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Resolve
Besides, tomorrow starts the Big Test, and the deluge of multiple-choice questions and extended-response is one that even the most hopeful of teachers and brilliant of students feel a little anxious about. Did I cover enough material? Did the material I cover have anything to do with what’s actually on the test? Will the conceptual questions dominate or will there be an even mix of conceptual and procedural?
More importantly, will all my kids have a good breakfast?
Will the one kid I know actually get to school in time to take it? Will the other one stop trying to go to the
I'm a Poet, And I Know It! Celebrating National Poetry Month!
I love National Poetry Month! I used to write poetry, maybe I will again some day. But in the meantime, I like to give my kids a chance to grow to love writing poetry as much as I do. There was a time, pre-standardized testing, when we would gather up all our original poetry, pair it with two really funny pieces of poetry, and have Poetry Day. We would invite the parents, and each child
PBS Special “TED Talks Education” On May 7th (Along With Supplemental Resources)
PBS is airing a special TED Talks Education program on May 7th. It’s an interesting line-up of speakers, and I thought I’d list a few of them along with previous posts in this blog that readers might find helpful:
Bill Gates will be speaking about, among other things, his big new $5 billion initiative to videotape teachers. You might find these posts useful:
Videotaping teachers the right way (not the Gates way)
The Best Posts & Articles About Videotaping Teachers In The Classroom
Many of my previous posts about Gates, along with his MET Project.
Professor Angela Duckworth will be speaking about “grit.” Check out her work at The Best Resources For Learning About The Importance Of “Grit.”
Geoffrey Canada from the Harlem Children’s Zone. You can find a link to my many posts — both positive and
Bill Gates will be speaking about, among other things, his big new $5 billion initiative to videotape teachers. You might find these posts useful:
Videotaping teachers the right way (not the Gates way)
The Best Posts & Articles About Videotaping Teachers In The Classroom
Many of my previous posts about Gates, along with his MET Project.
Professor Angela Duckworth will be speaking about “grit.” Check out her work at The Best Resources For Learning About The Importance Of “Grit.”
Geoffrey Canada from the Harlem Children’s Zone. You can find a link to my many posts — both positive and
We Need (More) Research on Academic Tech Professionals
Blog:
Commenting on my post The Liberal Arts of Ed Tech, Brian Reid asked:
"What evidence is there that the number of people coming from a liberal arts background into educational technology is growing? Is this in absolute numbers, relative numbers, or both?"
"What evidence is there that the number of people coming from a liberal arts background into educational technology is growing? Is this in absolute numbers, relative numbers, or both?"
What Does Obama’s Budget Proposal Mean for Latino Education?
The recently released Obama’s budget proposal has educators within the Latino community cautiously optimistic.
One such person is California State University San Bernardino Education Professor and Latino Education and Advocacy Days (LEAD) Executive Director Enrique G. Murillo, Jr. PhD.
According to Murillo, among the highlights of Obama’s budget proposal are the increase in Federal Pell Grants and work-study programs. He said the latter, a federally funded program assisting students with the“From my stance as an educator professional and someone who deals with issues around Latino students, I have to praise it,” Murillo told VOXXI. “Of course, it’ll go through a process and things get changed but the blueprint is favorable to Latinos in higher education.”
School Rat Patrol
On these pages we have taken to task and eviscerated (and rightly so) fellow teachers and UFT members when necessary. Evan Stone, Sydney Morris, Ruben Brosbe, Matt Polazzo, Michael Loeb, etc... or any of the E4E or StudentsFirst turd blossoms the are deserving.
In our opinion here at SBSB, once you start stabbing your colleagues in the back, once you go against the Union, once you go try to separate a teacher from their direct deposit you are then fair game.
So here is my question. Does a teacher in your school that lives in the administration's colon, that runs back and rats you or your colleagues out time after time, do such types deserve not to have the tables turned on them, but upping the ante? Outing them on the blogosphere? Twitter? Facebook?
In our opinion here at SBSB, once you start stabbing your colleagues in the back, once you go against the Union, once you go try to separate a teacher from their direct deposit you are then fair game.
So here is my question. Does a teacher in your school that lives in the administration's colon, that runs back and rats you or your colleagues out time after time, do such types deserve not to have the tables turned on them, but upping the ante? Outing them on the blogosphere? Twitter? Facebook?
30 days to go
As today comes to a close, I enter upon the final month of this my 67th year on earth.
I always try to find time to reflect.
I spent a good deal of the year leading up to my 60th birthday reflecting upon my life, and that led to my writing
I always try to find time to reflect.
I spent a good deal of the year leading up to my 60th birthday reflecting upon my life, and that led to my writing
Editorial: Kids, don’t take part in CPS boycott (and Teachers, no more damn striking)
Editorials April 23, 2013 6:42PM
Chicago Public Schools CEO Barbara Byrd-Bennett
Updated: April 23, 2013 8:23PM
If you are a junior in the Chicago Public Schools, you know where you belong on Wednesday:
At school, taking a state-mandated test called the PSAE.
Love standardized testing or hate it, love Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s school policies or hate them, all juniors belong in school on Wednesday taking day two of the PSAE.
A student boycott is planned — and the threat is serious enough to rattle CPS leaders. Letters went home to juniors Monday and Tuesday, and all parents of juniors received a robocall, reminding them how important the test results are to each student’s future.
So why take the test? All students must sit for at least one day of the two-day exam to be promoted to 12th grade and graduate. The first day is the ACT exam, the second includes science, math and reading tests that can lead to a career-readiness certificate endorsed by employers. The PSAE also is used to help evaluate each school and teacher.
Sure, there is a makeup day in May. But what if a student is sick that day? And if a student shows up Wednesday but refuses the exam, a makeup likely won’t be an option. Organizers want
Latino Education Affordability is the Future of the U.S. Labor Force
A projected 37.6 million or 80 percent of the 47 million new workers entering the labor force in the next four decades will be of Hispanic origin. However, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, unemployment rate for Hispanics (9.7 percent) is still higher than the national average for whites (6.8 percent) mostly due to disadvantages in schooling.
Is everything harder for young Latinos looking to build their future through a higher education?
A hot topic in the national arena, affordability of higher education is even hotter for some groups like Dreamers and other Latino students, especially because interest rates on student loans are expected to skyrocket—doubling in next July.College tuition has mushroomed as well. According to ScholarshipExperts.com, a free scholarship search service, the average tuition and fees charged by both private and public U.S. four-year colleges and universities
David Petraeus to Join CUNY as Visiting Professor
David H. Petraeus, the former C.I.A. director, has accepted a one-year position, starting in August, to teach public policy at Macaulay Honors College.
