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Demetri Orlando

Coming Together to Give Schools a Boost - NYTimes.com - 1 views

  • Above all, they say, partners must come together and agree not just on common goals, but shared ways to measure success towards those goals. They must communicate on a regular basis. And there must be a “backbone” organization that is focused full-time on managing the partnership.
  • war rooms” in each school. Teachers have meetings every two weeks, where they closely monitor students’ progress
  • the network can engage in continuous learning based on evidence.
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  • In education, data has traditionally been used for punitive purposes, not for improvement
  • “The key to making a partnership work is setting a common vision and finding a common language. You can’t let people get focused on ideological or political issues,” says Edmondson. “You need a common language to bring people together and that language is the data.”
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    a lot of these ideas apply to any change management endeavor
Demetri Orlando

Students Speak Up in Class, Silently, via Social Media - NYTimes.com - 2 views

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    Nice description of back-channel chatting supporting English class.
Jason Ramsden

YouTube - YourTime60 - 0 views

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    A Kaplan University commercial that speaks about "YourTime"; the students time and the fact that talent is everywhere, not just in schools.
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.
Demetri Orlando

The Window: Thinking in the Disciplines - 0 views

  • Though they knew their facts, the students could not form interpretations or reach conclusions when given historical material
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    Nice blog post delving into the topic of higher order thinking skills, and the lack thereof as educational outcomes.
Demetri Orlando

CampusAccess.com - Study Skills - 0 views

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    Includes pages on exam prep, note-taking, test-taking, essay writing, time management, and stress management.
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