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Using VoiceThread to Give Students a Voice Outside the Classroom - ProfHacker - The Chr... - 0 views

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Voicethread

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  • anonymous on 27 Aug 10
     
    Innovative ways to give students an online voice
anonymous

Making Student Blogs Pay Off with Blog Audits - ProfHacker - The Chronicle of Higher Ed... - 0 views

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Blogging Education

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  • anonymous on 12 Oct 10
     
    Assignment which encourages writing and reflection on blogging.
Mallorie Fagundes

Predicting Success, Preventing Failure: An Investigation of the CAHSEE - 1 views

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CAHSEE Pros Cons

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  • Mallorie Fagundes on 26 Oct 10
     
    Describes the pros and cons of the CAHSEE; explores the curriculum and how to teach students so that they have a better chance to pass.
Michael Horder

Abandoning Age-Tracking - Unwrapping the Gifted - Education Week Teacher - 3 views

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Track students by learning readiness rather than age.

shared by Michael Horder on 25 Oct 10 - Cached
  • A very small but growing number of school districts around the country are converting to the educational practice of grouping students by readiness (or ability or skill or mastery, depending on how you want to describe it) rather than by age.
Shannon George

Teachers agree: Bad teachers with tenure too tough to fire - USATODAY.com - 6 views

www.usatoday.com/...08-05-06-teachers-tenure_n.htm

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    • Anthony Logan
      Anthony Logan on 02 Nov 10
       
      Are the lack of evaluations to blame for ineffective teachers getting tenured status?  If so, what can we do to fix it? 
    • Benjamin Caulder
      Benjamin Caulder on 02 Nov 10
       
      I don't have evidence to back this up as it was from the mouth of one of my credential program profs. but what he said was that for the first couple of years teachers have to play a political game to make sure they get tenure then once they have it, its a different game they play with the school and the union. Not all "bad" teachers are really "bad" teachers, but for those that really are my prof. argued that the system works if the admin is actually willing to follow through to the end, which can be as long as 2 years. Most admins aren't willing. Sorry I can't provide evidence to back that up.
    • ameia sarkisian
      ameia sarkisian on 03 Nov 10
       
      Yeah, that's really sad that administrators aren't willing to go through the process, however long and arduous it may be, to make the learning environment a better place.
    • Michael Horder
      Michael Horder on 08 Nov 10
       
      I have heard that as well, Ben. Admins rarely put in the effort to reprimand teachers. The teacher's union protects all teachers, good or bad. Admins are afraid to go up against the union because they have so much power. I think teacher's union might be the problem with the whole tenure thing. Another interesting note. If you look at the leadership of teacher's unions i.e. the reps. They are some of the "bad" teachers. I know this is true in Madera, and I have been told the same thing occurs in other districts. I find that fascinating. Bad teachers protecting bad teachers. Hhhmmm. Bad system maybe?
  • Tenure provides teachers with job security and generally is awarded a few years after educators enter the profession
    • Shannon George
      Shannon George on 15 Nov 10
       
      Sadly, tenure is being mis-used. The original intention of tenure was for teachers to have due-process if they were being fired; it was an effort to help. Now it has turned into a "job for life," and many districts have to treat it like that or they will have to pay big money to the Unions.
    • Ryan Williams
      Ryan Williams on 19 Nov 10
       
      yeah I have read this statement time and time again. I guess it would make a huge difference to students and the administrations if the tenure teachers were ineffective, but I just don't see a negative trend among teachers that have earned their tenure. I have had quite a few tenure teachers at Fresno State and they are not all old burned out senile geezers that need to be fired.
  • Anthony Logan on 02 Nov 10
     
    Tenured teachers are hard to get rid of, even other teachers acknowledge this.
  • ameia sarkisian on 03 Nov 10
     
    There is a section towards the middle of this article where they talk about principals not wanting to "deal with" the ensuing process after they discover a less-than-effective tenure teacher... I find that to be kind of a scary thought... The PRINCIPALS, the administration in charge of ensuring the best for our students, don't want to deal with the problems that they were hired to face if necessary?! I think that evaluating the teachers and giving them feedback is important for the teachers (especially the "bad" ones) but what happens when the people in charge of evaluating them feel like it''s "pointless?"
Shannon George

A Brief History of Tenure - TIME - 1 views

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  • 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
  • Shannon George on 09 Nov 10
     
    The article includes the ways in which teacher tenure began, as well as a brief synopsis about the conversation it enters.
Elvira Ledezma

AFT - A Union of Professionals - Weingarten Column Challenges School Reform 'Manifesto' - 0 views

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  • But such standards are meaningless without training and assessments aligned to them and, crucially, without time for teachers to prepare for them and for students to achieve them.
  • Jonathan P. Raymond, the superintendent of the Sacramento public schools, wrote recently: "We have to stop blaming teachers for problems that have multiple causes, ranging from poor administrative oversight and accountability to a lack of parent engagement. I know how hard teachers work to educate every child and challenge students at their ability level. We need to work equally hard to give our teachers the tools and supports they need to be successful. Let's stop scapegoating and come together to find solutions that work."
Michael Horder

Education World ® - Administrators: Is Ability Grouping the Way to Go---Or Sh... - 0 views

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  • Michael Horder on 01 Nov 10
     
    Ability grouping students can be Illegal and has not shown to improve students test scores.
Ashley Muniz

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

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scripted lessons

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  • 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.
  • Ashley Muniz on 10 Nov 10
     
    This article follows the experiences of a first year teacher in a school that utilizes scripted curriculum
Ryan Williams

Predictive Validity of an English Language Arts Performance Assessment. CRESST Report 729 - 0 views

This article describes how the CAHSEE tests students too late and that there should be more CAHSEE like tests applied to students before they reach the 10th grade.

