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Bradford Saron

WatchKnow - Free Educational Videos for K-12 Students - 0 views

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    Want help with your homework? 
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Daniel Pink's Think Tank: Flip-thinking - the new buzz word sweeping the US - Telegraph - 1 views

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    Note that this article is written by Daniel Pink, the author of A Whole New Mind and Drive. 
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Teaching for America - NYTimes.com - 0 views

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  • Incremental change isn’t going to get us where we need to go. We’ve got to be much more ambitious. We’ve got to be disruptive. You can’t keep doing the same stuff and expect different results.
  • There are three basic skills that students need if they want to thrive in a knowledge economy: the ability to do critical thinking and problem-solving; the ability to communicate effectively; and the ability to collaborate.
  • they insist that their teachers come from the top one-third of their college graduating classes.
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  • They have invested massively in how they recruit, train and support teachers, to attract and retain the best.
  • Duncan’s view is that challenging teachers to rise to new levels — by using student achievement data in calculating salaries, by increasing competition through innovation and charters — is not anti-teacher.
  • How we recruit, train, support, evaluate and compensate their successors “is going to shape public education for the next 30 years,” said Duncan. We have to get this right.
  • All good ideas, but if we want better teachers we also need better parents — parents who turn off the TV and video games, make sure homework is completed, encourage reading and elevate learning as the most important life skill. The more we demand from teachers the more we have to demand from students and parents. That’s the Contract for America that will truly ensure our national security.
  • Bradford Saron on 23 Nov 10
     
    Here, Friedman analyzes Duncan's new approaches to federally initiated school reform. His last point, however, is very thought provoking. 
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Four Hopeful Questions for the Future of Learning - 0 views

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shared by Bradford Saron on 28 Mar 11 - No Cached
  • 1. What if… a community received quarterly dashboard updates correlating the number of community mentoring hours, internships or even online parental homework assistance with critical student success factors such as student attendance, school climate and academic performance?
  • 2. What if… doing something that is good for you, such as enrolling in a spinning class, could offset the electricity costs for schools?
  • 3. What if… we replaced conventional currencies with other value exchanges that made it possible for parents and community members to contribute subject matter expertise or other resources to schools in exchange for extended hour care for their children or use of school facilities?
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  • 4. What if …the more than 55 million K-12 students currently in the US were considered viable partners to crowdsource answers and opportunities to challenges we face?
  • Bradford Saron on 28 Mar 11
     
    Utilizing technology to communicate better, putting energy onto the grid, and crowdsourcing! 
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