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Jeremy Long

I just thought that this was awesome... - 2 views

teaching education reform

started by Jeremy Long on 29 Nov 12 no follow-up yet
Brendan McIsaac

Educational Leadership:Teacher Evaluation: What's Fair? What's Effective?:How to Use Va... - 1 views

www.ascd.org/...alue-Added_Measures_Right.aspx

EE4NJ evaluation measures

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  • Brendan McIsaac on 29 Nov 12
     
    Using Value Added measures
Brendan McIsaac

Educational Leadership:Teacher Evaluation: What's Fair? What's Effective?:Use Caution w... - 0 views

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EE4NJ evaluation measures

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  • Brendan McIsaac on 29 Nov 12
     
    Discussion of Value Added
Brendan McIsaac

Teacher Evaluation Systems Not Fully Supported In Many States: Center For American Prog... - 0 views

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EE4NJ

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  • Most state reform statues have established hasty timetables for the implementation of new teacher-evaluation systems — timetables all states are struggling to meet. HPAds.adSonar(1523709,2259768,300,250); adsonar_placementId=1523709;adsonar_pid=2259768;adsonar_ps=-1;adsonar_zw=300;adsonar_zh=250;adsonar_jv="ads.tw.adsonar.com";Still, arguably the biggest challenge posed by these mandated evaluation reforms is that the majority of teachers do not teach in tested subjects or grades, and as a result standardized student achievement data is not available to be used in their ratings.
  • Furthermore, states must concentrate on providing what districts cannot, and education agencies should adjust their implementation timelines to align with the needs and resources of their particular state. Lastly, states must think long term about how to provide administrators with the training, technical expertise and field experience needed to address the current human-capital challenges affiliated with teacher evaluation reform. Loading Slideshow School Supplies<strong>91 percent</strong> of teachers buy basic school supplies for their students.Food<strong>2 in 3</strong> teachers <strong>(67%)</strong> purchase food or snacks to satisfy the basic nutritional needs of their students -- even ones who are already enrolled in their schools' free or reduced-price meal program. Clothing<strong>1 in 3</strong> teachers purchase clothing for children, including jackets, hats and gloves <strong>(30%)</strong> or shoes and shoe laces <strong>(15%)</strong>.Toothbrushes<strong>18 percent</strong> of teachers purchase personal care items, such as toothbrushes and sanitary products.Hygiene ProductsNearly <strong>1 in 3</strong> teachers <strong>(29%)</strong> purchase items such as toilet paper and soap that their school cannot provide enough of due to budget cuts. Field Trips<strong>More than half</strong> of all teachers have paid the costs of field trips for students who couldn't afford to participate otherwise.Alarm Clocks<strong>Several teachers</strong> reported purchasing alarm clocks for students. Due to work schedules or family circumstances, guardians were unable to wake their children for school, which led to absences and academic underperformance. Teacher Spending On Students1 of 8 Hide ThumbnailsAlamyNext Share TweetFullscreen1 of 8Play AllSchool Supplies91 percent of teachers buy basic school supplies for their students. Like Dislike8 Points10 likes, 2 dislikesAdvertisement× #hp-slideshow-wrapper-246322 .hp-slideshow-wrapper-loading-div{ font-family:Arial
  • Brendan McIsaac on 29 Nov 12
     
    This is the struggle I was outlining the other day
Michele B.

Open Badges - 0 views

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badges achievement

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      Michele B. on 28 Nov 12
       
      Love the idea of badges.  Will be working over the next semester to figure out how I can use them in my English replacement classes as a way to both let students know what skills there are that need to be mastered and as a way to keep track of their achievements.
jdelisle

Interesting article, albeit lengthy, about immortal jellyfish - 0 views

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  • jdelisle on 28 Nov 12
     
    Awesome synthesis piece to Fitzgerald's Benjamin Button story or to The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks, if you have read that book.
jdelisle

Should Federal Money Rebuild Coastal Properties? - Room for Debate - 0 views

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  • jdelisle on 27 Nov 12
     
    Nicole Bengiveno/The New York Times The New York Times recently noted that "tens of billions of tax dollars have been spent on subsidizing coastal reconstruction in the aftermath of storms." Critics of this spending say that it props up a a costly and deadly habit: rebuilding in places that are becoming uninhabitable.
Jessica Long

What a well-oiled PLC looks like - 1 views

Not the first time I have shared this, but probably the smartest way to make common assessments that work for everyone. An older piece, but timely for our department discussion today. http://ichs...

reform

started by Jessica Long on 27 Nov 12 no follow-up yet
Tom McHale

"Why's this so good?" by the numbers: Readers' choice - Nieman Storyboard - A project o... - 3 views

www.niemanstoryboard.org/...-by-the-numbers-readers-choice

writing

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  • Tom McHale on 26 Nov 12
     
    "We're coming upon our  65th installment of "Why's this so good?" - in which notable journalists dissect their favorite pieces of narrative journalism. Our contributors have included Adam Hochschild, Jennifer B. McDonald, Eli Sanders, Megan Garber, Wesley Morris, Ann Friedman, Chris Jones and Ben Yagoda, and covered Joan Didion, Calvin Trillin, Michael Paterniti, Nora Ephron, John Jeremiah Sullivan, Roy Blount Jr., David Foster Wallace, Michael Lewis and dozens more. The series has highlighted classics of print, plus a little public radio, and we've got other narrative forms scheduled. Here are excerpts of the top five most popular pieces so far:"
Brendan McIsaac

