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Things That Were Once Amazing by David Pogue

February 2, 2012, 2:04 PM…
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New teacher decries lesson plan gap By Jay Mathews

New teacher decries lesson plan gap

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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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What the Monster Wrote: How Will the College Board Grade a Well-Written Endorsement of Evil? by Eric Schrefer

Eliot Schrefer

Author, 'Glamorous Disasters'…

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Added by Michael Keany on February 1, 2012 at 3:04pm — 1 Comment

Going All in For All Youth by Jon Bon Jovi and Michael Kempner

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John Kuhn: America, Stop Making Excuses for Inequality

John Kuhn: America, Stop Making Excuses for Inequality

By Anthony Cody on February 1, 2012 …
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Christa McAuliffe Day by John Martin

Christa McAuliffe Day
Space Shuttle Challenger lifts off on January 28, 1986.
January 27th, 2012
02:06 PM ET…

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An L.A. teacher reviews her review

An L.A. teacher reviews her review

Evaluations don't take into account the real world of today's Los Angeles Unified School District classrooms.

Cleveland High School

Members of the Cleveland High School forensic team are seen enjoying a humorous monologue…
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John Kuhn on Education Funding in Texas: There is a Hole in the Bucket

John Kuhn on Education Funding in Texas: There is a Hole in the Bucket

By Anthony Cody on January 30, 2012 …
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‘Shut up and teach’: The high stakes of teacher voice By Eric Shieh

‘Shut up and teach’: The high stakes of teacher voice

By Eric Shieh
Hechinger Report

I remember the…

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Added by Michael Keany on January 30, 2012 at 12:28pm — No Comments

How to grade a teacher

How to grade a teacher

LA Times Editorial

United Teachers Los Angeles and the school district should get behind a teacher-led evaluation system.

(Illustration by Anthony Russo / For The Times)

(Illustration by Anthony Russo / For The…
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Added by Michael Keany on January 30, 2012 at 12:26pm — No Comments

Ritalin Gone Wrong By L. ALAN SROUFE

January 28, 2012

Ritalin Gone Wrong

By L. ALAN SROUFE

NY Times

THREE million children in this country take drugs for problems in focusing. Toward the end of last year, many of their parents were deeply alarmed because there was a shortage of drugs like Ritalin and Adderall that they…

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Added by Michael Keany on January 29, 2012 at 11:03am — No Comments

EDUCATION AND THE STATE OF OUR UNION Posted by Matthew McKnight

  • Notes on Washington and the world by the staff of The New Yorker.
JANUARY 26, 2012

EDUCATION AND THE STATE OF OUR…

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The Latest Wrinkle About Merit Pay for Teachers By Walt Gardner

The Latest Wrinkle About Merit Pay for Teachers

By Walt Gardner on January 2, 2012 8:18 AM

They say if you live long enough you get to see it all. That's why I was not surprised to read about Impact Plus, billed as the nation's most advanced merit pay system for public school teachers ("…

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Added by Michael Keany on January 26, 2012 at 4:56pm — No Comments

From Whence Come Ideas for Reforming Teaching Practices? by Larry Cuban

From Whence Come Ideas for Reforming Teaching Practices?

Larry Cuban

Over many years I have written about reforms aimed at classroom teachers and how they have fallen flat. Think about major past efforts–and yes, in the present moment also–to alter how teachers taught reading, math, science, and social studies. Or reform-driven decision-makers making enormous investments to get teachers to use new technologies in classroom lessons, past and present. Teachers have selectively…

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Added by Michael Keany on January 26, 2012 at 4:52pm — No Comments

Student Achievement, Poverty and “Toxic Stress” by Robert Pondiscio

Student Achievement, Poverty and “Toxic Stress”

by Robert Pondiscio

January 4th, 2012

Tags: accountability, American Academy of Pediatrics,…

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Using Test Scores to Evaluate Teachers Is Based on the Wrong Values by Carol Corbett Burris

Using Test Scores to Evaluate Teachers Is Based on the Wrong Values

Jan. 25, 2012, 12:17 p.m.

By CAROL CORBETT BURRIS

I should be a cheerleader for the New York evaluation system for educators…

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The True Cost of High School Dropouts

The True Cost of High School Dropouts

By HENRY M. LEVIN and CECILIA E. ROUSE

NY Times

ONLY 21 states require students to attend high school until they graduate or turn 18. The proposal President Obama …

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Added by Michael Keany on January 26, 2012 at 9:14am — No Comments

I Represented All Teachers by Sara Ferguson

Sara Ferguson

Teacher, Chester Upland School District, PA…

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Added by Michael Keany on January 25, 2012 at 1:57pm — No Comments

WARNING: “Control-Oriented Efforts Can Sabotage Student Motivation” by Joan R. Fretz

WARNING:  “Control-Oriented Efforts Can Sabotage Student Motivation”

Joan R. Fretz

There are many controls being placed on American schools, their leaders and their teachers.  Many outside our school walls say these controls are necessary.  They want American students to have strong literacy and computation skills and to be creative problem solvers and innovative…

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Added by Michael Keany on January 24, 2012 at 10:00am — No Comments

In Race to the Top, the Dirty Work Is Left to Those on the Bottom By MICHAEL WINERIP

In Race to the Top, the Dirty Work Is Left to Those on the Bottom

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NY Times

Even if you think the Obama administration’s signature education program, Race to the Top, will not help a single child in America learn…

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Added by Michael Keany on January 23, 2012 at 6:05pm — No Comments

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