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Vince Breunig

Effects of Inequality and Poverty vs. Teachers and Schooling on America's Youth - 0 views

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Poverty edreform inequality

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  • What does it take to get politicians and the general public to abandon misleading ideas, such as, “Anyone who tries can pull themselves up by the bootstraps,” or that “Teachers are the most important factor in determining the achievement of our youth”? Many ordinary citizens and politicians believe these statements to be true, even though life and research informs us that such statements are usually not true.
  • till further discouraging news for those who advocate testing as a way to reform schools comes from the PISA assessments (The Program for International Student Assessment). Nations with high-stakes testing have generally gone down in scores from 2000 to 2003, and then again by 2006. Finland, on the other hand, which has no high-stakes testing, and an accountability system that relies on teacher judgment and school level professionalism much more than tests, has shown growth over these three PISA administrations (Sahlberg, 2011).
  • Now, in the USA, our parents are a greater determiner of our income in life than either our weight or our height.
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  • what the best and wisest parents want for their children should be what we want for all children. Thus, that same kind of opportunity to catch up in school should not be denied to youth who come from poorer families
  • citizens calling for school reform without thinking about economic and social reforms are probably being foolish. The likelihood of affecting school achievement positively is more likely to be found in economic and social reforms, in the second bill of rights, than it is in NCLB, the common core of standards, early childhood and many assessments after that, value-added assessments, and the like. More than educational policies are needed to improve education.
  • I think everyone in the USA, of any political party, understands that poverty hurts families and affects student performance at the schools their children attend. But the bigger problem for our political leaders and citizens to recognize is that inequality hurts everyone in society, the wealthy and the poor alike. History teaches us that when income inequalities are large, they are tolerated by the poor for only so long. Then there is an eruption, and it is often bloody! Both logic and research suggest that economic policies that reduce income inequality throughout the United States are quite likely to improve education a lot, but even more than that, such policies might once again establish this nation as a beacon on a hill, and not merely a light that shines for some, but not for all of our citizens.
  • Vince Breunig on 22 Oct 12
     
    What does it take to get politicians and the general public to abandon misleading ideas, such as, "Anyone who tries can pull themselves up by the bootstraps," or that "Teachers are the most important factor in determining the achievement of our youth"? Many ordinary citizens and politicians believe these statements to be true, even though life and research informs us that such statements are usually not true. citizens calling for school reform without thinking about economic and social reforms are probably being foolish. The likelihood of affecting school achievement positively is more likely to be found in economic and social reforms, in the second bill of rights, than it is in NCLB, the common core of standards, early childhood and many assessments after that, value-added assessments, and the like. More than educational policies are needed to improve education.
Vince Breunig

7 STEPS TO BECOMING A HAPPY PERSON OTHERS WANT TO BE AROUND - 2 views

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positive leadership

shared by Vince Breunig on 26 Mar 12 - No Cached
  • Vince Breunig on 26 Mar 12
     
    A reminder of the importance of focusing on being a positive leader.
  • Robert Slane on 02 Apr 12
     
    Great article, Vince. This is especially important during these trying times. Our teachers (and the public) need to be around positive people.
Curt Rees

Principals share secrets to positive school culture | eSchool News - 0 views

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  • Curt Rees on 15 Dec 11
     
    Power of principals on school culture
Bradford Saron

Online Community Manager: A New Position in Education - 1 views

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community manager online education cellphone

shared by Bradford Saron on 16 Nov 10 - No Cached
  • 1) Protect their identity
  • 2) Engage their community
  • Community Advocate Brand Evangelist Savvy Communication Skills, Shapes Editorial Gathers Community Input for Future Product and Services
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  • 1) A Community Advocate
  • 2) School Evangelist
  • 3) Savvy Communication Skills, Shapes Editoria
  • 4) Gathers Community Input for Future Product and Services
  • Bradford Saron on 16 Nov 10
     
    The four tenets of the community manager: Community AdvocateBrand EvangelistSavvy Communication Skills, Shapes EditorialGathers Community Input for Future Product and Services Very interesting article. 
Bradford Saron

