Dietrich

Chuck Dietrich is CEO of SlideRocket.…

Top 10 questions to ask yourself in 2012

by Justin Tarte

I firmly believe in self-reflection as a means toward growth and development. As such, we all would benefit from an intense session of self-reflection of the first half of the 2011-2012 school year. Additionally, through self-reflection we will better understand who we are as educators, as well as how our actions are aligning with our beliefs. Regardless of your position or role in education, here are my…

Raising Standards for Head Start

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

Five Books That Have Influenced My Teaching

BY MARY BETH HERTZ

Edutopia

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…