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Embracing the Twitter Classroom

Jessica Gross | Posted 11.05.2009 | Media

Read More: Social Media, Twitter in the Classroom, Education, Twitter, Social Media in the Classroom, Teaching Social Media, Group Work, Teachers, Teaching, Teaching Twitter, Media News
Jessica Gross

The point of teaching students to use social media isn't just to embrace a novel trend: it's to help students become literate in our networking-based society.

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Education Crisis in Los Angeles Illuminates Racial and Economic Divide

Emily Henry | Posted 06.12.2009 | Politics

Read More: Public Schools, Lay-Offs, Latino, Dorsey High School, Lausd, Teachers, Budget Cuts, Los Angeles, African Americans, Crenshaw-High-School, California, Politics News
Emily Henry

Teachers, parents, and students are preparing for a strike on May 15th, hoping to urge the LAUSD to spend its almost $1 billion of federal stimulus money and save jobs now.

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We Need Business Leaders Who Know About History

Don McNay | Posted 06.10.2009 | Business

Read More: Structured Settlement, Small Business, Joe Hackett, Current Events, Economic Crisis, Kentucky, Covington Catholic High School, Don McNay, Vanderbilt, Covington Catholic, History, Education, Louisville, Bailout, American History, Business-Leaders, Cincinnati, Million Dollar Round Table, Tim Banker, Education Reform, Teachers, Chester Finn, Personal Finance, Lexington, Covington, Mcnay, Ky, Business News
Don McNay

If we are going to break out of this economic crisis, we don't need business leaders trained in business schools. We need leaders who know and understand history.

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Overhyping Teach For America, Undercutting Millions of Students

Dan Brown | Posted 05.24.2009 | Politics

Read More: Public Schools, Teacher Retention, Thomas Friedman, Economy, Teacher Certification, Teacher, No Child Lief Behind, Uft, Nctaf, Teach for America, Tfa, National Commission on Teaching and America’s Future, Aft, Education, Quality Teachers, Alternative Route, Teacher Recruitment, School Reform, New York Times, Teacher Turnover, Teachers, Education Reform, Nclb, Politics News
Dan Brown

I'm concerned that Teach for America is being propped up by many as a cure-all for America's education woes, when it is nothing of the kind.

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Six Earth Day Activities for Your Classroom

Ted Wells | Posted 05.17.2009 | Green

Read More: Earth Day Lesson Plans, Education, Eduction, Earth Day Worksheets, Recycle, Earth Day, Build, Parthenon, Earth Day Activities, Environment, Reuse, Teachers, Reduce, Earth Day Activities for Schools, Earth Day Classroom Activities, Earth Day Worksheet, Earth Day Activities for Kids, Green News
Ted Wells

Here are six activities that my fourth grade classroom at The Park School in Brookline, MA has been working on leading up to Earth Day.

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Education 'Tsunami' Looms: Over Half Of Nation's Teachers Could Retire In Next Decade

USA Today | Jeanette Der Bedrosian | Posted 05.07.2009 | Home

Read More: Baby Boomers, Education, National Shortage of Teachers, Baby Boomer Teachers, Teachers Retiring, Education Crisis Baby Boomers, Teachers, Home News

More than half the nation's teachers are Baby Boomers ages 50 and older and eligible for retirement over the next decade, a report says today. It warn...

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That Student-Teacher Thing

Dennis Danziger | Posted 04.30.2009 | Living

Read More: Kurt Vonnegut, Jack Kerouac, Student-Teacher Relationship, Elementary School, Goodbye Columbus, Bernard Malamud, Test Scores, Education, Merit Pay, Public School, High School, Middle School, I.B. Singer, Teachers, Catcher in the Rye, Philip Roth, Living News
Dennis Danziger

What I remember most about Ms. Fitzgerald's class is that when I wasn't staring at the clock, I was deciding which of my body parts to rip off and hand her in protest.

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The Impact Of Music In Our Schools

Jason Mannino | Posted 04.27.2009 | Living

Read More: Parenting, Teachers, Teaching, Music, Children, Living News
Jason Mannino

"Jason, you are supposed to go to choir rehearsal." These words were uttered from the mouth of my third grade teacher Ms. Kratz way back in 1981. ...

