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Sheri Edwards

Education Week: Study Finds No Clear Edge for Charter Schools - 6 views

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charter schools

shared by Sheri Edwards on 29 Jun 10 - Cached
  • Students who won lotteries to attend charter middle schools performed, on average, no better in mathematics and reading than their peers who lost out in the random admissions process and enrolled in nearby regular public schools, according to a national study released today.
  • On average, though, the charter middle schools in the study enrolled a lower percentage of students who are eligible for free and reduced-price school meals than charters nationally, and served smaller percentages of students scoring below proficiency levels on state exams than their national peers.
  • ClarkAC wrote: I think this just adds weight to the notion that the devil is in the details. Some charters (i.e., some KIPP schools - not all) are producing great results. Some are not.Some kids getting vouchers are doing much better. Some are not.Some traditional public schools are great. Some are not.On average, no one solution shows impact because we are looking at averages.I agree. We need to get under the hood. Until then, we won't find the solutions we seek. 6/29/2010 12:38 PM EDT on EdWeek
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  • Larry C Brown wrote: "The most positive overall impact that all of the charter schools in the study produced, was on the satisfaction levels expressed by parents and students. Parents whose children had won lotteries to attend charters were 33 percent more likely to say the schools were excellent than parents whose children lost the lotteries and attended regular public schools." This is surprising? If I "win the lottery", am I not going to be more satisfied than if I don't!
  • Sheri Edwards on 29 Jun 10
     
    lottery winners did no better, on average, than the lottery losers on non-academic outcomes such as behavior and attendance.
Karen Vitek

Leadership 360 - Education Week - 23 views

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shared by Karen Vitek on 17 Jan 13 - No Cached
  • Karen Vitek on 17 Jan 13
     
    "Leadership 360 will examine issues affecting today's educational leaders. We will invite different lenses, always remembering that our democracy depends on the success of public education. It is foundational to the fabric of our society and the values that reveal who we are in the world. "
  • Karen Vitek on 17 Jan 13
     
    Check out this blog for topics related to leadership in our schools.
Leonard Miller

Final College-Readiness Definition Guides Test Consortium - Curriculum Matters - Educat... - 0 views

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PARCC

shared by Leonard Miller on 12 Nov 12 - Cached
  • PARCC's policy will be that students earn the "college readiness" determination by performing at level 4 on a 5-level test
  • Reaching that level on the language arts part of the exam will mean that students have "demonstrated the academic knowledge, skills, and practices necessary" to skip remedial classes and go directly into entry-level, credit-bearing courses in "college English composition, literature, and technical courses requiring college-level reading and writing."
  • college-readiness scores on the test will be set in such a way that students who score at that level—level 4—will have a 75 percent chance of earning a grade of C or better in those college courses.
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  • Scoring at level 5 on the test will reflect a "distinguished command" of the subject, and level 4 will reflect a "strong" command. Level 3 shows a "moderate" command, level 2 a "partial" command, and level 1 a "minimal" command.
  • Leonard Miller on 12 Nov 12
     
    PARCC definition of "college ready"
eflclassroom 2.0

How teacher turnover harms student achievement - 33 views

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shared by eflclassroom 2.0 on 15 Apr 12 - No Cached
  • eflclassroom 2.0 on 15 Apr 12
     
    new study with some interesting findings. the trouble is always, putting all these study/findings into our head and synthesizing it into some kind of workable framework. It is never just one thing that impacts student achievement.
  • Chris McEnroe on 22 Apr 12
     
    I am really confused by this abstract- it calls the assumption into question but then seems to assert the very same assumption??? Researchers and policymakers often assume that teacher turnover harms student achievement, but recent evidence calls into question this assumption. Using a unique identification strategy that employs grade-level turnover and two classes of fixed-effects models, this study estimates the effects of teacher turnover on over 600,000 New York City 4th and 5th grade student observations over 5 years. The results indicate that students in grade-levels with higher turnover score lower in both ELA and math and that this effect is particularly strong in schools with more low-performing and black students. Moreover, the results suggest that there is a disruptive effect of turnover beyond changing the composition in teacher quality.
Steve Ransom

