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your voice | summer 2012
Below is a link to an informal survey regarding the “option” of failure at the university level. Some of the comments are interesting, and related articles are helpful to anyone teaching at the post-secondary level–whether online or in traditional classrooms. … Continue reading
Originally posted on Virtual School Meanderings:
From Saturday’s inbox… Allied Online High School Blog Offline Summer Reading Recommendations for Online High School Students Posted: 15 Jun 2012 10:57 AM PDT By JACQUELYN SANBORN, Dean of Instruction at Allied National High…
Russell Simmons: So a Rabbi and a Hip-Hop Mogul Go to Israel…
This piece caught my eye as something we need to remember to “teach” to American children \as well as to Americanadults not only about tolerance but also about acceptance. A quote from the linked-to blog: Its our responsibility to teach our children … Continue reading
Originally posted on Used Books in Class:
Shhhhh….We’ve been very, very quiet in grade 9 this year with our Silent Sustained Reading (SSR) academic experiment in the college prep 9th grade class. 77 students were asked to read a minimum…
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From ed.gov: Preventing “Rusty Summer Readers”
What is great about this post is that it focuses on a child’s interests, and not so much on what adults would like them to read. But it also strongly suggests a scheduling a daily reading time and discussing with … Continue reading
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From: NCVPS E-learning Advisors Portal – E-lerts
Virtual Public Schools! Go, North Carolina!! How well this school functions is, at this point, a little less important than that it exists and functions! We don’t normally view North Carolina as having the most progressive of educational systems, yet … Continue reading
Teach Plus: Closing the Curriculum Gap Is a Social Justice Issue
In the debate over how to improve public education, we should not lose sight of what we as teachers and schools are actually doing, of how are we educating our students and to what end. Strong performance on standardized tests … Continue reading
Posted in Education, Fixing Education, PostADay, PostADay/PostAWeek
Tagged critical thinking skills, curriculum, Education, educational equity, Huffington Post, K through 12, Learning, National Center for Education Statistics, PostADay/PostAWeek, poverty and education, Social justice, Standardized test, Teacher
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Reblog: What adults can learn from kids
Another winner from elketeaches. This time, she shares an older video clip. One of my favorite quotes is “Kids already do a lot of learning from adults and we have a lot to share. I think that adults should start … Continue reading
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Reblog: Learning computer science without computers!
Elke Teaches posts another great educational idea. I do so love the creativity of newer educators. This particular post deals with the creativity of computers that aren’t. Or something like that. Enjoy reading! Learning Computer Science without Computers! If the … Continue reading
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