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

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      David Hochheiser on 30 Mar 13
       
      Terribly generalized.  
  • treated accordingly.
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      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
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      David Hochheiser on 30 Mar 13
       
      As if it ever existed?!
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      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."
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      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.
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      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.
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      David Hochheiser on 30 Mar 13
       
      Now he's just not making sense.
  • Dallas Independent School District
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      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.
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      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.
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      David Hochheiser on 30 Mar 13
       
      Practices do not support this assertion.  Upward trajectory is very limited.
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    "Mark Bowden on Being in the Slow Kids' Class"
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iPad in Education - 6 views

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    implementation links for many groups
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The union wants an evaluation deal  - NY Daily News - 1 views

www.nydailynews.com/...luation-deal-article-1.1246155

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      David Hochheiser on 24 Jan 13
       
      This shouldn't be an issue, but I don't like the word "sunset" either in that it implies a need to start over, from scratch.  Perhaps it should be stated that certain pieces will be reviewed and re-considered for a formal signing again in 2 years, after evidence is presented.
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      David Hochheiser on 24 Jan 13
       
      This is posturing and politics on both sides.  Get over yourselves. 
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      David Hochheiser on 24 Jan 13
       
      Are teachers really "waiting to receive a curriculum from the DOE"?  That seems ridiculous.  Aren't we all working on improving the work we already do and infusing the CCSS into our learning objectives?  Has there ever really been a full curriculum handed to teachers?
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      David Hochheiser on 24 Jan 13
       
      The state tests are getting more difficult this year? Yet to be seen.
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      David Hochheiser on 24 Jan 13
       
      The union should come up with a better system for this.  Even if there are tough principals to work for, this is a problem.  
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      David Hochheiser on 24 Jan 13
       
      This writing ought to have been edited by Mulgrew and the paper.
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      David Hochheiser on 24 Jan 13
       
      Framework of best practices???  What's that going to look like?  Different from UDL?
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      David Hochheiser on 24 Jan 13
       
      It is insincere of you to take none of the responsibility for this.  Seriously...the union's innocent?  Where is your concession?  
  • w evaluation system for every district in the state, pointed out that hundreds of other districts have precisely these provisions, and that such provisions do not prevent the districts from getting rid of teachers who don’t measure up
  • put on the table a two-year “sunset” provision that would have negated the effects of the evaluation process
  • We are now working on a framework of best practices that the Education Department can use as part of the training system it must outline to King by Feb. 15 if it wants to avoid the loss of even more state and federal funds.
  • But if we are going to be successful, we will need people on the other side of the table who are interested in creating a system that will truly help teachers improve, not in leaving a legacy of blame.
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Web Highlighter - 108 views

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  • David Hochheiser on 17 Sep 12
     
    Putting Diego in iPad Safari is a game changer.
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375 Free eBooks: Download to Kindle, iPad/iPhone & Nook | Open Culture - 9 views

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    Bottomless free literature, courses, etc.
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