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Shannon George

Rhee Tackles Classroom Challenge - TIME - 1 views

  • They could make up to $130,000 in merit pay on the basis of their effectiveness--in exchange for giving up tenure for one year. Or they could keep tenure and accept a smaller raise. (Currently, the average teacher's salary in Washington is $65,902.)
  • Rhee listened but did not offer many specific solutions. "She was vague," Rhodes says. "I got the sense she didn't want to make promises she couldn't keep."
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    The article looks at the "local" ways that Rhee makes a difference, and the way that she may be too harsh.
Shannon George

A Brief History of Tenure - TIME - 1 views

  • The problem with tenure, Rhee and other critics say, is that it inadvertently protects incompetent teachers from being fired.
  • Each state has its own stories: A Connecticut teacher received a mere 30-day suspension for helping students cheat on a standardized test; one California school board spent $8,000 to fire an instructor who preferred using R-rated movies instead of books; a Florida teacher remained in the classroom for a year despite incidents in which she threw books at her students and demanded they referred to her as "Ms. God."
  • And despite more than a century of social progress, the need to protect teachers from the whims (or the tyranny) of the community remains as important as ever
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    The article includes the ways in which teacher tenure began, as well as a brief synopsis about the conversation it enters.
ameia sarkisian

ALA | Banned and/or Challenged Books from the Radcliffe Publishing Course Top 100 Novel... - 3 views

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    This isn't really an article, but I thought the website might come in handy for people other than myself. Skim some of the reasons why these books are banned form their respective schools...
ameia sarkisian

Censorship and Banned Books in Schools - 5 views

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    Banning books in the high school classroom... What constitutes a banned book? Who gets to decide what books are banned?
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    Too many people think that the world should revolve around their children that schools should only teach the things that align with their values. While wanting to protect your kids is fine, I believe that people often take things to far. I can understand banned books in private religious schools but not in the public school system. Unfortunately we live in a time when you have to be overly careful with what you say and do because you might offend someone and its getting ridiculous.Any book can be deemed offensive by a reader so does that mean we should ban all books just to avoid conflict?
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    I totally agree! I also see the reasons behind banning books in religious schools, but I still can't bring myself to agree with it. banning is a really strong word... I think maybe "screening" or sending permission slips home, or warning students and parents of the content of certain books. On a side note, I went through nine years of private catholic education and never once was I told that I couldn't read something. In fact Steinbeck, Saroyan and other books that I've noticed on several banned-books lists were part of our curriculum.
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    I read your article and it amazes me how many known books are now considered inappropriate to be taught in the classroom. I guess my question is when a book is too inappropriate to be taught. I am of course assuming the lower the grade of the students the more controversial it is to break away from the set course of what they should be reading. It is strange how some books are now considered inappropriate when in the past they would be held as literature and how some banned books are now appropriate. Also, are children now unable to read books that might not be appropriate simply because the parents believe it to be? Should students be restricted in what they read? I guess eventually the banned books list will continue to grow until most people are happy or they will make different version of "The Hungry Caterpillar". Oh also did you see the new banned book that just recently came out, "The Pedophile s Guide To Love and Pleasure A Child Lover". What are you views on this new addition to the banned books pile? Honestly I don't see how this book could be taught in school unless in Criminology class.
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    I'm very hesitant to ever say that a book should be banned. It goes against our most basic constitutional beliefs of freedom of expression, and it prompts the questions "who get to decide the criteria for a banned book?" and "how far are we willing to go with nixing books off the list just to please some people?" HOWEVER if ever there were a book that I would recommend be nixed, it would definitely be a book for teaching pedophiles how to best prey on children. That's just ridiculous. I don't think a book like that would ever be able to make it into any sort of a classroom curriculum.
Ashley Muniz

