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Masters degrees don't produce better teachers - Page 2 - Baltimore Sun - 15 views

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Because their primary motivation is to preserve their teaching license and advance up the salary ladder, busy teachers often pursue the fastest, cheapest and most accessible path to earn these degrees, and not necessarily the education that might lead to improved student outcomes.
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  So what you are saying is if teachers take graduate courses in an effort to improve themselves they might actually do some good.
  
  <div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">So what you are saying is if teachers take graduate courses in an effort to improve themselves they might actually do some good.</div>
  
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Education scholar Soo Hong finds education innovation in Logan Square, Mary Schmich say... - 1 views

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trained by the Logan Square Neighborhood Association to work in the schools
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Parents. Everywhere.
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families need support before student performance will improve. 
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Bullies, Victims, Voices: My Father's Advice | Teacher Reboot Camp - 11 views

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From early on he began to invite many of my classmates on various trips.
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They never forced me to do anything, though, because they respected and cared about my father.They knew where he stood on many issues because he’d talk to them about it.
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he knew I would have this problem and knew he would have to build up a support system.
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She said when the daughter began to care about another living being she began to realize the impact of her bullying.
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We can’t result to punishing or ostracizing a bullying student.
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Developing a Connected Learning Community | always learning - 8 views

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Corruption in textbook-adoption proceedings: 'Judging Books by Their Covers' - 12 views

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I had no idea textbooks were so corrupt. I feel a bit dirty.

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#PassionDriven Conversations: Guest Blogger-Franki Sibberson | Angela Maiers Educationa... - 4 views

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“"While there is often talk about making school 'fun', the real trick is to challenge our students with work that they can deeply believe in, work that matters and gives them a chance to make an impact on the world around them
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elearnspace › Questions I'm no Longer Asking - 11 views

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"# Home # About"

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Think Thank Thunk » Standards-Based Grading: Variations on a Theme - 6 views

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grading will be viewed as archaic as corporal punishment,
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  We aren't there yet with coporal punishment yet either, but hopefully
  
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Brendan Murphy on 25 Oct 10

"grading will be viewed as archaic as corporal punishment,"

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How to fix our schools - 4 views

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Listen, I love basketball. But the smartest kid in the school…should be getting as much attention as the basketball star. That’s a change that we’ve got to initiate in our community.”
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school systems will have to develop better ways of identifying good and bad teachers.
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In addition to teacher quality, they should pay attention to school leadership, curriculum improvement, and school organization.
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How to fix our schools: A manifesto by Joel Klein, Michelle Rhee and other education le... - 16 views

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taking advantage of online lessons and other programs
- Brendan Murphy on 20 Oct 10
  
  This is code for let's pay online educators $12 an hour to teach and remove the cost of those expensive buildings.
  
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replace or substantially restructure persistently low-performing schools that continuously fail our students.
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  Can we start at the very top and fire the superintendents?
  
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charter schools a truly viable option
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  No they aren't a viable option, they are labratories.
  
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Brendan Murphy on 20 Oct 10

This article is ripe for Diigo commentary!

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eduTecher.net - 3 views

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Education Week: Merit Pay Found to Have Little Effect on Achievement - 2 views

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She anticipated that teachers might work even harder over the short term to win bonuses
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  I think that is the point that teachers already do work as hard as they can.
  
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how incentives change the teaching corps through entrance and exits,” said Eric A. Hanushek, a professor of economics at the Hoover Institution at Stanford University. “The study has nothing to say about this.”
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t remains unclear how far the findings can be extrapolated to incentives with more features, such as professional development, differentiated roles, or a new teacher-evaluation system.
- Brendan Murphy on 28 Sep 10
  
  I believe there have been studies saying if we incentivise actions that we know make people better then they will do those actions. I think it was the Time article earlier in 2010 when they reviewed the incetives for students. Giving student money for an A didn't help, but giving students money to do homework or not disrupt the class did help.
  
  <div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">I believe there have been studies saying if we incentivise actions that we know make people better then they will do those actions. I think it was the Time article earlier in 2010 when they reviewed the incetives for students. Giving student money for an A didn't help, but giving students money to do homework or not disrupt the class did help.</div>
  
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MEKANIMO Main Page - 12 views

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Classroom 2.0 Workshops - Home - 10 views

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Wholemovement.com | geometric paper folding - 8 views

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Thinking Mathematics! - 19 views

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Math247 - 10 views

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mathfuture - Calculus by and for Young People - 10 views

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Teacher Voice: School Reviews & Teaching Job Interview Questions - 8 views

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A lot of whining as you would expect but some positive reviews also.

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Stop talking about classrooms that don't work - 23 views

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