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Kids Speak Out on Student Engagement
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“Can Schools Close the Gap?” by Mike Schmoker - Analysis by Kim Marshall
How Much Can Schools Affect the Wealth/Poverty Gap?
From the Marshall Memo #433
In this Kappan article, author/consultant Mike Schmoker takes issue with a recent Diane Ravitch quote: “America does not have a general education crisis; we have a poverty crisis.” True, poverty affects student achievement, Schmoker acknowledges. “It is important then to fight for social justice, for programs we…
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An unintended consequence of value-added teacher evaluation by Valerie Strauss
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Evaluate Me, Please
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Pineapple That Ate Global History by Alan Singer
Added by Michael Keany on April 26, 2012 at 2:00pm — 1 Comment
Giving Reading and Writing Instruction a French Twist By Dianne Hopen
Giving Reading and Writing Instruction a French Twist
Premium article access courtesy of TeacherMagazine.org.
These days, teachers of elective courses realize that their continued professional existence depends on how well they support the overriding academic goal of building students' reading and writing skills. That is no longer just the…
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Two Poems for the Month of Testing by John Merrow
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Sending Out an SOS by Deborah Meier
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Teacher: I dare you to measure my ‘value’ by Donna McKenna
Teacher: I dare you to measure my ‘value’
This was written by Donna McKenna, an elementary ESL teacher who is passionate about language learners and language learning, and a…
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Alan Singer: Common Core, What Is It Good For?
Huffington Post…
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Lori Ungemah: Stop Hating, Start Teaching
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Michael J. Petrilli: Stretching the School-District Dollar
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Talking pineapple question on state exam stumps ... everyone!
Talking pineapple question on state exam stumps ... everyone!
Students, teachers, principals - no one has any idea what the deal is
Thursday, April 19, 2012, 11:18 PMBY BEN CHAPMAN AND RACHEL…
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Long tests are even longer for some special education students by Jessica Campbell
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Why school principals need more authority by Chester E. Finn, Jr.
Why school principals need more authority
By Chester E. Finn, Jr. / April 10, 2012
A venerable maxim of successful organizational management declares that an executive's authority should be commensurate with his or her responsibility. In plain English, if you are held to account for producing certain results, you need to be in charge of the essential means of production.…
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Douglas Reeves on the “Buy-In” Myth
Douglas Reeves on the “Buy-In” Myth
From the Marshall Memo #431
In this thoughtful American School Board Journal article, author/consultant Douglas
Reeves challenges the widespread notion that “buy-in” from all stakeholders is a prerequisite
for important change. “What community members need are leaders and policymakers who will listen and also…
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Preventing Bullying: Responsibility of Parent, School, and Child by Karen Siris, Ed.D
Preventing Bullying: by Karen Siris, Ed.D., W.S. Boardman Elementary School
Reprinted from the SAANYS… |
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The Imprint We Leave by Don Sternberg, Ed.D.
The Imprint We Leave
By Don Sternberg, Ed.D.
Principal, Wantagh Elementary School
Reprinted with the author’s permission from the SAANYS Journal (Winter…
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My View: Calling all 'teacher leaders' by Noah Zeichner
My View: Calling all 'teacher leaders'
By Noah Zeichner, Special to CNN
Editor’s Note: Noah Zeichner is a National…
Added by Michael Keany on April 17, 2012 at 2:31pm — No Comments
Introversion and the Invisible Adolescent BY MARK PHILLIPS
Added by Michael Keany on April 16, 2012 at 3:11pm — No Comments
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