Teacher Magazine: Taking Back School Reform: A Conversation Between Diane Ravitch and M... - 5 views
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deep-seated wish to create escape routes from public education.
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Brendan Murphy on 13 May 10Does supporting vouchers mean we are giving up on schools?
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Since there is no way to know who will be an effective teacher
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What if we could channel the financial and human resources spent on the machinery of high-stakes testing into a robust, widely distributed program of professional development?
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He told them that the more they know about the particulars of instruction, the less effective they’ll be, for that nitty-gritty knowledge will blur their perception of the problem
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children from every background will respond to a curriculum that respects their minds and feeds them with rich experiences.
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It is not just policy makers needing to spend time in schools. It is teachers needing to spend time in the policy making environment - yes, Dept of Ed has teacher ambassador program, but I would also suggest state legislators, Congressmen and Senators look more aggressively to having fellows on their staffs who are professional educators - it would save a LOT of problems downstream on both sides
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Modeling modeling.asu.edu. This program shows improvement in both teacher and student understanding of physics.