Common Core: Nobody said it was going to be easy
I recently ran a post by a teacher, Jeremiah Chaffee, about one maddening experience he had working with a lesson connected to the Common Core State Standards. You can read his report here. Stephanie Day, director of teaching and learning at the Friendship Public Charter School in Washington D.C., writes here in response to that post and in support of the Common Core. Day was named the 2010 Washington D.C. Teacher of the Year. Read full article >> [image: Add to Facebook] [image: Add to Twitter] [image: Add to Reddit] [image: Add to StumbleUpon]
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Can chewing gum before a test improve score?
Chewing gum before taking a test may help improve the result, apparently by stimulating the brain with increased blood flow. That, at least, is what one study concluded amid a rash of research on the cognitive benefits of chewing gum. Read full article >> [image: Add to Facebook] [image: Add to Twitter] [image: Add to Reddit] [image: Add to StumbleUpon]
What never to tell a college student (or a teen about to be one)
Walk around a college university bookstore and you just might see this Apple advertisement for a Mac with the following headline: “It makes the best years of your life even better.” Hmmm. Apple is supposed to be smarter than that. Read full article >> [image: Add to Facebook] [image: Add to Twitter] [image: Add to Reddit] [image: Add to StumbleUpon]
The cinema of educational despair: A bad narrative reinforced
This was* written by Mark Phillips, professor emeritus of secondary education at San Francisco State University. This was written for his blog on Edutopia , and he also publishes a monthly column on education for the Marin Independent Journal. He volunteers with the California Film Institute’s Educational Outreach Program.* Read full article >> [image: Add to Facebook] [image: Add to Twitter] [image: Add to Reddit] [image: Add to StumbleUpon]
A new approach to school turnarounds (or ‘old dogs CAN learn new tricks’)
This *was written by educator Anthony Cody, who worked for 24 years in the Oakland schools, 18 years teaching science at a high-needs school and six years as a mentor and coach of teachers. He is a National Board-certified teacher. A version of this post appeared on his Education Week Teacherblog, Living in Dialogue *. Read full article >> [image: Add to Facebook] [image: Add to Twitter] [image: Add to Reddit] [image: Add to StumbleUpon]