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June 2011 Blog Posts (29)
Experience counts for something by Randy Ross
Experience counts for something
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This was written by Randy Ross, who was a principal and teacher for over 43 years both in New York City and Great Neck, LI, as well as an assistant superintendent, professor at CCNY’s School of Education and director of…
Added by Michael Keany on June 30, 2011 at 8:54am — No Comments
A Leadership Mistake by Ryan Bretag
Added by Michael Keany on June 29, 2011 at 2:56pm — No Comments
The 3 most important questions in education by Sam Chaltain
The 3 most important questions in education
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This was written by Sam Chaltain, a D.C.-based writer, educator and strategist. He was the national director of the…
Added by Michael Keany on June 28, 2011 at 3:35pm — No Comments
Why I Am Marching on July 30 By Diane Ravitch
Why I Am Marching on July 30
Dear Deborah,
I will be marching with the Save Our Schools coalition of…
Added by Michael Keany on June 28, 2011 at 11:05am — 2 Comments
Bad Teacher? A Breath of Fresh Air By Rick Hess
Bad Teacher? A Breath of Fresh Air
On Friday, I finally walked out of an edu-movie without having to scrape off the sanctimony and treacle. Whether heartrending dramas or documentaries, edu-cinema has long gone for the mawkish…
Added by Michael Keany on June 27, 2011 at 4:01pm — No Comments
Bad Teacher Movie Boasts Bad Taste by Scott Janssen
Added by Michael Keany on June 27, 2011 at 3:47pm — 1 Comment
The reform pretenders by Carol Corbett Burris, the principal of South Side High School - in Valerie Strauss's Blog
The reform pretenders
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This was written by Carol Corbett Burris, the 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…
Added by Michael Keany on June 27, 2011 at 8:20am — 1 Comment
Measuring a Teacher’s Effectiveness Goes Beyond Test Scores by Elena Aguilar
Measuring a Teacher’s Effectiveness Goes Beyond Test Scores
Edutopia
At the end of a school year, there are so many measurements which could indicate that a teacher was “effective” -- graduation rates, grades, test scores -- quantifiable and ostensibly objective. Whether a teacher was effective must definitely be measured by how much his/her students’ learning increased over a period of time,…
Added by Michael Keany on June 24, 2011 at 5:20pm — No Comments
What Should Evaluation Systems Accomplish? By Justin Baeder
Added by Michael Keany on June 24, 2011 at 5:07pm — No Comments
A Primer on Interactive Books
A Primer on Interactive Books
By Betty Ray
EdutopiaEditor's Note: Today's guest blogger is Laura Fleming, school librarian at Cherry Hill School in River Edge, NJ. Laura blogs at …
ContinueAdded by Michael Keany on June 23, 2011 at 1:53pm — No Comments
Small Changes, Huge Results by by Eric Sheninger
Small Changes, Huge Results
Cross-posted at the Huffington Post.
Last week my school was fortunate to have the NJ School Boards Association (NJSBA) visit to…
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Last week my school was fortunate to have the NJ School Boards Association (NJSBA) visit to…
Added by Michael Keany on June 21, 2011 at 10:54am — No Comments
Time to Toss Out Cell Phone Bans and SM Filters and Be True Technology Leaders by J. Robinson
Time to Toss Out Cell Phone Bans and SM Filters and Be True Technology Leaders
“It’s time to lift the cell phone bans, open the wireless for student personal devices, and stop filtering social technologies.” That seems to be the idea in a…
Added by Michael Keany on June 21, 2011 at 10:50am — No Comments
Opinion: Arnius Duncanus? By Michael J. Petrilli
Added by Michael Keany on June 18, 2011 at 10:19pm — No Comments
Stop blaming teachers for poor student performance By Myles B. Hoenig
Stop blaming teachers for poor student performance
Educational activist says Baltimore City Council should be commended for supporting event that questions high-stakes testing
By Myles B. Hoenig
Added by Michael Keany on June 18, 2011 at 9:41pm — No Comments
Horizon Report 2011 K-12 Edition - Summer Reading by Stephanie Sandife
Horizon Report 2011 K-12 Edition - Summer Reading
Posted: 17 Jun 2011 09:20 AM PDT
The New Media Consortium has released The NMC Horizon…
Added by Michael Keany on June 18, 2011 at 8:51pm — No Comments
budget issues
What is your budget process? We are reviewing opur current budget process and are looking for some ideas from districts.
Added by Susan Vasselman on June 17, 2011 at 9:47am — No Comments
Does anyone know
If the GA Teacher's Agency still exists in New Jersey? They got me my first job,and I am trying to connect with them. Google search gives me a number that seems to be a private residence and 411 has no info :(
Added by Kimberly Konzack on June 16, 2011 at 4:08pm — No Comments
Relying on Magic: The Foundations of Would-be Education Reformers by William J. Mathis
(Thanks to Gerry Lauber for forwarding this piece to our attention.)
Relying on Magic: The Foundations of Would-be Education Reformers
Added by Michael Keany on June 15, 2011 at 3:00pm — No Comments
How to cut special-ed spending without sacrificing quality by Laura Devaney
How to cut special-ed spending without sacrificing quality
With the right strategies, spending can decrease at the same time student achievement increases, one expert says
By Laura Devaney, Managing Editor
eSchool News…
Added by Michael Keany on June 15, 2011 at 1:27pm — No Comments
Southold's Journey Towards Fluency
Southold's Journey Towards Fluency
by student —Blaise Lynn
from Ian Jukes' The Committed Sardine
America and education: two words that used to go hand in hand. Not too long ago America was ranked number one internationally in education. Now we’re typically described as “mediocre.” The problem lies in the fact that the world has changed a lot since our system’s inception, but the American education system has not. As…
ContinueAdded by Michael Keany on June 14, 2011 at 10:36am — No Comments
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