Teaching by the Book, No Asides Allowed - New York Times - 1 views

  • Asked for examples, she said that Ms. Moffett had improved her classroom bulletin boards by putting up only the best work instead of work by every student; learned to sprinkle phrases from Success for All into lessons throughout the school day; and become a better disciplinarian by not frolicking with the students as much as in the fall.
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    This article follows the experiences of a first year teacher in a school that utilizes scripted curriculum
Michelle Arce

Winner of California Association for Bilingual Education Award Uses Carousel of IDEAS f... - 1 views

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    Bilingual Education proves successful for some schools
Benjamin Caulder

Standardized Testing: A Race to Nowhere | Dailycensored.com - 2 views

    • Benjamin Caulder
       
      This right here, is scary. When the group think has permeated so deep into our cultural perception that standardized testing as they are today are beneficial that even a teacher has bought in... shudder.
    • Ashley Muniz
       
      This teachers view of testing is contradictory to most educators that I have encountered. In fact many educators vehemently disagree with mandated testing and its consequences. It is a scary thought when educators believe their is benefit for students in high stakes testing.
    • Elvira Ledezma
       
      I agree Ashley; I have not heard many teachers say that standerdized testing is good. Standardized testing is lowering down the curriculum I believe.
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    Standardized testing cripples cirriculum. It greatly limits the scope and breadth of knowledge. In fact, true knowledge isn't even really gained from this form of education. Not to mention, the idea of a standard in nearly all other areas of society is looked down upon. For instance, say that everyone should be held to the "Christian" standard. This would cause a frenzy, as"Chrsitian" ethics are not held in esteem by all. Yet when dealing with education, the opposite is assumed.
anonymous

drop.io ElyseEA - 0 views

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    Elyse Eidman Aadahl site for documents, pdfs, powerpoints, etc.
anonymous

bubbl.us - free web application for brainstorming online - 0 views

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    Cool website for brainstorming and mapping.
Eric Wheeler

http://www.readwritethink.org/ - 0 views

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    Great resources and lessons for teaching English Language Arts.
Eric Wheeler

EUSD iRead - 1 views

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    From their page: iRead is a group of teachers in Escondido Union School District dedicated to the idea that digital audio can be a powerful learning tool for all students. iRead will give you a chance to create meaningful, curriculum-centered audio projects with your students. Teachers are using digital audio tools (iPods, mics, Garageband, iTunes, Keynote, etc. and various accessories) to improve reading processes. Teachers meet on a monthly basis to exchange ideas and strategies. We started in 2006-07 by collecting data about fluency rates - this has been very promising.
Benjamin Caulder

Teacher Experience Exchange - VIDEO: Visual social bookmarking - 0 views

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    Video that reviews Pearlltree, a diigo alternative for the classroom.
anonymous

10 Tools for Digital Storytelling in Class | The Whiteboard Blog - 1 views

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    Tools to create digital stories (many of them are animated rather than live action)
anonymous

An Annotated Bibliography for Elizabeth Birr Moje - National Writing Project - 0 views

shared by anonymous on 07 Jun 10 - Cached
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    Expert on content area literacy
anonymous

Literary classics shelved for writing - SignOnSanDiego.com - 1 views

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    Teach rhetoric and banish the classics from HS English classes? What do you think?
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    This is the Expository Reading and Writing Course that many of us are adopting. It actually doesn't have to be an either/or. Yes there is less literature and more expository writing; however, most of us also incorporate some literature. I teach Things Fall Apart in a Socratic Seminar format, Macbeth in a more traditional format, and some poetry. The modules from the Expository Reading and Writing Binder are open-ended and need some updating, but they give students an excellent variety of college-like readings and writing instruction. Students learn to critically read passages and interpret their own thinking in writing. The writing instruction is key and not as well defined as the reading instruction in the modules. Teachers need to creatively design the lessons to prepare students to write argument with ease.
anonymous

News: Wikipedia for Credit - Inside Higher Ed - 1 views

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    Professors assign their students to create Wikipedia content
anonymous

Skype for Educators - 0 views

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    List of teachers willing to Skype into your classrooms.
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