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21st Century School Leaders Must Search for New Ways of Doing School by J. Robinson

21st Century School Leaders Must Search for New Ways of Doing School

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Added by Michael Keany on February 2, 2013 at 8:52am — No Comments

Hiding the Aspirin in the Applesauce. . .by Bill Ferriter

Hiding the Aspirin in the Applesauce. . .

By Bill Ferriter

The Tempered Radical

207019732_804fd99103 Ask anyone who has ever worked in schools and they'll tell you that middle schoolers are an interesting breed.  Trapped in developmental limbo and stumbling through three years…

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Added by Michael Keany on February 1, 2013 at 4:58pm — No Comments

Introducing our Newest Cause: #sugarkills by Bill Ferriter

Introducing our Newest Cause: #sugarkills

by Bill Ferriter

The Tempered Radical

One of the questions that I'm asked time and time again is, "How can teachers use technology to motivate our students?"

And if you've spent any time reading Radical posts, you probably know my answer already:  Technology DOESN'T motivate students.  …

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Added by Michael Keany on February 1, 2013 at 4:49pm — No Comments

A Peaceful, Loving, and Productive Start of Class By David Ginsburg

A Peaceful, Loving, and Productive Start of Class

By David Ginsburg on January 31, 2013 
Ed Week…
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Arming our schools for success By Patrick Larkin

Inspiring Others

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Arming our schools for success

By Patrick Larkin on January 30th,…

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My Valuable, Cheap College Degree by ARTHUR C. BROOKS

My Valuable, Cheap College Degree

By ARTHUR C. BROOKS
NY Times Published: January 31, 2013 …
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Has testing reached a tipping point? By Sam Chaltain

Public Policy

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Has testing reached a tipping point?

By Sam Chaltain on January 30th, 2013…

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Added by Michael Keany on January 31, 2013 at 5:09pm — No Comments

Bill Gates: schools need a better way to evaluate teachers by Ki Mae Heussner

Bill Gates: schools need a better way to evaluate teachers



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Added by Michael Keany on January 31, 2013 at 5:05pm — No Comments

A Whole Child Deserves a Whole Teacher by Arthur L. Costa and Bena Kallick

THE WHOLE CHILD BLOG

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A Whole Child Deserves a Whole Teacher

January 30, 2013 by ASCD Whole Child Bloggers

Post written by Arthur L. Costa and Bena Kallick

Much is said and written…

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Combating the ‘Culture of Can’t’ - School leaders have more power than they think By Frederick Hess and Whitney Downs

Combating the ‘Culture of Can’t’

School leaders have more power than they think





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Added by Michael Keany on January 31, 2013 at 12:26pm — No Comments

The Case for a Teacher Bar Exam by Joel Klein

The Case for a Teacher Bar Exam

by Joel Klein
The Atlantic

American education won't succeed until schoolteachers are seen as highly professional men and women.

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For many critics of…

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Added by Michael Keany on January 31, 2013 at 12:24pm — No Comments

Missing the Point: The True Value of Advanced Placement By Ilana Garon

Missing the Point: The True Value of Advanced Placement

By Ilana Garon on January 30, 2013 
Ed Week…
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Why Seattle Teachers are Boycotting Standardized Test By Jesse Hagopian

Op-ed: Why Garfield teachers boycotted the MAP test

Garfield teachers believe students should be evaluated based on what they are learning in the classroom, writes guest columnist Jesse Hagopian.

By Jesse Hagopian…

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Added by Michael Keany on January 31, 2013 at 10:17am — No Comments

We're Teaching History Wrong By Vicky Schippers

We're Teaching History Wrong

By Vicky Schippers
Premium article access courtesy of Edweek.org.

The way history is taught in U.S. high schools should be completely overhauled. For the vast majority of students, history is presented as a litany of disconnected names, dates, and events to be…

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Added by Michael Keany on January 31, 2013 at 10:05am — No Comments

Armed Teachers and Guards Won't Make Schools Safer By Charles J. Russo

Armed Teachers and Guards Won't Make Schools Safer

By Charles J. Russo
Premium article access courtesy of Edweek.org.

Amid the understandable, almost unbearable, sorrow in the aftermath of the shootings in Newtown, Conn., last month, we must try to put this tragedy into perspective. Accordingly, educational leaders, parents…

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Added by Michael Keany on January 31, 2013 at 10:04am — No Comments

Bringing Students to Life With Memoir Writing By Greg Graham

Bringing Students to Life With Memoir Writing

By Greg Graham
Premium article access courtesy of TeacherMagazine.org.

Eminent scholar Walter Ong said writing "is utterly invaluable and indeed…

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Added by Michael Keany on January 31, 2013 at 9:59am — No Comments

Reclaiming Your Teacher Mojo By Megan Allen

Reclaiming Your Teacher Mojo

By Megan Allen
Premium article access courtesy of TeacherMagazine.org.

The moderator asked a real softball of a question of the teachers on our panel: "What can administrators do to better support teachers?" Easy, right? I should have whaled that one out of the…

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Added by Michael Keany on January 31, 2013 at 9:57am — No Comments

Meet the Champs By NICHOLAS D. KRISTOF

Meet the Champs

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Added by Michael Keany on January 31, 2013 at 9:55am — No Comments

James Popham on Formative Assessment’s Moment in the Sun

James Popham on Formative Assessment’s Moment in the Sun

“Teachable moments are really quite special, and they don’t come along that often,” says assessment guru James Popham in this Education Week article. “A teacher who wastes a teachable moment, therefore, commits a pedagogical sin of omission.” Popham believes formative assessments are having an “advocatable moment” that educators should seize. 

Why is this such an…

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Added by Michael Keany on January 30, 2013 at 9:53am — No Comments

Act Your Age! A Schoolwide Readers' Theatre By Peter DeWitt

Act Your Age! A Schoolwide Readers' Theatre

By Peter DeWitt on January 28, 2013
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Added by Michael Keany on January 29, 2013 at 2:26pm — No Comments

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