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Jon Zurfluh

The international schools finding common ground - Telegraph - 2 views

  • International schools could, given sufficient will-power, pool their resources in a well-managed network. They could agree on the principles of a curriculum. They could pool their knowledge and experience and share the work.
Lawrence Hrubes

How Measurement Fails Doctors and Teachers - The New York Times - 0 views

  • TWO of our most vital industries, health care and education, have become increasingly subjected to metrics and measurements. Of course, we need to hold professionals accountable. But the focus on numbers has gone too far. We’re hitting the targets, but missing the point.
  • We also need more research on quality measurement and comparing different patient populations. The only way to understand whether a high mortality rate, or dropout rate, represents poor performance is to adequately appreciate all of the factors that contribute to these outcomes — physical and mental, social and environmental — and adjust for them.
  • He developed what is known as Donabedian’s triad, which states that quality can be measured by looking at outcomes (how the subjects fared), processes (what was done) and structures (how the work was organized).
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  • “The secret of quality is love,” he said.
John Mikton

Hospital First in US to Treat Internet Addiction - Yahoo! - 1 views

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    A psychologist first coined the phrase "Internet addiction" in 1995, when the web was in its infancy. He meant it as a joke. But now, with the first hospital-based Internet addiction treatment center opening next week at the Behavioral Health Services at Bradford Regional Medical Center in Pennsylvania, Internet addiction is no longer considered a laughing matter.
Arnie Bieber

School21C | Conversations about 21st Century Education - 1 views

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    The Future is Now, my latest blog
Jon Zurfluh

Out of the box: Principals are more efficient, effective without their offices - Kent R... - 4 views

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    Fabulous application of new thinking.
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    Wow!!
John Mikton

Twitter Aligned with Blooms' Taxonomy: A Must Have Poster for Your Class ~ Educational ... - 1 views

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    323 Print! Twitter Aligned with Blooms' Taxonomy: A Must Have Poster for Your
Jon Zurfluh

What Is and Is Not Fair | Connected Principals - 1 views

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    Great for start of year.
John Mikton

Rohan Agrawal, 12-Year-Old Star Programmer, Builds His Own Robots (VIDEO) - 0 views

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    Rohan Agrawal, 12-Year-Old Star Programmer, Builds His Own Robots
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