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Wednesday, March 20, 2013

Started a profile at myEDmatch for kicks, what a strange, reformy thing this is – @ the chalk face

Started a profile at myEDmatch for kicks, what a strange, reformy thing this is – @ the chalk face:


Started a profile at myEDmatch for kicks, what a strange, reformy thing this is

I saw that a friend on Facebook “liked” something called myEdmatch. Apparently, finding a teaching job is like online dating. To wit:
Complete the Core Beliefs Profile so myEDmatch can suggest schools that would be good matches based on your core beliefs about education.
So, is this tHarmony, or something?
I filled out some beliefs with minimal forethought and opened an account, under an assumed name, of course.
I realize that this is a Beta version, so its capabilities might be limited at this time. But let’s play around. So, according to my “match score,” roughly 101 schools fit my preferences. There are a bunch of filters I can choose


Ms. Reform: Education Reform as Starlet of NetFlix’s “House of Cards” by Adam Bessie

This post originally appeared in the Daily Censored at http://www.dailycensored.com/ms-reform-education-reform-as-starlet-of-netflixs-house-of-cards/
“Education Reform” is a rising star: once Ms. Reform was all but ignored, featured in arcane reports presented in monotone at heavily acronymed academic conferences; now, she struts down the red carpet in Dolce & Gabbanna at awards shows, billionaire tech entrepreneur sidled on her arm, waving at the cameras with a poised grace.
Ms. Reform made her big-screen debut in Davis Guggenheim’s documentary Waiting For Superman, where Oprah – and thus the entire corporate media – deemed her a rising starlet; then she made her first feature length appearance alongside Cameron Diaz and Justin Timberlake in the comedy Bad Teacher, which showed her