The Relationship Status of Teachers and Educational Technology: It's Complicated - Rick... - 58 views

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  • Steve Ransom on 10 Nov 11
     
    The teacher perspective. It's not always because they hate to learn, hate technology, and love worksheets.
Paul Beaufait

Education Week Teacher: Helping Students Motivate Themselves (Ferlazzo, 2011.04.06) - 13 views

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shared by Paul Beaufait on 25 Feb 12 - No Cached
  • Paul Beaufait on 25 Feb 12
     
    In an adaption of Ch. 1 from one of his books, Larry  Ferlazzo focused on intrinsic motivation, and suggested, for example,"People are more motivated and confident when they feel they have more control over their environment. Inviting students to have a voice in classroom decisions-where they sit, what day a test takes place, in what order units are studied, or even where a plant should be placed in the classroom-can help them develop that greater sense of control" (Creating Opportunities for Students to Help Make Decisions, para. 1).
Tero Toivanen

Study: Young Children Explore as Scientists Do - Inside School Research - Education Week - 20 views

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  • Alison Gopnik, a psychology professor at the University of California, Berkeley, reports that children from as young as 8 months old through preschool explore through techniques that would seem familiar to any scientist: they make hypotheses and test them against data; predict outcomes using statistics, and can infer the causes of failed actions.
  • All of these things, Gopnik and her colleagues argue, happen years before any formal training in the same scientific techniques. "What we need to do to encourage children to learn is not to put them in the equivalent of school, tell them things, give them reading drills or flash cards. We really need to put them in a safe, rich environment where the natural capacities for exploration, for testing, for science can get free rein," she said in a briefing with reporters.
Steve Ransom

Teacher Magazine: Mr. Administrator, Tear Down This Firewall! - 24 views

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shared by Steve Ransom on 12 Nov 10 - No Cached
  • Steve Ransom on 12 Nov 10
     
    Great issues raised by both sides here
Jeff Johnson

Digital Education - 0 views

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shared by Jeff Johnson on 08 Oct 08 - Cached
  • Jeff Johnson on 08 Oct 08
     
    This blog post on Ewan McIntosh's edu.blogs.com points out a new peer-reviewed study that links Web 2.0 to academic improvement. The report found that Web 2.0 tools encourage participation and engagement, especially for those students who are timid; help students continue classroom discussions outside of the classroom; let students who are so inclined continue researching anytime, anywhere; and instill a sense of ownership and pride in students for the work they publish online, which can lead to more attention to detail and a better quality of work. The report also found that one of the biggest obstacles to using Web 2.0 tools in the classroom was the time it takes teachers to incorporate those new tools into lesson plans. Although many teachers were familiar with the tools and used them in their personal lives, they were apprehensive about how to monitor Internet use in the classroom and the time needed to figure out how those tools should be used to teach.
Anne Bubnic

New U.S. Research Center to Study Education Technology - 0 views

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  • Anne Bubnic on 21 Aug 08
     
    Congress has authorized a new federal research center that will be charged with helping to develop innovative ways to use digital technology at schools and in universities. The National Center for Research in Advanced Information and Digital Technologies was included as part of the latest reauthorization Requires Adobe Acrobat Reader of the Higher Education Act, approved last month. President Bush signed the law on Aug. 14. The center will be charged with supporting research and development of new education technologies, including internet-based technologies. It will also help adapt techniques already widely used in other sectors, such as advertising and the military, to classroom instruction.
anonymous

Education Week: Five Keys to Effective Teacher Learning Teams - 33 views

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  • anonymous on 16 Apr 10
     
    5 effective strategies for professional learning teams
Leonard Miller

Education Week: Character Education Seen as Student-Achievement Tool - 0 views

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      Leonard Miller on 01 Mar 13
       
