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Brendan McIsaac

The President's Speech - Bridging Differences - Education Week - 0 views

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    Ike once warned of the miliatry industrial complex and now Ravith warns of the new edu-entrepreneurial industry. That is the ground we feel shifting under our feet.
Meg Donhauser

Arts & Humanities - Helium - 0 views

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    Besides being an interesting resource for information (depending on article and author), this might be a way for students to get some work published on the web.
Cathy Stutzman

ePortfolios with GoogleApps - 1 views

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    Info about a free possibility for e-portfolios through Google Apps. This site includes examples, Step-by-step processes, etc. 
Cathy Stutzman

High School & Middle School Writing Centers - 1 views

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    A collection of resources about high school writing centers as well as links to their pages. 
Cathy Stutzman

Writing Center - CHSN English Department - 2 views

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    This is the site for a student-staffed writing center at Clarkstown High School in NY. It began as a teacher-staffed center, but it became too burdensome for teachers alone to help the high volume of kids, so they brought in peer tutors. Now it is almost entirely student run. Now there is at least one teacher in the center at lunch and after school, but he or she works as a mentor to the student tutors. 
Cathy Stutzman

BTR | Shows & Blogs - 0 views

  • Teachers and writers together: A look at student-staffed writing centers Join us for the first of two programs where we take a look inside student-staffed writing centers from schools around the country. We’ll hear about what makes a writing center work and visit with guests -- including students -- who will ... 60 Min  10/28/2010   listen: play   comments (0)
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    The first program on the list, "Teachers and writers together: A look at student-staffed writing centers" is a great resource for peer tutoring from the National Writing Project. Offers suggestions and strategies for bringing students onto the staff at our writing center. Also shares benefits for peer tutors.
Jeremy Long

Contemporary Student Life - 3 views

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    John Tierney reveals some interesting--albeit grim--aspects of the contemporary college world. He then makes some connections to what is revealed of high school student life in the film Race to the Top to that of college world.
Tom McHale

Reader Idea | Grammar Clubs - NYTimes.com - 1 views

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    Using The New York Times to show students how the rules of grammar can be bent - and as models for their own writing.
Brendan McIsaac

Education Week: Investing in Teachers as Learners - 0 views

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    Will discusses the shift to teachers as lead learners and schools as cultures of inquiry.
Tom McHale

Two spaces after a period: Why you should never, ever do it. - By Farhad Manjoo - Slate... - 2 views

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    Can I let you in on a secret? Typing two spaces after a period is totally, completely, utterly, and inarguably wrong. And yet people who use two spaces are everywhere, their ugly error crossing every social boundary of class, education, and taste.
Tom McHale

NAS - The National Association of Scholars :: Articles and Archives The Twilight Genera... - 0 views

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    A newly released study by the Association of Literary Scholars, Critics, and Writers (ALSCW) strongly suggests that two factors-a fragmented English curriculum and a neglect of close reading-may explain why the reading skills of American high school students have shown little or no improvement in several decades despite substantial increases in funds for elementary and secondary education by federal and state governments. Three major findings: (1) The content of the literature and reading curriculum for students in standard or honors courses is no longer traditional or uniform in any consistent way.  (2) The works teachers assign generally do not increase in difficulty from grade 9 to grade 11. (3) Teachers do not favor close, analytical readings of assigned works. T 
Tom McHale

The Age of the Essay - 0 views

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    An interesting post about how real essays are nothing like the 5-paragraph essay we learned in school
Tom McHale

Lists of Ten, by subject - 0 views

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    A English teachers's lists of ten.  Some great materials and resources.
Brendan McIsaac

NOT Waiting for Superman : Articles/Superhero School Reform Heading Your Way - 0 views

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    A critique of charter systems and their interests
Brendan McIsaac

Former 'No Child Left Behind' Advocate Turns Critic : NPR - 0 views

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    why NCLB and snactions/choice do not work
Brendan McIsaac

Battling the "Bad Teacher" Bogeyman - Living in Dialogue - Education Week Teacher - 0 views

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    The challenge educators face in policymakers and corporatists
Brendan McIsaac

The Best Kept Secret About Private Schools - Walt Gardner's Reality Check - Education Week - 0 views

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    How private schools post strong test scores.
Brendan McIsaac

Education Week: School Achievement: Let's Not Worry Too Much About Shanghai - 0 views

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    Interesting information about the testing culture our politicians and education corpratists use to critique our "failing" system.
Tom McHale

Doing it Differently: Tips for Teaching Vocabulary | Edutopia - 2 views

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    The truth is, and the research shows, students need multiple and various exposures to a word before they fully understand that word and can apply it. They need also to learn words in context, not stand alone lists that come and go each week. Of course the way we learn words in context, or implicitly, is by reading, then reading some more.
Cathy Stutzman

The Future of Reading and Writing is Collaborative | Spotlight on Digital Media and Lea... - 2 views

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    Interesting thoughts on collaboration, copyright, and web-based writing. Also, the links to "popular stories" all look interesting!
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