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Patti Porto

Seize the Day: Change in the Classroom and the Core of Schooling | U.S. Department of E... - 0 views

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leadership change department

shared by Patti Porto on 04 Feb 14 - No Cached
  • All education stakeholders, many of whom are represented in this room today—teachers, principals, district and state leaders, non-profits, researchers, parents, and students themselves—all now have a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to both dramatically enrich and accelerate learning and improve instructional practice.
  • standards and curriculum are two fundamentally distinct things
  • Standards—learning standards, academic standards—are the goalposts, set by states, specifying what students should know and be able to do by a certain grade. Curriculum, on the other hand, is what teachers work with to help students meet those standards—the textbooks, the reading assignments, homework, in-class exercises, handouts, papers, the planning and pacing guides used for a course, and, increasingly, the apps used for a course, and other conte
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  • Educators today have an unparalleled opportunity to cultivate creativity, collaborate with their colleagues, deepen learning, and build a broad, rich curriculum that prepares the well-educated citizens that a democracy needs to flourish.
  • Work done by teachers for teachers, is almost always more helpful than work done by outsiders.
  • Patti Porto on 04 Feb 14
     
    Arne Duncan's address to an ASCD group
Patti Porto

UDL Theory and Practice online book - 0 views

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udl

shared by Patti Porto on 25 Apr 14 - No Cached
  • Patti Porto on 25 Apr 14
     
    Very cool example of a UDL designed book with lots of built in support
Patti Porto

Socratic Smackdown - A Game for Learning and Practicing Discussion Strategies - 0 views

www.freetech4teachers.com/...ackdown-game-for-learning.html

questioning education

shared by Patti Porto on 22 Sep 14 - No Cached
  • Patti Porto on 22 Sep 14
     
    "Socratic Smackdown provides a great framework through which your students can develop discussion and debate skills. The game packet (a 23 page PDF available here) includes alignment to Common Core standards for middle school and high school classrooms."
Patti Porto

How Tests Make Us Smarter - NYTimes.com - 0 views

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assessment

shared by Patti Porto on 14 Oct 14 - No Cached
  • tests serve students best when they’re integrated into the regular business of learning and the stakes are not make-or-break, as in standardized testing.
  • practice sessions are spaced out
  • benefit of quizzing remained in a follow-up test eight months later
  • Patti Porto on 14 Oct 14
     
    "TESTS have a bad reputation in education circles these days: They take time, the critics say, put students under pressure and, in the case of standardized testing, crowd out other educational priorities. But the truth is that, used properly, testing as part of an educational routine provides an important tool not just to measure learning, but to promote it."
Patti Porto

Keeping Track, Part 1: The Policy and Practice Of Curriculum Inequality - 0 views

ted.coe.wayne.edu/Oakes.pdf

equity tracking

shared by Patti Porto on 28 May 15 - No Cached
  • Patti Porto on 28 May 15
     
    tracking, ability g rouping and equity article
Patti Porto

the learning organization - principles, theory and practice @ the encyclopedia of infor... - 0 views

www.infed.org/...learning-organization.htm

leadership oip

shared by Patti Porto on 04 Jan 11 - Cached
  • Patti Porto on 04 Jan 11
     
    "the learning organization Just what constitutes a 'learning organization is a matter of some debate. We explore some of the themes that have emerged in the literature and the contributions of key thinkers like Donald Schon and Peter Senge. Is it anything more than rhetoric? Can it be realized?"
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ECTACenter.org : The Early Childhood Technical Assistance Center : Improving Systems, P... - 0 views

ectacenter.org/webinars.asp

earlychildhood inclusion equity preschool webinar

shared by Patti Porto on 06 Nov 14 - No Cached
  • Patti Porto on 06 Nov 14
     
    "ECTA Center and ELC TA are partnering to host a series of webinars that will provide up to date information regarding supports and resources to promote early childhood inclusion."
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Rethinking Schools Online - 0 views

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equity crp race oip

shared by Patti Porto on 21 Apr 14 - Cached
  • Patti Porto on 21 Apr 14
     
    "Our Mission: Rethinking Schools is a nonprofit publisher and advocacy organization dedicated to sustaining and strengthening public education through social justice teaching and education activism. Our magazine, books, and other resources promote equity and racial justice in the classroom. We encourage grassroots efforts in our schools and communities to enhance the learning and well being of our children, and to build broad democratic movements for social and environmental justice."
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