School Reform: Replace the Coaches – Not the Team
By Paul White March 7, 2012 2:28 pm
No education reform article I’ve ever read accurately identified the two real stumbling blocks to improving our K-12 school system. The reason is because almost all of them are written by school administrators and not teachers.
Our schools are melting …
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How Do We Really Begin To Leave No Child Behind?
By Chris Janotta February 1, 2012 4:05 pm
A politician running for office was recently asked how she would make sure that all parents are involved in their children’s education. While she admitted parental involvement is a huge factor in one’s educational success, she also admitted she had …
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Sara Ferguson: “I Represented All Teachers”
By EdVoices January 25, 2012 10:56 am
Sara Ferguson, a teacher from Chester Upland School District in Pennsylvania, was a special guest at President Barack Obama’s State of the Union Address Tuesday.
I’m a runner, and before every race I write students’ names on …
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Get students thinking critically about bullying – through comics
By Shahan Panth January 9, 2012 10:25 am
Bullying prevention has been generating lots of discussion lately, but one group that we don’t hear from enough is kids. It would be nice if we could ‘solve’ the problem for them, but top-down directives and zero tolerance policies alone …
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Test Scores, Test Scores, Almighty Test Scores
By Chris Janotta November 17, 2011 10:08 am
A while back I wrote a blog proposing that teachers finally give in and use nothing but test scores to evaluate teachers. Since that time I’ve been doing some thinking, and I decided why stop there? Standardized tests should …
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Manufactured Controversies: How Non-Educator “Education Experts” Twist the Truth
By Dave Reber November 1, 2011 4:01 pm
There are times, as a teacher of biology, when I suffer what I call “math envy.” See, none of my math teacher colleagues ever have to defend the fact that 2 + 2 = 4. This is a well-established fact; …
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Bullying Is a Social Justice Issue
By David Sheridan October 28, 2011 12:11 pm
We are now hearing reports that Hispanic schoolchildren in Alabama face bullying in the wake of that state’s anti-immigrant law.
A 12-year girl who is a citizen and whose father is from Puerto Rico is called a “damn Mexican” by …
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Bullying Prevention: School Support Staff Are Essential
By Joann Morris October 12, 2011 10:11 am
Where do you think most student bullying takes place? While some bullying occurs in the classroom, the most common places are on the school bus, in the hallways, in the stairwells, in the lunchroom, and on the playground.
What do …
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Education Budget Cuts in Florida
By Rita Solnet October 11, 2011 4:42 pm
Cents and Sensibility… Inside Florida Education
We’ve all heard this expression numerous times this year,“We must tighten our belts” with regards to education. Whose belts are we tightening in the education arena anyways?
Or, did they mean a noose …
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A Bullying Myth: Is it Bullying or Character Building?
By Joann Morris October 6, 2011 3:49 pm
Bullying is vexing. Bullying creates anxiety and fear, causes students to avoid coming to school, and affects their ability to learn. We know too well that it can also lead to despair and students’ taking their own lives
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something still wrong with our medical system
is the way prescriptions are handled. No, I am not talking about Medicare Part D and the donut hole, or the ban against negotiation of prices or of reimportation, all of which are important issues. I am talking about the …
If you want to understand the real challenges of education
there is nothing better I can suggest than you go right now and read Problem vs. Solution: A Response. It was written by Deborah Meier as part of the Bridging Differences blog at Education Week / Teacher, that she …
If you want to understand the real challenges of education
there is nothing better I can suggest than you go right now and read Problem vs. Solution: A Response. It was written by Deborah Meier as part of the Bridging Differences blog at Education Week / Teacher, that she …
UPDATE: NY 3rd Graders Under Investigation
According the local paper in Albany, New York, the teacher of the students has been put on administrative leave and the investigation continues. http://www.timesunion.com/local/article/School-s-exams-under-scrutiny-4527051.php If the Test Security Unit decide that cheating took place, the teacher could be charged with…
Fiery Chicago teachers union president reelected
Karen Lewis, the fiery leader of the Chicago Teachers Union who led a strike last year and became a nationally known anti-school reform figure, has been elected to another three-year term as president. Today she will lead the first of…
Michelle Rhee Is … Tiger Woods!
Who’d a guessed it? Michelle Rhee is not Tiger Mom. She’s TIGER WOODS!: “My answer: I keep my eye on the ball.” —- Handy-dandy take-home quiz to share! High-Stakes, “No Excuses” Quiz of the Day Complete the following: Michelle Rhee is…
I’m So Tired………..
Reblogged from An Antique Teacher: I'm not just tired..........I AM EXHAUSTED! It's observation time for me and that means aligning a lesson to the Common BORE Standards, completing all the required paperwork, preparing the lesson, and using a prep period…
Are school vouchers losing steam?
Vouchers have been at the center of the school choice movement for many reformers, but they may be in trouble. Here making that argument is Abby Rapoport of The American Prospect, where this appeared. By Abby Rapoport When news broke…
A proposal for complete transparency
or else complete anonymity. Nor\ person, including corporate persons, shall be allowed to mix open contributions and anonymous contributions to organizations classified as 501(c)(3) or 501(c)(4). Either all such contributions shall be opened and the donor identified, or all such …
Proud of a couple of former students
who both participated at the 2013 INTEL International Science and Engineering Fair that finished today. Neel Lakshman got a Second Award of $500 U.S. savings bond from the AVASC Foundation, which is a very big deal in India Aaron Solomon …