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Ryan Williams

Unraveling the Myths of Accountability: A Case Study of the California High School Exit... - 1 views

This article focuses on all the negative affects on students and teachers using the CAHSEE exam. This article also describes how flawed the reasons the legislators give to enforce students to conti...

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Jacob Eckrich

http://www.asdk12.org/NCLB/everyone/NCLBsummary.pdf - 0 views

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NCLB Standards Implementation

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  • Jacob Eckrich on 19 Nov 10
     
    The Following is a simple breakdown of how NCLS is to be implemented, as well as all the requirements that come attached with it regarding teachers, students, and funding.
anonymous

Career U. - Making College 'Relevant' - NYTimes.com - 0 views

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HigherEducation

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    Should universities focus on job preparation or should they help students develop a deeper understanding of life? Is this a false binary?
anonymous

Illuminated text: a student exemplar | Digital Is ... - 1 views

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digitalstorytelling IlluminatedText

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    Student created illuminated text.
anonymous

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

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Wikipedia Education

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    Professors assign their students to create Wikipedia content
anonymous

NCTE Secondary Section: Rhetori-WHAT?: Teaching Rhetorical Analysis to High School Juniors - 2 views

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Rhetoric

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    Teaching Rhetoric to HS students.
Stephanie Flores

Dealing with so-so teachers - Quality Teaching | GreatSchools - 6 views

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    • Stephanie Flores
      Stephanie Flores on 26 Oct 10
       
      I thought this was interesting. This quote goes along with the articles on teacher tenure. I'm curious if the "weakness' that is seen in teachers is supposed to be compensated with parent involvement?
    • Michael Horder
      Michael Horder on 01 Nov 10
       
      So parents should do the teachers job! Should they get some of the pay as well. Don't get me wrong I think parents should be more involved in their children's education but they should not have to compensate for a weak teacher. Just get rid of the weak teacher or retrain them.
    • Anthony Logan
      Anthony Logan on 02 Nov 10
       
      I'm actually curious as to whether they (meaning parents) realize that these things are totally going under the radar and how helpful they could be.  I mean, at some point, the blame has to be shared equally.
    • Stephanie Flores
      Stephanie Flores on 05 Nov 10
       
      M- I'm on the same page as you. I mean I've heard of parents that are too involved with schools and their child (some have even requested to be in the class with their child!), but parents having to teach their kids at home when the teacher should be doing it is obsurd! I'm old school, so I'm all about getting rid of teachers who don't bring their all. A- Same here. I was wondering if parents were aware of what was going on in the school. Also, I don't remember seeing a state, city, district, etc. that said where this "supplementing" was occuring. I agree that if things stay on this path blame will be on both parties and it will be the student that suffers.
    • Shannon George
      Shannon George on 14 Nov 10
       
      It could be because all of my research on Tenure, but the problem here is is THE SO-SO TEACHER! It is very frustrating to know that teachers are so protected that it is now easier to tell parents to pick up the slack then have the teacher fired.
    • Stephanie Flores
      Stephanie Flores on 26 Oct 10
       
      Ha ha!
    • Elvira Ledezma
      Elvira Ledezma on 18 Nov 10
       
      Strategic Support! As a parent I have encountered problems with my daughter's teachers but most of them don't what this kind of support
    • Evonne Villagomez
      Evonne Villagomez on 19 Nov 10
       
      I've witnessed the total opposite of what this is saying also. A lot of teachers become offended and angered when you try to suggest offering that kind of support . I think most teachers feel like it is the child who is not performing well and not them, but in actuality it is the teacher who is doing a poor job.
Stephanie Flores

Dealing with so-so teachers - Quality Teaching | GreatSchools - 2 views

www.greatschools.org/...mediocre-teacher.gs

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    • Stephanie Flores
      Stephanie Flores on 26 Oct 10
       
      I found this comment interesting. It was from my experience that kids didn't want to be "on the teacher's radar." Also, don't you think that, depending on the teacher, that might pose a problem for the student if you have a parents that is too involved?
    • Stephanie Flores
      Stephanie Flores on 26 Oct 10
       
      Scary!
    • Stephanie Flores
      Stephanie Flores on 26 Oct 10
       
      How would one dress up as Mars?
  • Elvira Ledezma on 25 Oct 10
     
    What to do if your childs teacher is not so good
Anthony Logan

Discipline hearings for tenured teachers lengthy, costly - 1 views

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tenure Teaching teachers

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    • Anthony Logan
      Anthony Logan on 02 Nov 10
       
      That's a ton of money!  What kind of school district can afford that...oh wait, one with a lot of laid off teachers, furlough days, and a lot of under served students.
  • Anthony Logan on 02 Nov 10
     
    A look at just how costly it is to remove a tenured teacher.
Michelle Arce

Making Instructional Adaptations for English Learners in the Mainstream Classroom: Is I... - 3 views

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ELL in mainstream classrooms

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  • Michelle Arce on 28 Oct 10
     
    Article revolving around EL learners... Is enough being done to help these students?
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