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Wednesday, May 4, 2011

Damn Good Education Daily

Damn Good Education Daily
Damn Good Education Daily
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teacherleaders.typepad.com - ...who taught me by example to arrive early and stay late (Hint: That's what good teachers were doing long before TFA). Thank you Mr. Tolliver. ...who well past 60 could still jump desks and bust m...

Larryferlazzo
huffingtonpost.com - In The Shock Doctrine, Naomi Klein pushes the concept of how the public can be manipulated during times of catastrophe or perceived crisis. Lately, it has been argued that the "financial crisis" is...

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failingschools.wordpress.com - The wave of teachers who are openly questioning the hypocrisy evident in Education Secretary Duncan’s letter this week keeps growing, enough to generate a story of its own. Several teachers and com...

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cbsnews.com - (Credit: CBS/AP) A new CBS News/New York Times poll shows President Obama's overall approval rating has jumped by an impressive 11 percentage points in the wake of the U.S. military mission which k...

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dailykos.com - Public Policy Polling for Daily Kos (4/28-5/1, registered voters, Feb. 2011 (PDF) in parens): Q: Do you think Barack Obama was born in the United States? Yes: 67 (55) No: 20 (27) Not sure: 13 (18)(...

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online.wsj.com - About 56.5 million people watched Barack Obama's surprise TV appearance Sunday night announcing the killing of Osama bin Laden. It was the president's biggest TV audience since he was elected, acco...

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studentactivism.net - So that “I will not rejoice” quote that everyone reposted yesterday wasn’t from Martin Luther King, it turns out. Instead, it looks like it originated with a young woman in Pennsylvania who had no ...

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studentactivism.net - Adapted from a comment I just left at Feministe. You probably can’t make yourself non-racist, but you can make yourself anti-racist. And in the end, being anti-racist is actually more important. No...

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mariashriver.com - May 3, 2011 Quick Take Kim Barnouin What are you thankful for that your mom passed along to you? Independence. She has always been very independent and self-sufficient and instilled that upon me gr...

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modeducation.blogspot.com - digg_url="http://modeducation.blogspot.com/2011/05/today-in-labor-historymay-4.html"; Memorial to the Haymarket Martyrs (Image by Jeff Zoline)May 4, 1886 - A day after police killed four strikin...

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edge.ascd.org - Walter’s blog archive: http://surfaquarium.com/blog.htm Recently, my friend and colleague Alan November posted Creating a New Culture of Teaching and Learning on his blog. In this reflection piec...

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studentactivism.net - Four McGill students, including the co-presidents of the university’s New Democratic Party Club, were elected to serve in Canada’s national parliament last night. The National Democratic Party, lon...

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blogs.forbes.com - May. 3 2011 - 7:20 pm | 0 views | 0 recommendations | By E.D. KAIN Matt Yglesias writes: I was shocked to read this on the American Federation of Teachers’ official Twitter feed: If you can’t read,...

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huffingtonpost.com - It may be Teacher Appreciation Week, but if online comments and blog posts indicate anything, some public school teachers don't feel the love from their employer, the federal government.On Monday, ...

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blogs.edweek.org - Dear Deborah,It is way past time to get mad. Each week, it is hard to know which of the latest outrages against American public education is the worst.Perhaps it was the agreement between the Gates...

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Michelle Rhee: In Honor of Teacher Appreciation Week: Let's Show Our Thanks to Teachers by Elevating the Profession

Michelle Rhee: In Honor of Teacher Appreciation Week: Let's Show Our Thanks to Teachers by Elevating the Profession

Michelle Rhee: In Honor of Teacher Appreciation Week: Let's Show Our Thanks to Teachers by Elevating the Profession

by Michelle Rhee
You remember them well. Maybe they had just the right way of introducing algebra or convincing you that poetry was cool. Maybe they quietly found a way to help with a sticky peer problem.

This week is National Teacher Appreciation Week, and across the country children will bring hand-drawn cards and maybe even a nostalgic apple to their favorite teachers.

Kids are great judges when it comes to weighing in on educators charged with teaching them. A study by Harvard University professor Thomas Kane found that student evaluations were good predictors of teacher success. As adults, however, we have to do better when it comes to fairly evaluating the nation's teachers, and fairly compensating them.

Most teachers are evaluated inconsistently, going without the feedback and professional development that can help them excel. The need for change is basic and glaring, and that's why StudentsFirst is urging states and
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This Week In Education: Photo: Obama, Duncan, & Teacher Of The Year

This Week In Education: Photo: Obama, Duncan, & Teacher Of The Year

Photo: Obama, Duncan, & Teacher Of The Year

by Alexander Russo

President Barack Obama stands with the 2011 National Teacher of the Year Michelle Shearer from Urbana High School in Ijamsville, Md., and Education Secretary Arne Duncan during a ceremony in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, Tuesday, May 3, 2011.

AM News: Osama Face Paint Gets Student Sent Home

by Alexander Russo

image from webmedia.newseum.org

Cami Anderson Is Expected to Lead Newark Schools NYT: Mr. Christie could make the announcement, officials said, at a news conference he is scheduled to hold at 11:20 a.m. Wednesday... LAUSD shortens school day for teacher protest LAT: An afternoon union protest on May 13 will not interrupt standardized testing, but schools will be required to make up the lost time later in the year, according to the district... Atlanta Public Schools Board Remaining Hush To Media Til WABE via GS: Board chair Khaatim El made comments regarding the leadership change and suggested outside powers had previously controlled the board... Apple Co-Founder: Computers Will Teach Kids Reuters: "We're getting closer to where you can make devices that become a friend and not just a computerized textbook," he told chip engineers at an event in Silicon Valley on Tuesday... Pa. school to 5th-grader: No face paint over Osama AP: A Pennsylvania woman took her fifth-grade son out of school for the day after administrators decided his face paint marking the death of terrorist mastermind Osama bin Laden was too disruptive for class....Grouping Kids by Race or Ethnicity in Charter Schools has Merit, Florida Backers Say AP: They argue that addressing the academic shortcomings of students often means devoting more attention to minorities... NH seeks to turn back clock on anti-bullying law AP: When Leila Pouliot's 6-year-old son, Benjamin, was bullied on the school bus last fall, school officials told her that because he wasn't on school grounds, "there wasn't a whole lot they could do about it."...

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