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Roland Gesthuizen

Roland Gesthuizen - Google+ - Performance pay changes being suggested for UK ... - 15 views

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shared by Roland Gesthuizen on 08 Dec 12 - No Cached
  • Roland Gesthuizen on 08 Dec 12
     
    "Performance pay changes being suggested for UK teachers means that their eduction system will focus on partial performance metrics instead of curriculum innovation and student behaviour. Sadly, a similar change is being considered in Victoria."
David Hochheiser

Let's Go Back to Grouping Students by Ability - Barry Garelick - The Atlantic - 3 views

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shared by David Hochheiser on 30 Mar 13 - No Cached
    • David Hochheiser
      David Hochheiser on 30 Mar 13
       
      Terribly generalized.  
  • treated accordingly.
    • David Hochheiser
      David Hochheiser on 30 Mar 13
       
      Mistreated accordingly.
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  • Students were tracked into the various curricula based largely on IQ but sometimes other factors such as race and skin color.
  • public schools have done away with "tracking"
  • deemed low achievers or of low cognitive ability?
  • Jonathan Kozol brought accusations against a system they found racist and sadistic.
    • David Hochheiser
      David Hochheiser on 30 Mar 13
       
      He condemns a lot more than the eduction system.  His approach to reform is much more like Finland's, holistic.
  • to restore equity to
    • David Hochheiser
      David Hochheiser on 30 Mar 13
       
      As if it ever existed?!
    • David Hochheiser
      David Hochheiser on 30 Mar 13
       
      This is an essential issue.  Are we doing it well?
  • Kozol and others did not go away, and the progressive watchword in education has continued to be "equality."
    • David Hochheiser
      David Hochheiser on 30 Mar 13
       
      I never knew that equality had such a nasty undertone to it.
  • -- a practice viewed by many in the education establishment as synonymous with tracking
    • David Hochheiser
      David Hochheiser on 30 Mar 13
       
      It is "tracking." I'm not sure what his point is here.
  • Unfortunately, the efforts and philosophies of otherwise well-meaning individuals have attempted to eliminate the achievement gap by eliminating achievement.
    • David Hochheiser
      David Hochheiser on 30 Mar 13
       
      Again, a nasty generalization.  Not only that, but the following practices he cites aren't products of heterogeneous grouping.  
  • In other words, the elimination of ability grouping has become a tracking system in itself that leaves many students behind.
    • David Hochheiser
      David Hochheiser on 30 Mar 13
       
      Now he's just not making sense.
  • Dallas Independent School District
    • David Hochheiser
      David Hochheiser on 30 Mar 13
       
      Ed research from Texas??  They want to teach evolution in science classes.
  • The rise of computer-aided learning might make it easier for them to instruct students who learn at different rates.
    • David Hochheiser
      David Hochheiser on 30 Mar 13
       
      Is this a for or against grouping statement?
  • this enables students placed in lower-ability classes to advance to higher-ability classes based on their performance and progress.
    • David Hochheiser
      David Hochheiser on 30 Mar 13
       
      Practices do not support this assertion.  Upward trajectory is very limited.
  • David Hochheiser on 30 Mar 13
     
    "Mark Bowden on Being in the Slow Kids' Class"
Sydney Lacey

Education Week: It's the Classroom, Stupid - 52 views

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  • Without these instructional supports, expectations for teachers and students are unrealistic, and the system is set up for failure.
  • Instead, outside management systems and managers must be imported.
  • Sydney Lacey on 24 Mar 10
     
    Opinion article regarding school reform and how "instructional mismanagement" is often the elephant in the room.
Beth Panitz

How-to articles from Microsoft - 91 views

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tutorials microsoft technology excel office powerpoint

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  • kathy adkisson on 08 May 10
     
    Tutorials for Microsoft products as they relate to eductional activities
  • Beth Panitz on 05 Mar 11
     
    Improve your skills with Excel, Word, Powerpoint. How to adjust Windows to make a PC more accessible. Plus links to teacher discussions and Microsoft Education newsletter.
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