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• Discussion, not flaming torches, should drive teacher pay reform

  
  Liberty Maven Liberty Maven: For Liberty, One Individual At A Time — Authority: 538
  We live in a time when government is a form of theater; that is, it manages us by appearing to manage us. The current administration, perhaps because it came in with so much support, has broken new ground in what I’m calling Fantasy Government. It rails against health insurance companies, after giving them ...
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• “I just thought it would end differently this time”

  
  Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day... — Authority: 546
  You may have heard about the bill that was just introduced by U.S. Sen. Patty Murray, a Democrat from Washington state, into the U.S. Congress that would provide $2.35 billion in funding for literacy programs in K-12 schools. You can read more about it at the Education Week piece titled U.S. Sen. Murray Introduces ...
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• Who Will Teach? Student Voices

  
  President's Blog — Authority: 413
  Many great comments continue to come in on my original blog in this series Who Will Teach? Students in Early Childhood Education offer these thoughts on the discussion: Makai Kellogg writes: "Yesterday after leaving my preschool to go to Trinity for class, I came across a bumper sticker that read "Its too bad ...
  2 days ago

• Meeting the School Turnaround Challenge

  
  TakePart Social Action Network — Authority: 623
  In recent months, the federal government has made it perfectly clear that one of its key education reform goals is to turn around the nation’s chronically underperforming schools. In fact, President Obama pledged to devote billions of dollars to fund a federal school turnaround program which would close 5,000 of ...
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• The Magna Sententia Podcast: Episode 4

  
  The Magna Sententia Weblog — Authority: 115
  The Magna Sententia Podcast with Anna and Ellie Sherise. Hosted by Rodger McMillan. This week: The Sherise Method: Rectify “ Four Teens Arraigned In California Gang-Rape Case ” ( Agence France-Presse ) “ Richmond Gang Rape Seen As Nearly Inevitable ” (SFGate.com) “ ...
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• So This Is What Obama Was Talking About…

  
  Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day... — Authority: 546
  In response to my request for help in figuring out what President Obama was referring to in his speech this week when he spoke about a national competition to identify better assessments different from having students “fill out a bubble” ( An Interesting Thing In Obama’s Speech This Week) , “chalkdusty” ...
  3 days ago

• The Education Wars II

  
  Random Thoughts from Random Places — Authority: 445
  I liked this comment from this blog (typos in original): Anonymous said... As a teacer Im not inclined to agree with any negative comments regarding seniority. Furthermore, imagine the ridiculous standards that teachers are measured by, would be used to hold doctors and lawyers "accountable". It is like telling ...
  3 days ago

• Delphi: Home To Broad And Gates

  
  The Frustrated Teacher — Authority: 135
  The Broad Foundation’s philanthropic interests extend well beyond art: health and education have been at the heart of what he calls his “venture philanthropy” model. He explains it to me: “We have three tests – one, if we don’t do it, will it happen anyway? Two, will it make a difference 20 or 30 years ...
  3 days ago

• An Interesting Thing In Obama’s Speech This Week

  
  Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day... — Authority: 546
  Unfortunately, this week President Obama echoed the typical stuff that has been coming out of his administration about schools in his speech at a Wisconsin school. However, there was one part that I found intriguing. Maybe others know what he’s referring to in the last line of this excerpt. If you do, please ...
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• DISDs report card: Progress, problems, principals and portables

  
  DALLAS ISD — Authority: 133
  Like a kid, DISD gets a report card too.The district recently was rated on a four-point scale for progress on 2005 recommendations to improve curriculum and student achievement, train teachers, and develop good principals. The report was presented yesterday to school board members by the National Center for ...
  3 days ago

• Schools Reorganisation: Last Statutory Notices Published

  
  Ventnor Blog — Authority: 150
  Last of the Statutory notices have been published.
  3 days ago

• Jeez, I Feel Like A Gossip Columnist

  
  Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day... — Authority: 546
  Sacramento Mayor Kevin Johnson and Washington, D.C. Schools Chancellor are apparently getting married, according to Education Week. Ordinarily, I certainly wouldn’t be using space on this blog to talk about somebody getting married (well, I have to admit I might write a word or two if it’s one of my kids). ...
  4 days ago

• Who Will Teach? More Faculty Voices

  
  President's Blog — Authority: 413
  Yesterday, I met with the School of Education Faculty to discuss the current situation with school reform , teacher education, and ways in which Trinity might take a more prominent role in contributing to new models for educational success in our city.   The faculty is eager to move ahead with genuine ...
  4 days ago

• Evidence? We Dont Need No Stinking Evidence!

  
  The Frustrated Teacher — Authority: 135
  I sure wish the rigor Duncan expects of teachers and students were also expected of him and his data. But, alas, no amount of data is ever enough to sway those who are well funded. Here is a quote from Jim Horns latest on the nonsense: This is just a sampling of the hard data that should give pause to Duncan and ...
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• Effective Teaching: Its about Teams, Not Lonely Heroes

  
  Advancing the Teaching Profession — Authority: 108
  A few months ago I posted an entry about an important new study demonstrating the powerful effect of teacher collaboration in producing greater student achievement gains. Using 11 years of student data in North Carolina, researchers from Harvard and Cornell have found that most value-added achievement gains are ...
  5 days ago

• Who Will Teach? Faculty Respond

  
  President's Blog — Authority: 413
  The faculty in Trinitys School of Education have responded collectively and individually to my previous blog on the state of teacher education and Secretary Duncans remarks .   While they posted their response on the "comments" section of the last blog, I think what they have to say is so important that Im ...
  5 days ago

• The Education Wars

  
  Random Thoughts from Random Places — Authority: 445
  Everybody should pay close attention to what is happening in NYC schools and Joel Klein and worry like hell what is or what will be happening in every single school district in the United States . Running schools on a business model, whether it is New York City or Washoe County School District, is the rot that will ...
  5 days ago

• The “Best” Articles (And Blog Posts) About Education Policy — 2009

  
  Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day... — Authority: 546
  As I did in last year’s The “Best” Articles About Education — 2008 and in the previous year’s The “Best” Articles About Education — 2007, I’ve put quotes around the word “Best” in the title of this list since I’m sure there are many, many articles about education I have not read and posted ...
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• The New Haven Teacher Contract: A Closer Look

  
  TakePart Social Action Network — Authority: 623
  All eyes were on New Haven, Conn. last week when the teachers’ union, in a 21-1 vote , overwhelmingly approved a new contract to go into effect next year. The contract, which includes changes typically eschewed by unions such as performance pay for teachers and the option to shut down and reorganize failing ...
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• Conflicts of Interest in education and publishing

  
  Choosing Democracy — Authority: 420
  Conflict of Interest Arises in Push for Common Standards: The Literacy Research Association sent a letter Oct. 21 to the groups overseeing the  development of common standards  that, among other points, expresses concern that many of the  authors  are “representatives of multiple commercial entities that stand ...
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