What Should Children Read? - NYTimes.com - 2 views

opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/...what-should-children-read

Non fiction in high school English

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  • Brendan McIsaac on 26 Nov 12
     
    A simple idea for incorporating non-fiction - it is all around us.
Tom McHale

Writing with Ethos, Logos and Pathos in 21st Century Authentic Texts | Edutopia - 1 views

www.edutopia.org/...athos-21st-century-todd-finley

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  • Tom McHale on 20 Nov 12
     
    "o teach students how to understand and apply these rhetorical principles in an academic context, I first familiarize writers with the definition of ethos, pathos and logos, using this short video from Read/Write/Think. Use the chart below to help novice writers apply the proofs to a variety of persuasive texts in their environment, such as magazine or newspaper advertisements and editorials:"
Tom McHale

"Why's this so good?" No. 61: John McPhee and the archdruid - Nieman Storyboard - A pro... - 0 views

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nonfiction

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  • Tom McHale on 10 Oct 12
     
    "Like so many of the people he writes about, McPhee is a consummate craftsman. There are many aspects of his craft that a fellow writer can envy, from his keen, loving ear for the quirks and rhythms of American speech, to his arsenal of tools - including shifts of tense you only notice on the second reading - for nimbly hopping about in time."
Tom McHale

Why American Students Can't Write - The Atlantic - 1 views

www.theatlantic.com/...education

writing

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  • Tom McHale on 26 Sep 12
     
    Debate on teaching writing in public schools
Tom McHale

Introducing Our Weekly Common Core Aligned Reading and Writing Tasks - NYTimes.com - 0 views

learning.blogs.nytimes.com/...y-common-core-practice-prompts

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  • Tom McHale on 15 Sep 12
     
    "Last year, Mr. Olsen and Ms. Gross, who work at High Technology High School in Lincroft, N.J., a school that U.S. News ranks as the No. 1 S.T.E.M. school in the nation, created short daily reading and writing prompts for their students to use with that day's Times. They told us they wanted to do it again this year, but wanted to tailor the tasks more closely to Common Core demands. So we agreed. Each week, they will send us the questions they tried in class that they and their students felt were the most successful. So, beginning Sept. 21, each Friday you'll find three quick, classroom-tested tasks that ask students to do Common Core-focused work with that week's Times. Our hope is that you'll see at least one each Friday that works for you, and that you'll write in and help us shape the feature as we go. It's an experiment, after all."
Tom McHale

10 rhetorical strategies that made Bill Clinton's DNC speech effective | Poynter. - 1 views

www.poynter.org/...-clintons-dnc-speech-effective

speaking

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  • Tom McHale on 06 Sep 12
     
    A column that analyzes the rhetorical strategies that Bill Clinton used in his speech at the DNC
Tom McHale

Nonfiction Narrative and the Yellow Test - NYTimes.com - 0 views

opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/...the-yellow-test

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  • Tom McHale on 31 Aug 12
     
    "Carrie is a professor at a university. She had asked me how to turn an area of her expertise, secondary school education, into writing that the general public would find rewarding and enjoyable. That's when I began talking about scenes, using her accident as an example of how to approach her work. Almost all creative nonfiction, essays or books, are, fundamentally, collections of small stories - or scenes - that together make one big story."
Tom McHale

'Mockingbird' film at 50: Lessons on tolerance, justice, fatherhood hold true - CNN.com - 0 views

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  • Tom McHale on 04 Feb 12
     
    Atticus Finch is one of the greatest fictional dads of all time, and in honor of the film's half-century mark, both his daughters spoke to CNN. That is, Peck's real life daughter, Cecilia Peck, and the actress who played Scout, Mary Badham. By all accounts, Peck, who won the Academy Award for his portrayal of Atticus, embodied his character's values on and off screen. "He was an Atticus," Cecilia Peck said. "He really was that kind of father to me and my brothers. I believe that he was always very much like Atticus but I think that doing the film when we were very young made him become even more that way and I think as much as he put of himself into the role, Atticus became him, too."
Tom McHale

TODAY Health - Teen girls' mystery illness now has a diagnosis: mass hysteria - 0 views

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Crucible

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  • Tom McHale on 18 Jan 12
     
    The day after TODAY reported on the baffling case of 12 teenage girls at one school who mysteriously fell ill with Tourette's-like symptoms of tics and verbal outbursts, a doctor who is treating some of the girls has come forward to offer an explanation. Dr. Laszlo Mechtler, a neurologist in Amherst, N.Y., says the diagnosis is "conversion disorder," or mass hysteria. "It's happened before, all around the world, in different parts of the world. It's a rare phenomena. Physicians are intrigued by it," Mechtler told TODAY on Wednesday. "The bottom line is these teenagers will get better." On the show Tuesday, psychologist and TODAY contributor Dr. Gail Saltz noted that just because the girls' symptoms may be psychological in origin doesn't make them any less real or painful.
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