Big enough to matter, small enough to win
By EdVoices June 12, 2013 6:42 am
Emotions … are what get practitioners, not policymakers, over the inevitable potholes on the road to reform success, not whether it is scientifically proven, logical, or even efficient. Larry Cuban
I’ve read Larry Cuban’s wise and sober post, “Education …
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Paperless Makes You Stupid
By EdVoices June 11, 2013 7:37 pm
Interesting ad in Fast Company, a business magazine that focuses on design and innovation. Featuring a cute little kid proudly holding up his A+ math paper, the copy tells us that “It’s easier to learn on paper” and that ”Reading on …
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this was offered as a comment
By EdVoices June 11, 2013 7:33 pm
in response to someone who was insisting that violating one’s oath – or what in my case would be an affirmation – is pretty much unacceptable under any circumstance.
I am not going to promote this post.
But I want …
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Welcome to the Human Race
By EdVoices June 11, 2013 7:05 pm
May I borrow about 4 minutes of your time?
I am going to ask you to watch a video to which I will only link.
I will say up front that the person you will encounter has meant a great …
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You be the judge…
By EdVoices June 11, 2013 5:14 pm
I received a very flattering email from a school librarian today. Here is the letter…
Of course, I wanted to see the site that rivaled mine, so I clicked on the link she provided. Here is that page…
Hum…lots of …
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Advocacy: Turning Times Square Into A Giant [Selfie] Yearbook
By EdVoices June 11, 2013 4:04 pm
As part of their never-ending efforts to make school cool, the @getschooled folks are encouraging high school students to commit to finishing their educations by displaying their Instagram pictures in Times Square tomorrow.
I know, I know. It's what every …
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Senate Education Committee Considers NCLB Bill
By EdVoices June 11, 2013 2:33 pm
Everyone knows that the reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act is ultimately headed absolutely nowhere this year, thanks to partisan divisions.
Still, the Senate education committee marked up its version of the bill today. The debate over the …
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Accreditor Clears ‘Value Added’ For Teacher Preparation
By EdVoices June 11, 2013 11:49 am
UPDATED
Yesterday, it looked like the two national teachers’ unions might not support a drive to require value-added measures, among other ways of looking at student learning growth, in the accreditation standards for teacher preparation being finalized this week.…
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Quotes: Where’s The Fire?
By EdVoices June 11, 2013 11:16 am
It’s kind of like having a fire alarm go off in your house, but not knowing where the fire is. … – University of Washington’s College of Education professor Charles Peck. (Hechinger Report)
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Declare Your Commitment to the Education Our Children Deserve
By EdVoices June 11, 2013 11:00 am
There is a new initiative, titled An Education Declaration to Rebuild America.
For too long, our policymakers have engaged the nation’s schoolchildren in a grand experiment, with frequent testing, incentive programs and top-down mandates that promised much but …
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