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Less Than Half Of High School Seniors 'Proficient' In Economics On National Exam

HuffingtonPost.com | Joy Resmovits | Posted 04.24.2013 | Politics

Fewer than half of high school seniors are proficient in economics, according to the results of the 2012 National Assessment of Educational Progress e...

Minimum Amount of Grades Per Week? Good in Theory, Often Bad in Practice

Andrew K. Miller | Posted 04.22.2013 | Politics
Andrew K. Miller

An arbitrary number is not going to support student achievement and teacher practice; focus on a best practice is. Instead of focusing on quantity of assessments, let's focus on quality of assessment practices.

April Is the Cruelest Month

Paul Stoller | Posted 04.15.2013 | College
Paul Stoller

April is the cruelest month. The headwinds we face are very stiff. As we move forward to a new academic year, we'll need to be persistent and resilient to slow the erosion of intellectual life on campus.

Pearson and the Atlanta School Mess

Alan Singer | Posted 04.03.2013 | Politics
Alan Singer

How did Pearson, which claims to have checkpoints "built into the process to ensure consistent progress in achieving school improvement goals," attempt to establish the validity of the Atlanta school district's claims for off-the-charts improvement on test scores before taking credit for the results?

9 Things To Remember When You're A Caregiver

Stacey Gordon | Posted 04.01.2013 | Fifty
Stacey Gordon

Although I knew that meeting Ann again was significant in some sort of cosmic sense, I was unaware of how deeply she would again touch me and forever leave her mark on me and on my work.

Let's Truly Assess 21st Century Skills!

Andrew K. Miller | Posted 01.14.2013 | Home
Andrew K. Miller

Many teachers are being called to teach these skills, and don't know how to. I've done many workshops with teachers to arm them with these skills. However, there is one issue that seems to be a roadblock for true implementation: assessment.

Like Riding a Bicycle: If Learned, It Cannot Be Forgotten. And It Might as Well Not Be Tested.

Susan D. Blum | Posted 03.09.2013 | Home
Susan D. Blum

As a new semester begins, I hope to remind myself that a child who learns to ride a bicycle is free to roam. What kinds of freedoms am I helping my students develop? I have to accept that I can't predict their paths, and celebrate their many roads.

6 Tips For Growing From Your Heart

Cindy Wigglesworth | Posted 03.06.2013 | Healthy Living
Cindy Wigglesworth

"Spirit," by whatever name, is not measurable. But skills like spiritual intelligence (SQ) skills can be measured. And measurement is useful -- it points to where we can grow and improve.

How do U.S. Students Compare with their Peers around the World?

Sec. Arne Duncan | Posted 02.10.2013 | Home
Sec. Arne Duncan

If education is to fulfill its essential role in America as the great equalizer, big achievement gaps and opportunity gaps must close -- and all students must receive a world-class education that genuinely prepares them for colleges and careers in the 21st century.

Become a Brilliant Leader

Marcia Wieder | Posted 11.26.2012 | Business
Marcia Wieder

A good leader has the ability to see potential and gifts within their staff and establish roles accordingly. The key elements of being able to operate a thriving and successful business is to know who belongs where and have the courage and foresight to make a change when necessary.

Pearson 'Education' -- Who Are These People?

Alan Singer | Posted 11.04.2012 | Home
Alan Singer

The Pearson footprint appears to be everywhere and taints academic research as well as government policy.

Reimagining Education, NOW

Sam Chaltain | Posted 10.17.2012 | Home
Sam Chaltain

Local educators could do a lot to sidestep national policymakers by committing to do just three things this coming school year:

Let's Get to the Bottom of #Edtech Hysteria

Shaun Johnson | Posted 09.26.2012 | Home
Shaun Johnson

There's an underlying "disruptive" strain to #edtech that is, from my perspective, disconcerting. It seems that certain proponents of #edtech are pushing technology in order to completely "teacher-proof" the classroom.

When Presidents, Cowboys and Scientists Agree

Richard Alley | Posted 06.24.2012 | Green
Richard Alley

Parts of America are powered by technologies that Abraham Lincoln advocated more than a century and a half ago. But some in our country are weakened by failure to appreciate another, even more powerful idea that Lincoln also promoted.

Adventures in Assessment

Dean Shareski | Posted 06.18.2012 | Home
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Dean Shareski

In past classes, I've usually offered my students some opportunity to assess themselves, whether it was against a rubric, or a self designed criteria. It's shocking how many students struggle with this idea.

Are We Putting the (Knowledge) Cart Before the (Emotional) Horse?

Sam Chaltain | Posted 05.30.2012 | Home
Sam Chaltain

In school reform, we dramatically overvalue the importance of academic learning, and assume that merely focusing on better curricula and clearer standards will carry the day. Yet the research suggests otherwise.

The End Of The Beginning

Jim Selman | Posted 03.05.2012 | Healthy Living
Jim Selman

It is time for ordinary individuals to step up to some of the most profound and relevant philosophical questions in our history and confront the fact that "who we are" and what we believe may be more important than what we do.

Winter Break

Paul Stoller | Posted 02.25.2012 | College
Paul Stoller

When I began professing in 1980, there seemed to be more time to teach. We had the same 15-week semesters, but my courses were much more demanding, for both me as well as for my students. Something has changed in higher education.

Why NCATE?

Timothy D. Slekar | Posted 01.08.2012 | Home
Timothy D. Slekar

How can any credible teacher education program that is constructed on the understandings and deep inquiry about the nature of children, the nature of teachers, and the nature of the teaching milieu continue to align with NCATE?

The Cost-Comparability Conundrum

Tom Vander Ark | Posted 09.19.2011 | Home
Tom Vander Ark

We're still new to using data in education. We quickly started trying to use state tests for everything. We've been relying on a few dozen data points about each student for a lot of important decisions.

It's Time to Stop Lying to Students and Parents and Raise Our Educational Standards

Craig R. Barrett | Posted 09.04.2011 | Home
Craig R. Barrett

It's time to use honest assessments and do the hard work of getting more of our students to clear the bar. Together, we can stop the race to the bottom for American students.

Accountability for (Ways of) Teaching: Development for Teachers

James Gee | Posted 08.27.2011 | Home
James Gee

Whether a child succeeds has to do with a lot more than what a teacher does, no matter how good she is.

Assessment Drives Learning: How to Drive to a New Place

James Gee | Posted 06.18.2011 | Home
James Gee

We will never get a new paradigm of learning in our schools unless we change our assessment system. Assessment, especially when coupled with accountability, drives how we teach and learn.

Social Studies Get the Short End of the Stick, Again

Alan Singer | Posted 06.01.2011 | New York
Alan Singer

Because the federal government does not mandate history and social studies assessments and does not monitor the scores, New York is free to lower the standards in these areas.

The Teacher Who Gave Me Direction -- What Evaluations Can't Tell You

Audrey Watters | Posted 08.16.2012 | Home
Audrey Watters

"Teacher accountability" traditionally ties teacher assessment to student assessment. And that's where I balk. There are no standardized tests by which you can assess Mr. Callahan's impact on me.