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…
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Added by Michael Keany on January 5, 2012 at 11:24am —
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Digital Classrooms: Is The Investment Paying Off?
Eric Savitz, Forbes Staff
Guest post written by Chuck Dietrich
Chuck Dietrich is CEO of SlideRocket.…
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Added by Michael Keany on January 5, 2012 at 10:38am —
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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…
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Added by Michael Keany on January 4, 2012 at 10:16am —
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Raising Standards for Head Start
NY Times Opinion
The Head Start program, which prepares disadvantaged 3- and 4-year-olds for school, has served nearly 30 million children since it was created in 1965. While there is little doubt that the federal program is critically important for these children and their parents, quality varies widely among programs.
Over the years, Congress has tried to strengthen oversight and improve the $8 billion…
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Added by Michael Keany on January 4, 2012 at 8:19am —
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Forging ahead with nutty teacher evaluation plan
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…
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Added by Michael Keany on December 30, 2011 at 5:34pm —
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Education-Related Predictions for 2012
by Larry Ferlazzo
Posted: 12/29/11 03:40 PM ET…
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Added by Michael Keany on December 30, 2011 at 5:31pm —
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As Jan. 1 Application Deadline Nears, an Argument for a Yearlong Breather
By ROBERT CLAGETT
NY Times
Robert Clagett is a former dean of admissions at Middlebury College and former senior…
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Added by Michael Keany on December 29, 2011 at 1:24pm —
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YouTube for Schools - A Leadership Embarrassment
Posted: 27 Dec 2011 10:36 AM PST
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Added by Michael Keany on December 28, 2011 at 8:57am —
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The Quiz: Test yourself on education in 2011
The year 2011 was monumental in education — monumentally good or monumentally bad, depending on your view.
School reformers who believe in using business principles to run public schools had a banner year. More…
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Added by Michael Keany on December 27, 2011 at 12:58pm —
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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…
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Added by Michael Keany on December 22, 2011 at 1:16pm —
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3 ways to improve the USA's teachers
By Wendy Kopp and Dennis Van Roekel
USA Today
Teaching is one of the most challenging jobs in the …
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Added by Michael Keany on December 22, 2011 at 12:55pm —
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Change Things Up With Novelty Learning
By Charles Laurent
Teacher Magazine
Some days when I drive into school in the mornings I go a different way. It takes a bit longer and my alternate route selection is met by a question from my 3rd grade daughter: "Dad, why are you going this way?" My response is always the same: "I just wanted to do something different, and it's good for…
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Added by Michael Keany on December 22, 2011 at 9:14am —
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Our Love-Hate Relationship With the SATs
Cheating scandals aside, the grandaddy of high-stakes college admissions testing soldiers on
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Added by Michael Keany on December 22, 2011 at 9:00am —
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Coursekit Aims To Overhaul How Teachers Run Their Classrooms
Fast Company
Joseph Cohen wants to break the backs of entrenched dinosaurs that don't innovate much. How do you craft a strategy that works?
A couple years ago, I sat in on a "Technology in the Classroom" course. We spent the early part of the…
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Added by Michael Keany on December 21, 2011 at 2:49pm —
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26 Amazing Facts About Finland's Unorthodox Education System
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Added by Michael Keany on December 21, 2011 at 2:49pm —
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'No Excuses' Is Not Just for Teachers
Dec. 19, 2011, 1:27 p.m.
By LAURA KLEIN
NY Times
When asked to identify the qualities that lead to success in…
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Added by Michael Keany on December 21, 2011 at 2:48pm —
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When an adult took standardized tests forced on kids
Update 12/12:
QUIZ: Take part of the test that the local school board member took in the story below: …
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Added by Michael Keany on December 19, 2011 at 9:18am —
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Why an anti-testing post went viral
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Added by Michael Keany on December 19, 2011 at 9:16am —
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