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Big Education Ape: 8-24-11 PM Seriously What Did YOU Ask ARNE EDition #AskArne

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Want to #AskArne a Question? Tweet Today

ed.gov - The response to ED’s first-ever #AskArne Twitter Town Hall has been overwhelming. The questions and comments on Twitter are rolling in, and Arne looks forward to addressing the important issues you...

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Duncan Takes to Twitter to Answer Your Questions | ED.gov Blog

Duncan Takes to Twitter to Answer Your Questions | ED.gov Blog:

Duncan Takes to Twitter to Answer Your Questions

Posted on August 24, 2011 by Cameron Brenchley

(Official Department of Education Photo by Paul Wood)

During the past week, thousands of Twitter users submitted questions to Secretary Duncan for his first-ever #AskArne Twitter Town Hall, and the difficult task of choosing the questions for Arne fell to the event’s moderator, journalist John Merrow. Merrow monitored #AskArne tweets throughout the week and even gave one last look through the steady stream of questions just moments before the camera went live.

Merrow asked Secretary Duncan tough questions covering a broad range of topics, including: standardized testing, cheating, performance pay for educators, and whether Arne truly listens to teachers.

Many Twitter users asked Arne about testing, and whether students are taking too many tests at school.

@pureparents: #AskArne: What specifically will you do to decrease the amount of and emphasis on standardized testing in the US?

Secretary Duncan answered:

@usedgov: Where you have too many tests, or are spending too much time on test prep, that doesn’t lead to good results. #AskArne

@usedgov: Fill-in-the-bubble tests should be a tiny % of what we’re doing. I’m a big fan of formative assessments–more helpful to teachers. #AskArne

A few Twitter users such as Richard wondered if Arne listens to teachers.

@Thanks2Teachers: #AskArne Do you truly LISTEN to the voices & concerns of teachers and parents? Hope this isn’t a hollow public relations exercise.

Duncan explained to Merrow:

@usedgov: I listen to teachers daily, in visits to schools, in mtgs @ ED and through our teaching ambassadors. Visited hundreds of schools. #askarne

Several Twitter users inquired about the Secretary’s stand on school vouchers:

@thefooshshow: #AskArne Heritage Fndn sz vouchers most viable way to *dismantle* pub #education. Will u unequivcbly take v off table?

Duncan responds:

@usedgov: Duncan: I will never support school vouchers. They take $ away from public system. I want great PUBLIC schools in this country. #AskArne

(Official Department of Education Photo by Paul Wood)

During the town hall, Secretary Duncan noted that he’s still a Twitter “novice” and he looks forward to future chats and to engaging with teachers online. If you missed the town hall, you can watch the archived video here, and you can see a more comprehensive list of questions and answers through ED’s Twitter page.

To keep up-to-date on all things ED, follow @ArneDuncan,@usedgov, @ED_Outreach, @EDPressSec on Twitter, orclick here to see all of ED’s social media accounts.
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How badly did Arne Duncan want to talk to Matt Damon? - The Answer Sheet - The Washington Post

How badly did Arne Duncan want to talk to Matt Damon? - The Answer Sheet - The Washington Post:

How badly did Arne Duncan want to talk to Matt Damon?

by Valerie Strauss

It turns out that people in the Obama administration made several attempts to reach actor Matt Damon just before he spoke at last month’s Save Our Schools rally in Washington D.C., blasting education policies that focus on high-stakes standardized tests.

According to two people familiar with the efforts, the administration tried to arrange a meeting with Damon and government officials, including Education Secretary Arne Duncan, before the July 30 march. The sources declined to be named because of the sensitivity of the matter.

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Money Can't Buy Me Love - Teacher in a Strange Land - Education Week Teacher

Money Can't Buy Me Love - Teacher in a Strange Land - Education Week Teacher:

Money Can't Buy Me Love

by Nancy Flanagan

A recent consulting contract took me to Lake George, New York, to lead a group of educators in refining a graduate course on teachers as leaders. I've been wading around in teacher leadership -a concept that means decidedly different things to different people--for a couple of decades now, reviewing the literature, poking at theoretical models and trying to figure out how seminal ideas shape the field.

I have a large collection of favorite resources on teacher leadership--books, websites, articles, cartoons, blogs, even an iTunes playlist. This summer, I had to add a new artifact to view: the StudentsFirst.org website. An example of what hundreds of millions will buy you in media presence and influence, a place where compelling messages about teaching and learning go to be politically compromised, twisted to a kind of educationalNewspeak.

The veteran teacher leaders who visited the website were shocked. "Saving good teachers" has a whole different

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IEA leaders gear up to sit at the pension table. Worried? I am. « Fred Klonsky's blog

IEA leaders gear up to sit at the pension table. Worried? I am. « Fred Klonsky's blog:

IEA leaders gear up to sit at the pension table. Worried? I am.

by Fred Klonsky

This from IEA Communications Director Charlie McBarron:

The drive to change state pension benefits for active employees, which was stopped last May when IEA members and staff helped halt SB512, the “pension reform” bill, is about to begin anew.

Proponents had said they wanted input from unions before reintroducing the bill, or another proposal, but virtually nothing has happened. That’s about to change. Here’s what we hear:
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