The Reproduction of Privilege - NYTimes.com - 0 views
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Issue Brief 10 | Measuring Teacher Effectiveness: Credentials Unrelated to Student Achi... - 0 views
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A wide body of research shows that teachers are the most important school-based factor related to student achievement.
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Yet according to a new analysis of student performance in Florida that two colleagues and I conducted, little to no relationship exists between these credentials and the gains that a teacher’s students make on standardized math and reading exams.
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external teacher credentials tell us next to nothing about how well a teacher will perform in the classroom
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I have an issue with the fact that, according to these researchers, standardized test scores seemed to be the only true measure of student success and teacher effectiveness. While I agree that there is no necessary connection between student success and certification or degree by the teacher, we need to look at a better outcome measure than standardized tests.
The Best Posts On The NY Times-Featured Teacher Effectiveness Study | Larry F... - 0 views
Danah Boyd - Cracking Teenagers' Online Codes - NYTimes.com - 0 views
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There’s no shortage of grown-up distress over the dangers young people face online.
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Endless back-and-forthing over how to respond effectively — shutting Web sites, regulating online access and otherwise tempering the world of social media for children — dominates the P.T.A. and the halls of policy makers.
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“Children’s ability to roam has basically been destroyed,”
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What am I doing? | Connected Principals - 0 views
Steve Jobs' Plans to Disrupt the Textbook Industry. How Disruptive Were They? | Inside ... - 0 views
The Missing Link in School Reform (August 16, 2011) | Stanford Social Innovation Review - 0 views
The Flipped Classroom : Education Next - 0 views
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Counterintuitively, Bergmann says the most important benefits of the video lessons are profoundly human: “I now have time to work individually with students. I talk to every student in every classroom every day.”
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Bergmann credits the new arrangement with fostering better relationships, greater student engagement, and higher levels of motivation.
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crafting a great four- to six-minute video lesson poses a tremendous instructional challenge: how to explain a concept in a clear, concise, bite-sized chunk. Creating her own videos forces her to pay attention to the details and nuances of instruction—the pace, the examples used, the visual representation, and the development of aligned assessment practices
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