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Lorri Carroll

This pampered private school elite can only lead to US decline | Naomi Wolf | Comment i... - 1 views

  • "How many times has a kid said to me,'You work for me; I am your employer,'" sighed one such administrator to me, recently. This unbalancing of the power relationship in the parents' direction has forced private school principals and teachers to cater to parents by increasingly offering an obstacle-free school experience – since that is what parents demand.
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      I have actually also heard this stated by public school children (and parents) in the form of "my taxes pay your salary". This is not an independent school thing alone...
  • the teachers work for them; rather than serving as authority figures to the kids, educators at such schools complain that wealthy US parents increasingly expect "service" and "deliverables" from teachers, so won't brook a poor grade or evaluation, or a difficult experience for their child
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      The generalizations made here are astounding to me. 
  • something that never happens in private-school setting any more
Demetri Orlando

Parent 2.0 » home - 0 views

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    a wikispace to support parent portals
Bill Campbell

Should I buy my kid a smart phone? - TODAY Tech - TODAY.com - 2 views

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    Discussion includes mention of parental controls and related apps on iPhone and Android platform
susan  carter morgan

Students "Hangout" as They Study | edSocialMedia - 3 views

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    Other ideas come to mind when thinking of how Hangouts can be used in school administration: a school's technology help desk can leave a Hangout open all day to allow teachers and students to jump in and out as needed with questions, and an admissions office can offer online panel discussions for perspective parents and students (especially good for boarding schools where families may not be local).
Marti Weston

For Those Who Want to Lead, Read - John Coleman - Harvard Business Review - 2 views

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    Leadership and its connection to reading
Sarah Hanawald

Study Guide for Schooling by Design - 0 views

  • we suggest forming a study group with others who have read (or are reading) Schooling by Design: Mission, Action, and Achievement.
  • do our practices and structures align with the mission?
  • like athletic and performing arts coaches.
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  • staff, students, and parents know and agree with the mission?
  • learner outcomes
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    Perhaps the 21st Century group would be interested in reading this and discussing these questions along the way. Nice framework.
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    Peter Gow has been working along this vein for a while.
Demetri Orlando

Texas administrators share vision to change schools - 0 views

  • The school administrators want to return control to principals, teachers, parents, school board members and others at the local level —
  • School can be a very boring place for a student sitting at a desk all day
  • emphasizes sanctions rather than rewards
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    I'm interested that they seem to be recommending moving towards more school-based decision making- one of the defining traits of independent schools
susan  carter morgan

After Facebook Scandal, Horace Mann Forced to Ask What Values It Should Teach -- New Yo... - 0 views

  • When students created Facebook pages that viciously attacked a teacher, and when their wealthy parents on the school’s board defended them, Horace Mann was forced to confront a series of questions: Is a Facebook page private, like a diary? Is big money distorting private-school education? And what values is a school supposed to teach?
susan  carter morgan

Raise Your Hands (Techlearning blog) - 0 views

  • Alan November adds, "The best thing to invest in right now is collegiality. The number one skill that teachers will need is to be team-based, collegial, sharing their knowledge and wisdom."
  • Dedicate a portion of your day to honing your professional practice
  • Establish a professional learning network
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  • . Establish and maintain a virtual professional learning space that fosters shared knowledge and resources
  • Make professional reflection and scholarly work a priority and make it public.
  • 5. Model professional learning for colleagues, students, and parents
  • We effect change by engaging in robust conversations with ourselves, our colleagues, our customers, our family, the world.... Your time of holding back, of guarding your private thoughts, is over. Your function in life is to make a declarative statement" - Susan Scott
susan  carter morgan

Seeing No Progress, Some Schools Drop Laptops - New York Times - 0 views

  • “After seven years, there was literally no evidence it had any impact on student achievement — none,” said Mark Lawson, the school board president here in Liverpool, one of the first districts in New York State to experiment with putting technology directly into students’ hands. “The teachers were telling us when there’s a one-to-one relationship between the student and the laptop, the box gets in the way. It’s a distraction to the educational process.”
  • Matoaca High School just outside Richmond, Va., began eliminating its five-year-old laptop program last fall after concluding that students had failed to show any academic gains compared with those in schools without laptops. Continuing the program would have cost an additional $1.5 million for the first year alone, and a survey of district teachers and parents found that one-fifth of Matoaca students rarely or never used their laptops for learning. “You have to put your money where you think it’s going to give you the best achievement results,” said Tim Bullis, a district spokesman.
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    laptops
susan  carter morgan

Sometimes "bookmark" does not work - 21 views

Hi Demetri, I agree, but I couldn't figure out a quick way to remove the file without removing the post. I usually check for copyright issues, but I was so interested in the possible discussion, I ...

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Demetri Orlando

danah boyd | apophenia » when teachers and students connect outside school - 1 views

  • All too often, the truly troubled kids that I meet have no adults that they can turn to for support.
  • As a society, we desperately need non-custodial adults who teens can turn to for advice. Adults who can help guide youth without playing their parents
  • teachers should NEVER ask a student to be their Friend on Facebook/MySpace but should accept Friend requests and proceed to interact in the same way as would be appropriate if the student approached the teacher after school.
Demetri Orlando

The Key to Transforming Education - 0 views

  • I believe that the secret to change lies in developing the social fabric, capacity and connectedness found in communities of practice and learning networks.
  • building a new future- one that focuses on the gifts each teacher, student, parent and leader
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    SNBeach blogs about reforming vs. transforming. the secret to change lies in developing the social fabric, capacity and connectedness found in communities of practice and learning networks.
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