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• in Lifestyle
  Dialogic Teaching, Better Known as Talking Sense
  Clarity, sound explanation, talking plainly: this shouldn't be an education revolution, but it is.
  by jbtutor / on Jun 7, 2010

Latest blogosphere posts tagged “school reform”

 

• This Is My Last Straw - Is It Yours Too?

  
  The Frustrated Teacher — Authority: 111
  As a teacher, I have sat and watched our children increasingly suffer needlessly as the life of the of the school day has been systematically suffocated to the pallor of a deathly grey. The gauntlet of NCLB has morphed into the scourge of the corporate take-over model which spawned a full on attack warrior in the form ...
  6 days ago

• This Week’s “Round-Up” Of Good Recent School Reform Articles & Posts

  
  Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day... — Authority: 573
  Here are some good recent posts and articles on school reform-related issues: What Americans Keep Ignoring About Finland’s School Success is from The Atlantic. I’m adding it to The Best Resources To Learn About Finland’s Education System . Forging ahead with nutty teacher evaluation plan appeared in The ...
  1 week ago

• Governor Brown Calls For Less Testing, Says “My hunch is that principals and teachers know the most”

  
  Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day... — Authority: 573
  Here is a portion of  California Governor Jerry Brown’s “State of the State” address today that dealt with schools: Given the cutbacks to education in recent years, it is imperative that California devote more tax dollars to this most basic of public services. If we are successful in passing the temporary ...
  1 week ago

• Dan Rather Reports On Finland’s Schools

  
  Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day... — Authority: 573
  David B. Cohen sent out a tweet this morning: Sahlberg has high opinion of this week’s @ DanRatherReport for good report on Finnish education — David B. Cohen (@CohenD) January 18, 2012 So I went to check out Dan Rather Reports’ website, and saw these two excerpts (You can purchase the entire hour ...
  1 week ago

• “Organizers Say 1 Million Signed Petition to Recall Wisconsin Governor”

  
  Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day... — Authority: 573
  Organizers Say 1 Million Signed Petition to Recall Wisconsin Governor is the headline from today’s New York Times article on the effort. I’m adding it to The Best Resources For Learning About Attacks On Teachers & Other Public Sector Workers In Wisconsin . I certainly hope they’re successful….
  1 week ago

• CA Governor To Call For Less State Testing

  
  Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day... — Authority: 573
  Just a few miles from our school, Governor Jerry Brown is expected to call tomorrow for less state testing. Here’s an excerpt from a Sacramento Bee story today: Gov. Jerry Brown will call for less statewide testing and expanding classroom focus beyond math and English in his annual State of the State address ...
  1 week ago

• They Count Better. Do They Read Better?

  
  New Haven Independent — Authority: 473
  New Haven-bred Achievement First came under independent scrutiny across the board—and fared so-so.
  1 week ago

• “Must-Read” NY Times Article On Recent Teacher-Effectiveness Study

  
  Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day... — Authority: 573
  There’s a lot of controversy about the recent teacher effectiveness study highlighted on the front page of The New York Times a week ago. You can read all about it at The Best Posts On The NY Times-Featured Teacher Effectiveness Study . I’ve written two posts about it — “let some of the players with lower ...
  1 week ago

• Data Gone Wild

  
  Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day... — Authority: 573
  ‘Data room’ keeps teachers, students focused on goals – Houston Chronicle via kwout Check-out the entire article to see the dangers of being data-driven, instead of being data-informed. Now, read the story of Fresno teacher Judith Pansarosa : Several years ago, our staff was ordered to create a “Data ...
  1 week ago

• The Right (& Wrong) Ways To Get Student Feedback On Our Teaching

  
  Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day... — Authority: 573
  (This is a bit of a meandering post — Sorry) As regular readers know, I’m a big fan of having students provide formal written feedback (and oral) on my teaching (see My Best Posts On Students Evaluating Classes (And Teachers) ). Using this process has helped me make major improvements in my classes. At the ...
  2 weeks ago

• Banning Books In Tucson

  
  Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day... — Authority: 573
  It was bad enough that the state of Arizona forced the Tucson School District to end their ethnic studies classes (which had 700 students enrolled). Now, “Salon” reports that the District is taking it a step further and banning certain books from schools that are related to the topics studied in the class, ...
  2 weeks ago

• Education Reformers Send Their Kids to Private School

  
  Truthdig: Drilling Beneath the Headlines — Authority: 709
  By David Sirota There really are “Two Americas,” as the saying goes—and that’s no accident. Nowhere is this more obvious than in education—a realm in which this elite physically separates itself from us mere serfs. Related Entries January 11, 2012 The Cartoonist January 11, 2012 God Is Dead
  2 weeks ago

• Diane Ravitch Coming To Sacramento On January 20th!

  
  Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day... — Authority: 573
  Diane Ravitch is coming to speak in Sacramento on January 20th! You can contact the Sacramento City Teachers Association or your own Local for tickets. I’ve written a lot about Diane over the years, but I thought I’d have my colleague Alice Mercer write a guest post about her and the event. Here it is: ...
  2 weeks ago

• “Round-Up” Of Recent School Reform Posts

  
  Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day... — Authority: 573
  There have recently been quite a few good posts and articles on school reform issues. They include: Research Suggests Teach For America Does Not Belong in Huntsville from Living In Dialogue at Ed Week. I’m adding it to The Best Posts & Articles Raising Concerns About Teach For America. Why Is Congress ...
  2 weeks ago

• CPS Unveils Incentive Program

  
  Progress Illinois - — Authority: 572
  News links:  Chicago Tribune The Chicago Public Schools announced yesterday that they will give $100,000 grant rewards to 30 schools that effectively employ the longer school day in the 2012-13 school year. CPS expects the grants to total $3 million and is ...
  2 weeks ago

• Teachers Paid too Much or Valued too Little?

  
  321 Learn — Authority: 85
  In a commentary published January 11, 2012 in Education Week , it is a mistaken viewpoint that public school teachers are underpaid. Additionally, Jason Richwine and Andrew Biggs go on to state that their “report is a sober, data-driven contribution to an ongoing policy discussion…teachers should still receive no ...
  2 weeks ago

• Here’s Another Reason Why We Need To Be Data-Informed & Not Data-Driven

  
  Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day... — Authority: 573
  In my post, The Best Resources Showing Why We Need To Be “Data-Informed” & Not “Data-Driven,” I share my principal’s perspective on it: If schools are data-driven, they might make decisions like keeping students who are “borderline” between algebra and a higher-level of math in algebra so that ...
  4 weeks ago

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