The Technium: The Positive Balance of Technology - 1 views

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shared by Bradford Saron on 01 Mar 11 - No Cached
  • More importantly the sum of all these technologies form an interacting whole much like a technological ecosystem. I call this super system of codependent inventions the technium. Like life itself, this whole system exhibits behavior that its parts do not. Just as we cannot detect any “hiveness” in an individual honeybee (only in the total system of the hive), we cannot see the behavior of the technium in a lone iPhone, knife, or refrigerator. The true influence of technology is felt in its whole system.
  • The patterns by which living organisms mutate and diversify in evolution so resembles the way technological varieties transform over time, that we can think of the technium as the “seventh kingdom of life.” Technology is an extension and acceleration of the same forces of evolution that crafted the other six kingdoms of life.
  • I would suggest that most of the problems in the world tomorrow will be caused by technologies that we are still inventing today.
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  • Each new invention also creates more than one new moral choice for us, and this accumulation of free will over time supplies a positive charge to the technium. Over the long term technology gives us greater differences, diversity, options, choices, opportunities, possibilities, freedoms. This is the definition of progress.
  • We are involved in much more than just inventing novelty. When we create and use technology we're actually involved in something that's bigger than ourselves. We are extending the same forces that make life, accelerating evolution into the future, and we're increasing the possibilities, both for us, our children, and for the world at large. That is what technology wants.
  • Bradford Saron on 01 Mar 11
     
    Great article on the evolution of technology and us. 
Bradford Saron

Why progress matters: 6 questions for Harvard's Teresa Amabile | Daniel Pink - 0 views

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shared by Bradford Saron on 16 Aug 11 - No Cached
  • We were pretty shocked to discover the dominant effect of negative events on inner work life – people’s mostly-hidden emotions, perceptions, and motivations at work. Setbacks have a negative effect on inner work life that’s 2-3 times stronger than the positive effect of progress. When we checked into whether other researchers had found something similar, we learned that it’s a general psychological effect; “bad is stronger than good.” The reason could be evolutionary. Maybe we pay more attention to negatives, and are more affected by them, out of self-preservation. So – because positive inner work life is so important for top performance, leaders should do whatever they can to root out negative forces.
  • Religiously protect at least 20 minutes – and, ideally, much more – every day, to tackle something in the work that matters most to you. Hide in an empty conference room, if you have to, or sneak out in disguise to a nearby coffee shop. Then make note of any progress you made (even if it was a small win), and decide where to pick up again the next day. The progress, and the mini-celebration of simply noting it, can lift your inner work life.
  • Bosses can religiously protect at least 5 minutes, every day, to think about the progress and setbacks of their team, and what enabled or inhibited that progress. The daily review should end with a plan to do one thing, the following day, that’s most likely to facilitate progress – even if that progress is only a small win. I think this practice, if used widely, could make a real difference in organizational performance and employee inner work life. And good inner work life isn’t only a matter of employee retention or the bottom line. It’s a matter of human dignity.  
  • Bradford Saron on 16 Aug 11
     
    Love the forward tilt of this book. 
Bradford Saron

The Moment: 'Emotional Intelligence' Author Daniel Goleman on Reconsidering From the He... - 0 views

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moment intelligence @DanielGolemanEI

shared by Bradford Saron on 26 Apr 12 - No Cached
  • The first two components of EI are self-awareness and self-regulation—basically how to lead yourself. Mastering your own world comes before leading others. To be self-disciplined, to have the ability to stay focused on goals, and being able to manage stress well—these come out of those two. You have to mobilize your discipline and a positive belief system to keep going when things get tough. Then there is empathy, or social awareness and relationship skills. You have to be aware to what another is feeling. You have to tune out a range of emotions to sense what another is going through. Full empathy is absolutely crucial for leadership. Without empathy you will be poor at managing relationships.
  • Bradford Saron on 26 Apr 12
     
    Covering the powerhouse leadership expert, Daniel Goleman. Follow him on twitter at @DanielGolemanEI 
Bradford Saron

Crossing the Digital Divide: Bridges and Barriers to Digital Inclusion | Edutopia - 0 views

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digital divide technology education

