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Geekologie - 110 views
Cool Tools: The Best Magazine Articles Ever - 103 views
Cool Cat Teacher Blog: FourSquare Beginner's Guide at #iste10 with @web20classroom - 47 views
Free Technology for Teachers: Free PDF to Word Converter - 92 views
The Elephant in the Room « Shelf Talker - 43 views
The Historical Marker Database - 69 views
Royalty Free Music - 88 views
100 Inspiring Ways to Use Social Media In the Classroom - 115 views
The Clever Sheep: 14 Tools to Teach about Creative Commons - 82 views
Free Technology for Teachers: Free 33 Page Guide - Google for Teachers - 184 views
Yammer : The Enterprise Social Network - 24 views
Alfie Kohn Rejects National Standards : Constructing Modern Knowledge - 36 views
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Brian Silverman says, "It should be required reading for anyone concerned with democracy and long-term viability of public education. I've often said that national standards, even those thinly disguised under mischievous pseudonyms like "common core standards" are not only a destructive force, but a solution in search of a problem. Alfie Kohn makes the case quite effectively. Mr. Kohn once again demonstrates his courage, tenacity and chutzpah by publishing his new article in Education Week's special "Quality Counts" issue. "Quality Counts" is the annual issue sponsored by standardized testing companies who rank each state's educational quality as a function of their reliance on high-stakes testing, teacher-bashing, punitive and anti-democratic education policies. The more draconian the state, the higher their "quality," according to Education Week."