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The New York Times and Why Adding More Educators To Your Panel Matters
Last year around this time, I criticized the New York Times for not having many K-12 educators on their panel. Excuse me, for having maybe three current teachers and another handful of former teachers out of a possible 70 panelists. I laughed at the prospect of a public education system without any educators, and my own suspicions about the composition of last year’s panel made me laugh harder. It felt like the schools of the future would just have a suite of products thrown at kids with maybe a couple of people overseeing these third-party modules,
Third Week’s Twitter Discussion On “ESL/ELL Teacher’s Survival Guide”
Katie Hull Sypnieski and I co-authored “The ESL/ELL Teacher’s Survival Guide,” published by Jossey-Bass in early August. Each day for three weeks, we tweeted 2 sentences from the book using the hashtag #eslsg &
“VoiceGem” Looks Like A Good Place To Record Audio
“VoiceGem” Looks Like A Good Place To Record Audio
VoiceGem lets you easily and quickly make an audio recording (I’m not sure for how long, but it certainly went on for awhile during my experiment) without having to register. You record and then email it to yourself or someone else.
Unfortunately, there’s no way to get the url address to your recording without going to the email. That makes it
Unfortunately, there’s no way to get the url address to your recording without going to the email. That makes it
Governor Scott left at the station and misses the testing and accountability train.
Yesterday, Florida Governor Scott promised changes to the testing
system, but had no specifics other than no more teaching to the test. Today, the Florida Department of Education and the State School Board sent Superintendents a 12-page memo on testing and accountability rules starting this school year, rules that cement just the opposite on Florida's testing system.
In the meantime, Dr.
system, but had no specifics other than no more teaching to the test. Today, the Florida Department of Education and the State School Board sent Superintendents a 12-page memo on testing and accountability rules starting this school year, rules that cement just the opposite on Florida's testing system.
In the meantime, Dr.
Mindy's Law Helps Women Find Love After Sexual Assault
"One of the things that’s troubling is that people see a Natalie Portman or some other Hollywood starlet who boasts of, ‘Hey look, you know, we’re having children, we’re not married, but we’re having these children, and they’re doing just fine. But there aren’t really a lot of single moms out there who are making millions of dollars every year for being in a movie. And I think it gives a distorted image that yes, not everybody hires nannies, and
California district teaches students to ‘get plenty of rest’ to prevent STDs
A coalition of groups have brought a lawsuit against the Clovis Unified School District in California, claiming their abstinence-only sex education program violates state law. The lawsuit alleges the textbook used by the district informs high school students that respecting themselves, getting...
The Schools Chicago's Students Deserve
The Schools Chicago’s Students Deserve is a new Chicago Teachers Union study which argues in favor of proven educational reforms to dramatically improve the education of more than 400,000 students in a district of 675 schools.
These reforms are desperately needed and can lead Chicago towards the world-class educational system its students deserve. As CTU President Karen Lewis stated, “This report will quickly become the leading public policy platform for all people truly interested in how to reverse the status quo in our city's public schools.”
