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Reflections on Teaching » Blog Archive » Week 10: Why teach narrative writing?

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Reflections on Teaching » Blog Archive » Week 10: Why teach narrative writing?:Week 10: Why teach narrative writing?from Reflections on Teaching by alicemercerSo, I did last week’s post late, and it was more about the beginning of this week (which didn’t get much better by the way) than week 9. Rather than focus on the FUBAR that week felt like (it wasn’t that bad, just felt that way),a post by Dina Strasser seemed relevant to a discussion about writing that ... more »

Bob seger - Old Time Rock And Roll (LYRICS)

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Just take those old records off the shelfIll sit and listen to em by myselfTodays music aln t got the same soulI like that old time rock n rollDont try to take me to a discoYoull never even get me out on theIn ten minutes Ill be late for the doorI like that old time rockn rollStill like that old time rockn rollThat kind of music just soothes the soulI reminisce about the days of oldWith that old time rock ... more »

Cool Cat Teacher Blog: Global Ed Conference Nov 14-18 #globaled11

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Cool Cat Teacher Blog: Global Ed Conference Nov 14-18 #globaled11:Global Ed Conference Nov 14-18 #globaled11Posted by Vicki Davis Email ThisBlogThis!Share to TwitterShare to Facebook Global Ed Conference is this week! Online! Free! Helpful. In this post, I'm going to give you a few things: the overall calendar, my personal calendar, and the calendar for our entire Flat Classroom community (coming soon.) My friend Julie Lindsay has done a lot of work on the student summit end as part of our ... more »

Save Seattle Schools Community Blog: Shorter School Year Coming?

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Save Seattle Schools Community Blog: Shorter School Year Coming?:Shorter School Year Coming?by Melissa WestbrookFrom the Everett Herald comes a story about superintendents around the state coming together in agreement about having fewer school days for all districts rather than the Governor's idea of getting rid of levy equalization which favors districts able to pass levies versus those that can't.The superintendents are saying that while it may end up being detrimental to students in the long run, they want the cuts ... more »

Today's Big Education Ape - PostRank Top Late Nite Posts #ows #edreform

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What The Founding Fathers Thought About Corporations | Addicting InfoBig Education Ape - PostRank (PostRank: All)-17 minutes agoWhat The Founding Fathers Thought About Corporations | Addicting Info:What The Founding Fathers Thought About CorporationsNovember 13, 2011By Stephen D. Foster Jr.Citizens United. This is the 2010 Supreme Court case that shocked America, influenced an election, and reversed over 100 years of campaign finance laws. In this case, corporations were declared as people and as such declared to have the same rights as ... more »

Occupy Wall Street’s commitment to nonviolence | OWSnews.org

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Occupy Wall Street’s commitment to nonviolence | OWSnews.org:Occupy Wall Street’s commitment to nonviolenceby Waging NonviolenceAt various times in the past, Occupy Wall Street has had trouble coming to consensus on a statement of nonviolence (as opposed to, say, the October 2011 movement in DC, whichpublicized one at the outset). This was an issue both in the planning process and in the early days of the occupation. In my essay on the notion of “diversity of tactics” for Occupy Wall Street, ... more »

Simon and Garfunkel The Boxer (Original)

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Simon And Garfunkel The Boxer LyricsI am just a poor boyThough my story's seldom toldI have squandered my resistanceFor a pocket full of mumbles such are promisesAll lies and jestsStill a man hears what he wants to hearAnd disregards the restWhen I left my home and my familyI was no more than a boyIn the company of strangersIn the quiet of the railway station running scaredLaying low, seeking out the poorer quartersWhere the ragged people goLooking for the places only ... more »

Jersey Jazzman: The Two Worlds of Ed Reform

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Jersey Jazzman: The Two Worlds of Ed Reform:The Two Worlds of Ed Reformby DukeI want to recommend this great piece teacher/blogger Katie O about this weekend's conferences in Chicago. Read the whole thing (us teacher/bloggers need that click-through love), but here's the takeaway:To me, the moral of this tale of one city’s schizophrenic day of education is this: Sure, we love progressive education practices, but only for the rich white private schools. When it comes to the vast majority of ... more »

Above and Beyond | The Jose Vilson

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Above and Beyond | The Jose Vilson:Above and Beyondby JoseOften, people make me question what the words “above and beyond” mean in an age when we’re obsessed with overworking and overstating. When Carmen told me that she will not go above and beyond in her activism, I started to think about what that meant based on what I knew about her. When someone approaches her about her hair, her dress, or her passions, she’s not likely to say, “Because I ... more »

Daily Kos: Music

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Daily Kos: Music:Musicfrom Daily Kos by rss@dailykos.com (teacherken)Consider this an addendum to what I posted this morning. Today was a full day. We spent three hours at a gathering of Old Members of Univ - University College Oxford, where my beloved spouse got an M. Litt while on a Marshall. From there we went to a concert at the Kennedy Center.It was the initial concert of what will be Norman Scribner's final year of directing the Choral Arts Society, a ... more »

Koch Brother Front Group Americans For Prosperity Pushes Smear Campaign Against Me | ThinkProgress

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Koch Brother Front Group Americans For Prosperity Pushes Smear Campaign Against Me | ThinkProgress:Koch Brother Front Group Americans For Prosperity Pushes Smear Campaign Against MeBy Lee Fang on Nov 9, 2011 at 5:30 pmLevi Russell, Americans for Prosperity Director of Public Affairs, contributed to a blog post calling Lee a "liar." Russell, however, erroneously quoted the conversation and has refused to issue a correction.Levi Russell, Americans for Prosperity Director of Public Affairs, contributed to a blog post calling me a ...more »

Walk Away From Student Debt #ows

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Black In America Series Says Race Matters In Silicon Valley | Resurgence | Big Think

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Black In America Series Says Race Matters In Silicon Valley | Resurgence | Big Think:Black In America Series Says Race Matters In Silicon ValleyKris Broughton on November 13, 2011, 3:20 PMinShare1I don’t usually watch the Black In America series, but I will tonight because one of the entrepreneurs in The New Promised Land- Silicon Valley episode is Angela Benton, a dynamic woman from the East Coast who used to pay me to write for one of her websites a little ... more »

Burning Down the House - Arlington, VA, United States, ASCD EDge Blog post

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Burning Down the House - Arlington, VA, United States, ASCD EDge Blog post:Looking AheadBurning Down the HouseA week ago I posted the following graphic and comment: Me: “You know what's sad? This entire altruistic movement has no end goal...the world has spoken and it's still business as usual...SMH...” The following discussion ensued: Emma: “But you know what's cool? That a friend of mine who *doesn't* approve of this movement (per se) has called it altruistic, and has expressed frustration with ... more »