Update: November’s Whole Child Podcast This month’s episode of the whole child podcast focuses on how to develop students’ global understanding. Listen to Kate Berseth from EF Education, a leader in international exchange programs, talk about how much American students have to learn about the world they live in. …
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Educated Foresight from Decades Past
http://ascd.typepad.com/blog/2008/11/educated-foresight-from-decades-past.htmlEducated Foresight from Decades Past When planning curriculum, educators often confront the difficult task of predicting what the future might hold for their students. What new technologies might emerge? What type of job environments might they encounter upon graduation? Will they be prepared for the world of tomorrow? …
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Loose Lips at Detention Slip
http://ascd.typepad.com/blog/2008/11/loose-lips-at-detention-slip.htmlLoose Lips at Detention Slip Sleazy? The Drudge Report of the education blogoshere? Giving public education a bad rap? These are some of the objections leveled against controversial education blog Detention Slip. Focusing on the absurd and salacious, this popular site collects news stories from around the country and provides brief abstracts and snarky commentary. …
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21st Century Skills and the Pony (look at the pretty pony)
http://www.virtualcompsci.net/blog/?p=75they trot our for observations or special occasions. With the outpouring of recommendations for the incoming administration we are hearing a lot in the education media about 21st century skills. Just to give you some recent links: Education Sector - “Measuring Skills for the 21st Century”
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Temple of Learning
http://templeoflearning.blogspot.comParent Advocates, New York Style
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ASCD Inservice: No Grades, No Stress Learning Environment
http://flunking.us/nclb/ascd-inservice-no-grades-no-stress-l...the stringent No Child Left Behind law, Christa McAuliffe has suffered because of the focus on testing and assessments that schools now face. The school does not encourage students to take the state’s standardized tests, … See the original post: ASCD Inservice: No Grades, No Stress Learning Environment
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REFRAMING
http://blogs.plsweb.com/2008/11/reframing.htmlis relationships with students and colleagues might be frames to consider. Next, I found a posting by Yvette Jackson, chief executive officer of the National Urban Alliance for Effective Education, that appeared on ASCD’s Community Blog titled “Too Much Focus on Students’ Weaknesses?” She warned against the assumption that underachievers have no strengths and the dangers of using labels (minority, disadvantaged, etc.) to support these assumptions. In order to close the achievement gap, educators shouldn't look at the lack of
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Friday Snippets: Nov. 7, 08 - Let's Gamble
http://www.edjurist.com/blog/friday-snippets-nov-7-08-lets-g...Jim G. has some OSEP action on state performance plans. Mitchell R. has a good new LRE case. Pamela Parker has a some lunchtime legal issues for teachers which is sort of cool. ASCD Inservice brings up my critical comments of Detention Slip in the past, which I stand by. NASSP's Principal's Policy Blog has the substantial cost of teacher absences. And for your Friday Fun:Pandora. Its a free music service that customizes your playlist to the type of music you enjoy. I
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Welcome to " The Math UnderGround " -- Seattle & Washington State
http://mathunderground.blogspot.comCheck this out: http://ascd.typepad.com/blog/2008/10/mathml-strengthens-digital-math-texts.html We as a nation sure have lots of technology.... but do we have much in the way of expectations for either learning or behavior? Look to succeed... involves desire coupled with effort... Sustained effort over time. We have massive numbers of programs aimed at improving
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What It's Like on the Inside
http://whatitslikeontheinside.commy aggregator is concerned---but you may still find an idea or two here that inspires you to jump headlong into the fracas. (Or, you can click on the "grading" tag below this post and see the ~70 posts I have on the issue.) ASCD considers the issue of grade inflation at colleges and universities. "Teachers considered 'tough graders' risk poor evaluations and low course enrollment from students and losing institutional support from parents. Colleges like Wellesley and Princeton have enforced policies to raise the criteria for high grades, but
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Carnival of Education
http://leadingfromtheheart.org/2008/10/29/carnival-of-educat...I Will Not Die. Americans may be interested in what Laura Varlas writes concerning who will be the next to lead the US Department of Education: ASCD Inservice: America’s Next Top Ed. Sec.: Sebelius? posted at ASCD Inservice. Steph W. compares the process of learning how to ride a horse to the scaffolding process he goes through as a homeschooling parent: Horseback Riding and Writing posted at The Life Without School Community Blog
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Chalkdust101
http://chalkdust101.wordpress.comThe Economics of Dropping Out
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ASCD on MathML
http://www.tuttlesvc.org/2008/10/ascd-on-mathml.htmlLaura Varlas
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