shared by Bradford Saron on 08 Nov 11 - No Cached
  • 95 percent of Americans between the ages of 18 and 29 use the Internet? And all of this is happening while we are in the midst of an explosive rise in mobile technology.
  • Access to richer graphics and data, as well as superior tools, is still limited on many affordable mobiles. At the same time, many schools continue to demonize cell phone use during school, which may be an outdated policy. Not only are there an increasing number of educational applications for mobiles but, as Blake-Plock suggests, prohibiting phones now means "disconnecting the kid from what's actually happening in most of our lives."
  • In 2009, the FCC began developing the National Broadband Plan, a work-in-progress that aims to increase broadband access across the country by providing additional infrastructure, incentives for companies to create low-cost access, educational programs, and much more.
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  • In some circles, the term digital divide is itself defunct. Instead, using digital inclusion is not only a way to reframe the discourse in a more positive light but also reflective of what access, adoption, and literacy in the digital world really mean today
  • Today, physical access to computers and the Internet is only the first of three significant layers to digital equality, according to both Deloney and Blake-Plock. Here's how they break it down (and how we can change the game):
  • National initiatives like the National Broadband Plan, as well as grants for hardware and software in schools and libraries, can help address the essential-tools gap that persists in some rural and low-income areas.
  • This refers to literacy, not only with hardware and software but also with the vast global conversation that the Internet enables. He notes that there is a gap between those who are "getting connected into broader networks, building their capacity and their social capital, creating the new wave of learning" and those who are, for a slew of complex reasons, not doing so.
  • Bradford Saron on 08 Nov 11
     
    To what extent is leadership needed? 
Bradford Saron

"Teaching Isn't Really a Profession" « My Island View - 2 views

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teaching

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  • I am a professional in the profession of education. I have worth; a great deal of worth. I am an expert in an area that required me to obtain and document years of education. I have proven my worth in my job every day as a professional teacher. Do not judge me by the actions of a very few. Do not label me a “Bad Teacher” because districts are not supporting fellow professionals with professional development. Many of my colleagues are civil servants, but they are serving a calling. They are not your personal servants. They are professionals in the Profession of Education.
  • Bradford Saron on 13 Feb 12
     
    A must read. 
  • Robert Slane on 19 Feb 12
     
    Great article. I love the affirmations in the last paragraph. I hope many of our teachers can keep this positive perspective of themselves.
Bradford Saron

The Digital Disruption | Foreign Affairs - 1 views

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digital disruption Google technology

shared by Bradford Saron on 30 Oct 10 - No Cached
  • A similar phenomenon is occurring today in places such as Iran and Syria, where government officials seeking unvarnished news of the world beyond their borders use so-called proxy servers and circumvention technology to access their own Facebook or e-mail accounts -- platforms their governments regularly block.
    • Bradford Saron
      Bradford Saron on 30 Oct 10
       
      This eerily sounds like what we do in schools, which is too bad. It sort of sounds like we are running a small communist nation.
  • comparing the uncertain dial tone of the fax machine with the speed of today's handheld devices is like comparing a ship's compass to the power of global positioning systems.
    • Bradford Saron
      Bradford Saron on 30 Oct 10
       
      This paragraph could be an update to Clay Shirky's book, Cognitive Surplus. 
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      Bradford Saron on 30 Oct 10
       
      Like Google.
  • "partially connected"
  • breaking down traditional barriers of age, gender, and socioeconomic status
  • cell phones
  • cell-phone
  • cell phones
  • nature of civil society
  • more costs than benefits
  • connecting nations" -- places where technological development is still nascent and where both governments and citizens are testing out tools and their potential impact
  • "open by default"
  • the so-called failed states
  • Efforts by democratic governments to foster freedom and opportunity will be far stronger if they recognize the vital role technology can play in enabling their citizens to promote these values -- and that technology is overwhelmingly provided by the private sector.
  • interconnected estate
  • interconnected estate
  • to shape government and corporate behavior
  • by promoting freedom of expression and by protecting citizens from threatening governments.
  • join together in new alliances to multiply their impact.
  • offer a new way to exercise the duty to protect citizens around the world who are abused by their governments or barred from voicing their opinions
  • citizens' use of technology can be an effective vehicle to promote the values of freedom, equality, and human rights globally
  • shared power
    • Bradford Saron
      Bradford Saron on 30 Oct 10
       
      Shared power. It's odd that the core problem of connection through technology may be shared power. Must our core thesis be (then) how to participate in an environment of shared power or of decentralization of information or of disaggregation of opportunity to participate? Hmmmm. 
Bradford Saron

10-Year Study on the American School Superintendent Released - 1 views

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research Superintendents

shared by Bradford Saron on 15 Dec 10 - No Cached
  • he work portfolio of America’s superintendents is increasingly diverse, encompassing not only student achievement, but the diversification of student and staff populations, the explosion of technology, expanded expectations from the government, the school board and the community, and the globalization of society.
  • A high percentage would again seek to occupy the same position if given the chance to re-live their careers.
  • a finding suggesting the probability of substantial turnover in the next few years.
  • Bradford Saron on 15 Dec 10
     
    AASA's Study of School Superintendents finds a number of interesting (but obvious) results from research funded by Pearson and Rowman and Littlefield (both publishers). 
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