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Evaluating Teachers: Controversial but Important by Stu Silberman

Evaluating Teachers: Controversial but Important

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Is Jonathan Kozol Too Gloomy? by Anthony Rebora

Is Jonathan Kozol Too Gloomy?

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How Our Principal Thinks Using Test Scores To Evaluate Teachers Will Hurt Students — What Are Your Thoughts?

How Our Principal Thinks Using Test Scores To Evaluate Teachers Will Hurt Students — What Are Your Thoughts?

by Larry Ferlazzo

Earlier today, I posted about New York Principal Carol Burris’ great article on how using test scores to evaluate hurts students.

I sent it to our school’s principal, Ted Appel (who has shared his thoughts on…

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Field trips might as well be ancient history

Field trips might as well be ancient history

Tests, economy tether students to the classroom…

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Ban Ki-moon's new education initiative must emphasise teaching and targets

Ban Ki-moon's new education initiative must emphasise teaching and targets

If the UN's refreshingly positive Education First scheme is to succeed, it must prioritise quality teaching and define clear goals…

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Hovering Parents in the Workplace Infographic

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Added by Michael Keany on October 3, 2012 at 10:26am — No Comments

Study: Obama turnaround plans force 'schools to run like corporations'

Study: Obama turnaround plans force 'schools to run like corporations'

Dave Murray | dmurray@mlive.com By Dave Murray | dmurray@mlive.com 

on October 01, 2012 
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Fiction No Match for Reality in 'Won't Back Down' By Walt Gardner

Fiction No Match for Reality in 'Won't Back Down'

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Teaching to the Test: Is it a Bad Thing? By Stu Silberman

Teaching to the Test: Is it a Bad Thing?

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Director of "Won't Back Down" Tries to Explain, but Questions Remain By Anthony Cody

Director of "Won't Back Down" Tries to Explain, but Questions Remain

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Added by Michael Keany on October 1, 2012 at 12:30pm — No Comments

A New Message from Dr. Don Sternberg (Author of the famed 'Dear Parents' Letter)

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Added by Michael Keany on October 1, 2012 at 11:30am — 1 Comment

What Kinds of Reports Do Parents Really Want on Their Children?

What Kinds of Reports Do Parents Really Want on Their Children?

 

From the Marshall Memo # 452

“Decades of research show that grades don’t lead to deeper understandings, increased intellectual risk-taking, or better performance on complex tasks,” say Jim Webber (University of Nevada/Reno) and Maja Wilson (University of Maine/Orono) in this Kappan article. “Similarly, conversations based around…

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The Malpractice of Over-parenting

The Malpractice of Over-parenting

 

From the Marshall Memo #452

In this thoughtful New York Times article, clinician/consultant/author Madeline Levine offers advice on how parents can strike the right balance between being overly protective and overly permissive with their children. “The happiest, most successful children have parents who do not do for them what they are capable of doing, or almost…

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"Won't Back Down" Film Pushes ALEC Parent Trigger Proposal

"Won't Back Down" Film Pushes ALEC Parent Trigger Proposal

Friday, 21 September 2012 09:18By Mary Bottari and Sara Jerving, …
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Added by Michael Keany on September 28, 2012 at 1:51pm — No Comments

"Won't Back Down": A misleading movie with blatant stereotypes

"Won't Back Down": A misleading movie with blatant stereotypes

The movie “Won’t Back Down,” which will open in theaters Sept. 28, already is drawing a lot of attention, particularly from educators, parent activists and other public school advocates who believe its portrayal of parent engagement and what…

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Won’t Back Down’s Teaching Moment from National Review Online

Won’t Back Down’s Teaching Moment

National Review Online

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The Paradoxical Logic of School Turnarounds: A Catch-22 by Tina Trujillo - Larry Cuban's Blog

The Paradoxical Logic of School Turnarounds: A Catch-22 (Tina Trujillo)

TINA TRUJILLO is an assistant professor in the Graduate School of Education at the University of California, Berkeley. She earned a Ph.D. in education from the University of California at Los Angeles and an M.A. in education from the University of Colorado Boulder. This …

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Added by Michael Keany on September 27, 2012 at 2:34pm — No Comments

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