      So, here it is, teaching values like hard work, integrity, fairness, justice and the like are part of the Common Core, and required for the kind of academic excellence call for by the CCSS
  • Character education is more effective when a designated portion of the day is devoted to character education, according to Mr. Seider
  • It is also most effective when a school focuses on a specific set of traits, according to Mr. Seider's research
mlauriano

The online job fair and career gateway for educators - 0 views

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  • mlauriano on 27 Mar 13
     
    TopSchoolJobs eXPO  Join thousands of teachers, principals, and other school-based educators who are exploring a revolutionary approach to navigating and advancing in their K-12 callings. Search and apply to job opportunities with K-12 organizations across the U.S. (CA, NY, AZ, DC, MD, CT, and more), chat with knowledgeable recruiters, receive expert job advice, and gain empowering career insights.
Brett Campbell

Education Week: Digital Trends Shifting the Role of Teachers - 23 views

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  • Brett Campbell on 21 May 13
     
    "the teachers who have been the most successful didn't necessarily know anything about technology. They were the masters of their content," he said. "For some of the younger teachers, who are still grappling with classroom management and learning the content"
Leonard Miller

Education Week: Blended PD Emphasizes Differentiated Instruction - 0 views

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shared by Leonard Miller on 26 Oct 12 - No Cached
  • If blended learning is one of the biggest trends in education, it should offer a way for teachers to practice the approach themselves.
  • Professional development for educational technology has to move away from its historical focus on technical training and toward a broader focus on what educational approaches work best.
  • In other words, teachers not only need to be proficient at integrating virtual experiences into the classroom, they must also be confident in why they're doing so.
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  • the certification program is split into two tiers. The first includes foundational courses aimed at helping teachers understand various strategies for online and blended learning and make decisions about how to use them to create engaging, differentiated classrooms. The second tier provides instruction in the tools and techniques for turning those ideas into reality
  • launched an online and blended certification program
  • No longer solely a teacher, "I am facilitator, fellow learner, and curator," added Ms. Canady. "I'm becoming more focused on giving my students more bang for their buck, more time. I don't want them to do anything they don't need in order to grow."
  • The team generally kicks off the design process anywhere from six to 12 months before the first day of school. The process includes identifying instructional objectives, choosing a classroom model, selecting curriculum providers, preparing infrastructure, and setting up teacher professional development.
  • the coach helped them implement blended-learning models to differentiate instruction, extend learning beyond the classroom, and engage families in the learning process.
Jennifer Barnett

My 24/7 Personal PD Provider - 19 views

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  • Jennifer Barnett on 17 May 12
     
    Jennifer Barnett's blog post on professional learner at Education Week Teacher
Michael Mitchell

Education Week: Educators Weigh E-Textbook Cost Comparisons - 0 views

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  • Michael Mitchell on 19 May 12
     
    Something to think about before getting iPads for your school district.
Scott Kinkoph

Education Week Teacher Professional Development Sourcebook: The Coming Age of the Teach... - 0 views

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shared by Scott Kinkoph on 21 Jun 13 - No Cached
  • the schools of 2030 will need growing numbers of teacherpreneurs, which she described as teacher leaders of proven accomplishment who have a deep knowledge of how to teach, a clear understanding of what strategies must be in play to make schools highly successful, and the skills and commitment to spread their expertise to others—all the while keeping at least one foot firmly in the classroom.
  • The beauty of a hybrid, teacherpreneurial role is that I would always maintain a classroom teaching practice. Teaching is the soul of my work in education
  • We are talking about teacherpreneurs as an aspect of teachers’ “ownership” of their profession. An evolution. Many of us aren’t selling anything but a vision for a better educational future for children
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  • Our principal motivation isn’t money, but to make education better.
  • Our principal motivation isn’t money, but to make education better.
  • In our conception, the teacherpreneur is always engaged with students, while also investing know-how and energy into important projects, including those supported by the district, the state, or a partnering organization
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