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1	To Tweet Or Not To Tweet Added by Thomas Whitby on December 9, 2011
2	Productivity Future Vision (2011) Added by Thomas Whitby on October 27, 2011
3	YouTube for Schools: Join the Global Classroom Today! Added by Thomas Whitby on December 12, 2011
4	Learning to Change-Changing to Learn Added by Melissa Lim on October 26, 2009
5	Tweetdeck-Chrome Tutorial Added by Thomas Whitby on December 16, 2011
6	Grey's Anatomy & Twitter Added by Thomas Whitby on December 7, 2011
7	Can I have my cake and eat it? Is there a social network with an academic portfolio element? Posted by Richard Nelson on November 9, 2011
8	easy video conferencing Posted by Alison Bullock on July 8, 2010
9	Educational IPad Apps Posted by Thomas Whitby on November 23, 2011
10	2nd grade math worksheets and lessons Added by Kuleep Kaur on August 3, 2011
11	Social Media Policy Added by Thomas Whitby on October 23, 2011
12	Adding fractions with unlike denominators Added by Kuleep Kaur on August 20, 2011
13	WikiTasksCCSS December 16, 2011 at 4pm to December 21, 2011 at 5pm at Online Organized By: Nicholas Hobar
14	The Learning Equation: a case for blended learning Added by Seth Dimbert on December 15, 2011
15	The Learning Edge - How Technology Can Educate All Children Posted by Mark E. Weston Ph.D. on December 18, 2011
16	What I learned from Kids Today Added by Bill Burkhead on December 16, 2011
17	Introducing Spellathon.net - SPELLATHON Featuring STEPHEN FRY as the Professor and The Spelling Bees Added by Richard Wood on December 14, 2011
18	Free resource for english spelling practice now available on the iPad and iPhone... Posted by Richard Wood on December 14, 2011
19	Influential People Posted by Anne Beninghof on December 16, 2011
20	Childswork.com is excited to be part of the Educator's PLN Community! Posted by Child's Work on December 19, 2011

What Happened to My Grade Book?: An Education Round Table (for fun)

What Happened to My Grade Book?: An Education Round Table (for fun):

An Education Round Table (for fun)

from What Happened to My Grade Book? by Della Palacios

On Twitter, Dr. Timony invited Secretary Arne Duncan for a drink since they are both attending the Title 1 Conference. I said I hope that Secretary Duncan accepts the invitation.  While Dr. Timony and I certainly have not agreed on every issue surrounding #edreform, I do respect what he has to say and think he does have thoughtful ideas that should be heard by those above.


And so, it made me think, "Who would I invite to an education round table?"  I think it would have to turn into more of a conference.  Each person invited would then have the opportunity to invite 2 or 3 other people to the conference.  One of the others invited should be a former student or a child in the public school system. And, because I wouldn't want it to turn into some sort of weird elite thing, people wanting to attend could apply to do so. 


And so, those who

Why “Evidence-Based” Education Fails | Dailycensored.com

Why “Evidence-Based” Education Fails | Dailycensored.com:

Why “Evidence-Based” Education Fails

Written by Paul ThomasEducationDec 19, 2011

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How did the largest and most aggressive federal education initiative, No Child Left Behind (NCLB), garner bipartisan support under George W. Bush, and how have the central tenants of that legislation—accountability, standards, and testing—maintained and increased their value as approaches to education reform despite the tremendous evidence that they do not work?

One answer may lie in the power of claims that NCLB and the accountability paradigm are “evidence-based,” scientific, and thus objective (as objectivity has endured as a central aspect of authority in the American mind for at least a century).

Two parts of this possible answer deserve some consideration: (1) Are evidence-based scientific approaches objective, effective, or both? and (2) If so, why does science fail education reform?

Scientific Education Reform: A Historical Perspective

Before examining how science as a term and concept functions in the