A simple question teachers should now ask about their profession
This was written by Carol Corbett Burris, principal of South Side High School in New York. She was named the 2010 New York State Outstanding Educator by the School Administrators Association of New…
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Added by Michael Keany on February 27, 2012 at 10:38am —
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Top ten rules for raising kids
from Prism Decisions Systems - http://www.prismdecision.com/top-ten-rules-for-raising-kids
- Love them to death but never, ever indulge them.
- From the youngest age, help them to master something productive because if you don’t, they are sure to master something unproductive (i.e., all children distinguish themselves in some way!)
- Read to them…
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Added by Michael Keany on February 27, 2012 at 10:14am —
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Shame Is Not the Solution
By BILL GATES
Published: February 22, 2012
NY Times
LAST week, the New York State Court of Appeals ruled that teachers’ individual performance assessments could be made public. I have no opinion on the ruling as a matter of law, but as a harbinger of education policy in the United States, it is a big…
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Added by Michael Keany on February 24, 2012 at 5:30pm —
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Why Great Teachers Are Also Learners
You can inspire students to learn with simple demonstrations of your own curiosity
FEB 21 2012
Vicki Davis
The Atlantic
As a teacher, the most…
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Added by Michael Keany on February 23, 2012 at 10:49pm —
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Why Common Core standards will fail
Virginia, take a bow.
While Maryland, 44 other states and the District are spending billions of dollars to install new national standards for their schools, Virginia has stuck with the standards it has. …
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Added by Michael Keany on February 23, 2012 at 10:46pm —
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‘You are so smart…why did you become a teacher?’
This was written by Carol Corbett Burris, principal of South Side High School in New York. She was named the 2010 New York State Outstanding Educator by the School Administrators Association of New York State. She is…
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Added by Michael Keany on February 20, 2012 at 7:59pm —
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Added by Michael Keany on February 20, 2012 at 2:02pm —
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Can Education Entrepreneurs Do Well And Do Good?
Business and education don't always mix, but a new generation of edupreneurs is responding to genuine needs in the classroom in ways big companies haven't
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Added by Michael Keany on February 20, 2012 at 1:21pm —
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Q and A: Imagining a Virtual Education Oasis
The thing to know about author Ernest Cline is that he owns a DeLorean. Well, that, and he conceived a future where everyone who can will learn online.
That vision might seem exaggerated, but as virtual education continues to break into the mainstream of K-12 and higher education, and expands rapidly in job-training programs, his imaginary view of the future of education might have a stronger connection to reality than one might…
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Added by Michael Keany on February 18, 2012 at 1:41pm —
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A Sound Deal on Teacher Evaluations
NY Times Editorial
Thanks to an agreement brokered by Gov. Andrew Cuomo, New York has moved a step closer to carrying out the statewide teacher evaluation system it promised two years ago in return for $700 million from the federal Race…
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Added by Michael Keany on February 17, 2012 at 7:02am —
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Added by Michael Keany on February 16, 2012 at 12:20pm —
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What All Students Need from All Teachers
(Originally titled “Teach Up for Excellence”)
Marshall Memo - 423
In this Educational Leadership article, differentiation guru Carol Ann Tomlinson (University of Virginia) and EDEquity founder Edwin Lou Javius note that until quite recently, U.S. schools were legally segregated and unequal based on race. Today, there is…
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Added by Michael Keany on February 16, 2012 at 11:18am —
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Seven misconceptions about how students learn
Will Rogers once said, “It isn’t what people don’t know that hurts them. It’s what they do know that just ain’t so.”
That’s the introduction to a…
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Added by Michael Keany on February 14, 2012 at 2:09pm —
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Just Lin, Baby! 10 Lessons Jeremy Lin Can Teach Us Before We Go To Work Monday Morning
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Added by Michael Keany on February 12, 2012 at 10:48am —
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Reasonable doubt on teacher evaluation
My guest is Aaron Pallas, professor of sociology and education at Teachers College, Columbia University. He writes the …
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Added by Michael Keany on February 9, 2012 at 7:05am —
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Senior writer for The Education Trust…
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Added by Michael Keany on February 6, 2012 at 1:43pm —
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Cuomo and the schools
Fred LeBrun, Commentary
Albany Times Union
Thanks to Carol Corbett-Burris for referring this commentary to us.
Published 08:32 p.m., Saturday, February 4, 2012…
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Added by Michael Keany on February 6, 2012 at 10:48am —
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Actress
Make It Fair for All…
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Added by Michael Keany on February 2, 2012 at 4:14pm —
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February 2, 2012, 2:04 PM…
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Added by Michael Keany on February 2, 2012 at 3:56pm —
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New teacher decries lesson plan gap
Maybe Bruce Friedrich raised the lesson plan issue because he was so out of sync with the recent college graduates who were the other Teach for America instructors at his Baltimore high school. He was 40. He…
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Added by Michael Keany on February 2, 2012 at 9:05am —
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