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What Are We Measuring in Education? | Connected Principals

What Are We Measuring in Education? | Connected Principals | #edreform | Scoop.it
I recently came across the practice having a data room in schools. These rooms provide teachers and administrators quantitative information (in ...
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CLASS STRUGGLE EDUCATION WORKERS: Test Your Common Core Savvy

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What if Finland’s great teachers taught in U.S. schools?

What if Finland’s great teachers taught in U.S. schools? | #edreform | Scoop.it
Why the U.S. emphasis on "teacher effectiveness" won't by itself really improve schools.
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Assessing the Creative Spark | TIME.com

Assessing the Creative Spark | TIME.com | #edreform | Scoop.it
Every opera you’ve ever heard, every painting you’ve ever admired is reducible to chemical signaling in the composer’s or artist’s brain.
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Smoking Toward New Jersey: Education Is None of Our Business

Smoking Toward New Jersey: Education Is None of Our Business | #edreform | Scoop.it
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Money Cuts Both Ways in Education

Money Cuts Both Ways in Education | #edreform | Scoop.it
Power spending on children of the elite may illustrate the dangers of rising inequality. But it may be that the less-lavishly educated children aren't the only losers.
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How to Resurrect an Urban School District

How to Resurrect an Urban School District | #edreform | Scoop.it
Cincinnati has improved students' test scores by fostering cooperation between teachers, administrators, and local community service organizations.
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Can technology teach grit? | Digital

Can technology teach grit? | Digital | #edreform | Scoop.it
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Appreciating teachers (for a change)

Appreciating teachers (for a change) | #edreform | Scoop.it
Here are some thoughts through history about teachers and their impact, from Socrates to Jon Stewart.
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NCEE » What Does It Really Mean to Be College and Work Ready?

NCEE » What Does It Really Mean to Be College and Work Ready? | #edreform | Scoop.it
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Hey Arne: Assess This!

Hey Arne: Assess This! | #edreform | Scoop.it
Education activist Sam Chaltain writes about the changing nature of public education and highlights where the K-12 learning revolution is already underway.
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How Much Do Americans Know About Science?

How Much Do Americans Know About Science? | #edreform | Scoop.it
An exclusive poll shows Americans crave stronger mathematics, science schooling for U.S. kids
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Passion-Based Learning

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There is lots of talk about the science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) pipeline and all of its leaks. My personal mission is to fill the STEM pipeline with so many children that it bursts.
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The Coming Revolution in Public Education

The Coming Revolution in Public Education | #edreform | Scoop.it
Why the current wave of reforms, with its heavy emphasis on standardized tests, may actually be harming students
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Inigo Montoya and Graduation Rates | Inside Higher Ed

Inigo Montoya and Graduation Rates | Inside Higher Ed | #edreform | Scoop.it
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It’s the opportunity gap, stupid 

It’s the opportunity gap, stupid  | #edreform | Scoop.it
Carter and Welner: Parents in New York City who compete for coveted slots in the most sought-after preschools and kindergartens are often met with ridicule. But what these parents are doing is logical.
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SmartBlog on Education - A "beginner's mind" for thinking about schools - SmartBrief, Inc. SmartBlogs

SmartBlog on Education - A "beginner's mind" for thinking about schools - SmartBrief, Inc. SmartBlogs | #edreform | Scoop.it
A couple of days ago, I got into one of those short-ish yet interesting Twitter back and forths with a few folks in my network. In a nutshell, it revolved
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Why the 'Schools v. Poverty' Debate Feels Aimless: A Twitter Play (in Three Acts)

Why the 'Schools v. Poverty' Debate Feels Aimless: A Twitter Play (in Three Acts) | #edreform | Scoop.it
I finally joined Twitter the other day. (I'm at "rickhess99," if you care.) I haven't yet actually penned any tweets, and don't know that I will.
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Poverty and student achievement: Are we comparing the wrong groups?

Poverty and student achievement: Are we comparing the wrong groups? | #edreform | Scoop.it
Many impoverished students succeed academically every day. Why do some make it and others don't?
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Union Sues Over Basis of Appraisal

Union Sues Over Basis of Appraisal | #edreform | Scoop.it
The NEA, in the first of what's likely to be a string of suits, claims teachers are being judged based on subjects and students they don't teach.
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How Lego Is Constructing the Next Generation of Engineers

How Lego Is Constructing the Next Generation of Engineers | #edreform | Scoop.it
With programmable robots and student competitions, Lego is making “tinkering with machines cool again”
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Can Michael Fullan Save California From NCLB?

Can Michael Fullan Save California From NCLB? | #edreform | Scoop.it
After a decade or more of NCLB, some schools in California are hoping Michael Fullan can help them find the right drivers.
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Rifts Deepen Over Direction of Ed. Policy in U.S.

Rifts Deepen Over Direction of Ed. Policy in U.S. | #edreform | Scoop.it
Rapid change in education—and society—has intensified the debate to a level not seen since the battles over school desegregation.
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Rewards for Schools Key Facet of NCLB Waivers

Rewards for Schools Key Facet of NCLB Waivers | #edreform | Scoop.it
States that got flexibility under the No Child Left Behind Act have promised cash bonuses and other rewards to high-performing schools and those that show significant progress.
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Debunking the Persistent Myth of Lagging U.S. Schools

Debunking the Persistent Myth of Lagging U.S. Schools | #edreform | Scoop.it
Five responses to the claim that "our" kids' test scores are worse than "theirs"
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National History Center » Bradley Fogo

National History Center » Bradley Fogo | #edreform | Scoop.it
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