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Texas FLAP over Arabic classes in schools | Spero News - 2 views

www.speroforum.com/...article.asp Culture Teachers America Arab Language Instruction
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  • Justin Norris on 10 Feb 11
     
    The FLAP grant a good thing? You be the judge.
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Innovations in Teacher Prep Programs | Edutopia - 2 views

www.edutopia.org/...ograms-innovations-anne-obrien TeacherPrep
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  • Research shows the importance of mentoring new teachers, so why not push that mentoring down into the student teaching experience? And also, why do student teaching programs take effective, experienced teachers out of the classroom while novice teachers are learning? They should always be available to work with kids.
  • And they graduate knowing how to collaborate with other professionals -- a skill that is increasingly valued in educators.
    • anonymous
      anonymous on 24 Jan 11
       
      CSUF is considering co-teaching because of the ways that schools are responding to standardized assessment. This model allows master teachers to stay in the classroom with the student teacher--which, CSUF hopes, would reassure districts and schools who are becoming less likely to want student teachers. An interesting by-product is how student teachers would learn to collaborate.
  • anonymous on 24 Jan 11
     
    A brief article about teacher preparation programs. CSUF is considering the co-teaching model. What do you think?
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State school board adopts Common Core standards - SFGate - 2 views

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  • Yet despite initial concerns that the new national academic standards would dumb down California's curriculum, state education officials said Monday that with just a few tweaks and some additional content, the new standards will give kids a stronger, more organized approach to math and English.
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Amy Chua Is a Wimp - NYTimes.com - 2 views

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  • Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Carnegie Mellon have found that groups have a high collective intelligence when members of a group are good at reading each others’ emotions — when they take turns speaking, when the inputs from each member are managed fluidly, when they detect each others’ inclinations and strengths.
    • anonymous
      anonymous on 19 Jan 11
       
      In order for groups to function well, we have to be aware of each other's strengths . . . and weaknesses. We have to be patient and willing to contribute our best.
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California Adopted the Common Standards—Sans Preface - Learning the Language - Ed... - 2 views

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  • anonymous on 14 Jan 11
     
    Information about why CA did not adopt the preface to the Common Core Standards
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The "Canon" of English Literature - 2 views

faculty.goucher.edu/...anon_of_english_literature.htm Literature Canon History
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  • Canonization also distorts literature and introduces predictable biases in interpretation
  • Jacob Eckrich on 19 Nov 10
     
    This article deals with the issue of Literature canons, and how they are formed. Its kind of scary to see how the simple process of deciding what "literature" is in or out can distort one's perception of literature, as well as history.
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Scripted Curriculum: Is It a Prescription for Success? - 2 views

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  • Jennifer Flores on 13 Nov 10
     
    This article examines how scripted curriculum can reach every student. Classrooms are made up of diverse students from different ethnic groups and cultures. How can one scripted curriculum a one dimensional way of teaching reach every student?
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PowerlessPoint - Brainstorm - The Chronicle of Higher Education - 2 views

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  • And in an age when most people squirm if they must sit still to listen to a person speak for longer than a minute, PowerPoint keeps them calm. Its soothing, assuaging underlying message is that there’s no topic too complex, no problem too difficult, no idea too subtle that ordinary human beings can’t grasp it in a 20-minute presentation. PowerPoint runs roughshod over phenomena by flattening them, so that nothing is more important than anything else.
  • anonymous on 28 Apr 10
     
    More critiques of PowerPoint
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The Goddess of YA Literature - the new list - 2 views

professornana.livejournal.com/507141.html YALit
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  • anonymous on 09 Dec 10
     
    List of good YA literature
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YouTube - CNN: Rhee: I don't care about being popular - 2 views

www.youtube.com/watch cnn Teaching Education teachers
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  • Shannon George on 09 Nov 10
     
    Rhee discusses her proactive approach on weeding out bad teachers and improving the quality of education.
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NCTE Secondary Section: Rhetori-WHAT?: Teaching Rhetorical Analysis to High School Juniors - 2 views

nctesecondary.blogspot.com/...-what-teaching-rhetorical.html Rhetoric
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  • anonymous on 17 Oct 10
     
    Teaching Rhetoric to HS students.
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Is Your Child Being Taught From a Script? | Education.com - 2 views

www.education.com/...Scripted_Teaching scripted lessons
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  • Ashley Muniz on 04 Nov 10
     
    This article looks at why scripted lessons are used, if they are actually effective, and whether teachers are employing scripted lessons in the classroom
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Jay Mathews - Five Ways to Boost Charter Schools - washingtonpost.com - 2 views

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  • These independent public schools give smart educators with fresh ideas a chance to show what they can do without the deadening hand of the local school system bureaucracy around their necks
  • Evonne Villagomez on 18 Nov 10
     
    This article argues that charter schools as a whole are not performing any better than traditional public schools. The auhtor gives a list of five recommendations as to how to improve charter schools.
  • Jennifer Flores on 19 Nov 10
     
    Evonne, I think it is so cool that you are doing your research paper on charter schools. I am taking another class with Kathee and we had a teacher come and talk to us about teaching at University High. What I gained from her presentation that there a lot of pros versus cons. I was totally considering teaching at a charter school after the presentation. Things seem so much easier than public schools, but that can be a myth. Let me know what you come up with. : )
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tools4english / FrontPage - 2 views

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    • anonymous
      anonymous on 21 Mar 10
       
      Great resources, Eric! I want to share this with my pre-service teachers. Thanks so much for sharing it!
    • Eric Wheeler
      Eric Wheeler on 22 Mar 10
       
      I created the page to share, so please do.
  • Eric Wheeler on 21 Mar 10
     
    This is a Wiki page I use when I present to English teachers at Fresno State during one semester of their student teaching class.
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On Cloud Nine -- THE Journal - 2 views

thejournal.com/...On-Cloud-Nine.aspx Cloud Classroom2.0
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  • anonymous on 14 Jun 11
     
    Article outlining several ways to use technology in the classroom.
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For Exposure, Universities Put Courses on the Web - NYTimes.com - 2 views

www.nytimes.com/...01iht-educLede01.html OnlineLearning HigherEducation
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  • anonymous on 02 Nov 10
     
    Interesting article about online classes--and making knowledge available to anyone who has a computer.
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Dealing with so-so teachers - Quality Teaching | GreatSchools - 2 views

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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
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100 New York Schools Try 'Common Core' Approach - NYTimes.com - 2 views

www.nytimes.com/...-try-common-core-approach.html ISI2011 CommonCoreStandards
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  • anonymous on 25 Apr 11
     
    NYC schools using the Common Core Standards
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What the No Child Left Behind Law Means for Your Child - Quality Teaching | GreatSchools - 2 views

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  • Elvira Ledezma on 25 Oct 10
     
    NCLB is always right...or are they?
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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.
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