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Hey. Nicholas Kristof and Michelle Rhee! Teachers Are the Keys, Not the Roadblocks to Reforming Schools

Dan Brown | Posted 04.23.2009 | Media

Read More: Teacher Quality, Public Schools, Michelle Rhee, Class Size, Education, Will Okun, New York Times, Washington DC, Teachers Union, Nicholas Kristof, Teachers, Education Reform, Media News
Dan Brown

Nicholas Kristof's effusive essay on DC Schools Chancellor Michelle Rhee left me with a sour taste. Here are a few snippets from Kristof's piece, in w...

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Knowledge as Regurgitation: Thinking Skills as Wisdom

Robert Rose | Posted 04.16.2009 | Politics

Read More: Regurgitation, Wisdom, Knowledge, Public Education, Thinking Skills, Internet, Teachers, Politics News
Robert Rose

How can we move from regurgitation of knowledge to thinking skills and wisdom? We can no longer just disseminate our knowledge of the past, but need to teach our students how to deal with the complex problems of the present and future.

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Teacher Rx: The Perfect Storm For Reform

Rev. Al Sharpton and Joel Klein | Posted 04.12.2009 | Politics

Read More: Public Schools, Al Sharpton, Education, Economic Stimulus Package, No Child Left Behind, Tenure, Race to the Top, Merit Pay, Joel Klein, Obama Administration, Bill Gates, Schools, Teachers, Students, Politics News
Rev. Al Sharpton and Joel Klein

Transforming the teaching profession into a merit-based system is an obvious first step toward reducing educational inequality.

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How A Charter School Turns Union

Alexander Russo | Posted 04.11.2009 | Politics

Read More: Breaking Politics News, Teachers, Schools, Unions, Charters, Brooklyn, Teacher Organization, KIPP Brooklyn, Union Organizers, Teachers Unions, Kipp, Teacher Unions, Organization, Politics News
Alexander Russo

It seemed at first like the unionization effort at the KIPP school in Brooklyn might happen without too much conflict. By early February, however, reports started coming out about stalled negotiations and alleged intimidation by KIPP administrators.

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Dear AG Holder, We Want Your Children to Fail

Dennis Danziger | Posted 04.10.2009 | Politics

Read More: Public Schools, Latinos, African-Americans, Attorney General Holder, Budget Cuts, Teacher Training, Lausd, Teacher Credentials, Court-Ordered Bussing, The Achievement Gap, Inner City Schools, Pink Slips, Magnet Schools, Charter Schools, Standardized Testing, Teachers, Stimulus Package, School Budgets, Politics News
Dennis Danziger

Dear Attorney General Holder, Here's what I know from having taught in big city public high schools for the past 15 years: We want your children to fail. That's the truth.

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Teacher Accountability and Autonomy

Robert Rose | Posted 04.09.2009 | Politics

Read More: Justice, Responsibility, Autonomy, Freedom, Teacher Accountability, Teacher Quality, Education, Teachers, Teaching, Politics News
Robert Rose

Accountability is only fair and possible when teachers have the freedom, the autonomy, to use all the tools at their disposal in the manner the best serves them and their students

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Barry Schwartz on Incentives, Education and Making Wise Choices

Rob Kall | Posted 04.09.2009 | Living

Read More: No Child Left Behind, CEO Pay, The New Yorker, Bobby Jindal, Tenure, Twitter, Child Welfare Services, Mike's Hard Lemonade, Barack Obama, Internet, Barry Schwartz, Education, Wall Street, Rahm Emanuel, TED Conference, Malcolm Gladwell, Rob Kall, Teachers, Technology, Swarthmore, Living News
Rob Kall

It's important to understand that looking for the best is a self-defeating, misery-making strategy; that we should, in general, be looking for good enough, not the best.

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Teachers' Hunger Vs. Energy Savings In California Classrooms

Los Angeles Times | Raja Abdulrahim | Posted 04.03.2009 | Green

Read More: Energy, Education, Reducing Energy Use, Schools, Teachers, Saving Money, Green News

Beside her desk in the rear corner sit a refrigerator and microwave that give her easy access to Lean Cuisines, water and the four colas she often dri...

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Teacher as an Observer

Robert Rose | Posted 03.09.2009 | Living

Read More: Sensitivity, Teacher Observing, Childrens' Needs, Education, Public Schools, Children, Kids, Teachers, Schools, Teaching, Learning, Living News
Robert Rose

Many teachers are terrified of deviating from their lesson plans because they are unable to defend what their intuition and experience tells them to do.

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Don't Bailout on Seeking Passion in Your Career

Rick Smith | Posted 03.08.2009 | Business

Read More: Career Advice, Jobs, Careers, US News & World Report, Teachers, Teaching, Advertising, Business News
Rick Smith

There are two primary factors that define passion in a work environment: Cause and Challenge.

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I Want to Get Rid of Tony

Dennis Danziger | Posted 03.07.2009 | Living

Read More: Los Angeles Unified School District, Arne Duncan Education Secretary, Arne Duncan, Chicago Public Schools, Children, Kids, Chicago, High School, Teachers, Teaching, Los Angeles, Students, Learning, Teenagers, Living News
Dennis Danziger

Every day between 12:36 and 1:31, Tony's behavior ties up a good chunk of my class. There's his late entrance. His refusal to sit in his assigned seat. His refusal to read quietly.

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Ending the Pornography of Creationism: Part Deux

Bill Allen | Posted 03.05.2009 | Business

Read More: Graduate School, Education, Intellignet Design, University Degree, Creation Science Museum, Creation Science, Creationism, College Students, College, Teachers, Teaching, Learning, Business News
Bill Allen

The "Creation Science Museum" attracted over 500,00 visitors in a bit more than a year. Talk about pent-up demand and a golden opportunity staring me right in the face!

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Standardized Testing Alternative

Robert Rose | Posted 03.04.2009 | Politics

Read More: College Students, Education, Textbooks, Standardized Testing, Teachers, Parenting, Education Reform, Schools, Teaching, Students, Learning, Parents, Politics News
Robert Rose

No student, class, teacher, school, or district should be evaluated on the basis on any one test, especially one with the unreliability of so-called Standardized Tests.

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High School Dismisses Class to Watch Inauguration

Natasha Chen | Posted 02.20.2009 | Politics

Read More: Community Service, High School, Joe Biden, Students, Obama Inauguration, Barack Obama, Yo-Yo Ma, Obama's Inauguration, California, Barack Obama Inauguration, Jackie Speier, Classes, Aretha Franklin, Diane Feinstein, Inauguration, Schools, Teachers, San Francisco, Politics News
Natasha Chen

At San Mateo High School, even teachers who had intended on continuing with their lesson plans during the inauguration gave in to their pleading students who wanted to watch this historic moment.

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Change and the Dream: Teaching Our Children About Non-Violent Living

Terry Real | Posted 02.20.2009 | Living

Read More: Relational Life Therapy, Bystander, Parenting Tips, Bully, Children, Bullying, Full Respect Living, Non-Violent Social Change, Violence, Cyberbullying Trial, Relational Issues, Psychology, Partnership With Children, Dr. King, Self Esteem, Terry Real, Martin Luther King, Violence in Schools, Kids, I Have a Dream, Jr., Teachers, Relational Living, Schools, Non-Violent Resistance, Parenting Advice, Victim, Parents, Living News
Terry Real

It is in everyone's interest -- the victim, the bully and the bystander -- to create a safe environment in which respect for one another is not just a voluntary matter but a baseline norm that we insist upon.

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With Zimbabwe in Crisis, Children Are Locked Out of Schools

GroundReport | Posted 02.06.2009 | World

Read More: Zimbabwe, Mugabe, Robert Mugabe Zimbabwe, Groundreport, Schools, Teachers, Robert Mugabe, groundreport.com, World News
GroundReport

Originally published on GroundReport.com, the citizen journalism site covering world news at the local level. As conditions continue to deteriorate ...

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When Smart People Get It Sooo Wrong: Malcolm Gladwell's Solutions for American Education

Martin Carnoy | Posted 02.02.2009 | Politics

Read More: Test Scores, Inner City Schools, Student Achievement, New Teachers, Teacher Training, Teacher Recruitment, AIG Bailout, Teach for America, Teachers, Malcolm Gladwell, Pro Football, Politics News
Martin Carnoy

The assertion that we don't know what makes good teachers before trying them out for a few years while measuring their students' test gains is simply not true.

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