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Standardized Tests Are Only Fair6 comments

Chris Graham wrote 2 days ago: Here’s a liberal comic that fails to make an accurate analogy. No surprise, considering liberals nev … more →

Tags: Education, Politics, Conservative, Liberal, Chris Graham, "Lefty Begone", Republican, Democrat, leftybegone

The best test-prep: Ivy Insiders

Ishmam wrote 3 days ago: Ivy Insiders offers an SAT and ACT preparation program designed to give you an inside edge on test p … more →

Tags: Academia, Minnesota, SAT, ivy, Insiders, Test Prep, A.C.T., Preparation, League

How to Be an Effective Public School Principal in Five Easy Steps!13 comments

Fork in My Eye wrote 5 days ago: As the parents of 2 specials needs children, my partner and I have had our share of run-ins with the … more →

Tags: Family, Humor, Parenting, Advocate, American Public Education, Best interests, Child, Education, IEP

MangoGate and Anarchist Teacher Fruit and Vegetable Activists3 comments

slekar wrote 6 days ago: Remember MangoGate? In case you’ve forgotten, last month students in Elsap, MO were stunned when tak … more →

Tags: public schools, Education reform, Curriculum 2

Interesting little convo last night on #soschat, #aft thoroughly in the tank for #commoncore

Chalk Face wrote 6 days ago: Well, there seems to be little hope of any legitimate debate on the common core if even one of the l … more →

Tags: Education reform, Teachers Unions, AFT, weigarten

Go Make a Difference21 comments

Ruth Ayres wrote 1 week ago: Tonight’s post is just a little reminder. Your story matters. Your teaching matters. Take a mi … more →

Tags: Reflective practice

Ssshhhh! Testing in progress.

dublinea wrote 1 week ago: Anonymous. “Ssshhhh! Testing in progress.”  Blog.  All Things Education.  May 17, 2011. … more →

Posts you should read on testing courtesy of @stoptesting15 and @imaginewi

Chalk Face wrote 1 week ago: On teachers not being bystanders, one of the biggest problems with bullying are the bystanders. I … more →

Tags: Education reform, New York, Wisconsin, opt-out, walker

New Digs, The Furminator, and SOLs

curious wrote 1 week ago: I haven’t had a free Saturday in such a long time that I hardly know what to do with myself.  I had … more →

Tags: Me, Teaching, photos, Home Sweet Home, golden retriever, New house, kitchen valance, Photos 2

Half of Florida H.S. Students Fail Reading Test1 comment

Jim wrote 1 week ago: Nearly half of Florida high school students failed the reading portion of the state’s new toug … more →

Tags: Education, media, Politics, Society, Florida, Reading, Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test, fcat, florida state board of education

Funny anecdote on #testing, #optout, and speaking truth to power

Chalk Face wrote 1 week ago: Posted to Facebook today: Funny story… I was with some consultants the NYCDOE hired from a pre … more →

Tags: Education reform, common core, New York, DoE, optout

A Mover and a Shaker1 comment

lilywrites wrote 1 week ago: In case you were wondering, yes I did fall off the face of the earth three weeks ago.  And I have ju … more →

Tags: Positive Thinking, Exercise, Think Outside The Box, Moving, Humor, Books, Book List, GRE, Duluth

Talking with Taylor Mali + a Giveaway48 comments

Stacey Shubitz wrote 1 week ago: A review copy of this book was provided by the Penguin Group who is also giving away three copies of … more →

Tags: Charter Schools, Interview, Poetry, Taylor Mali

If you left any part of the test unfinished, please go back and finish it now.2 comments

rebeccaoftomorrow wrote 1 week ago: I worked pretty hard on yesterday’s blog post…. so, please go and read through it, and a … more →

Tags: Writing #2, Humor, crime scene investigation, procedural dramas

Can We Influence Public Policy? Shifting Data Resources from Systems to People

diananunnaley wrote 1 week ago: In early May, TERC’s Using Data Director, Diana Nunnaley, was invited to attend an important nationa … more →

Tags: news and events, data driven decision making, Collaboration, Data Policy, Making Time, Professional Development 2, collaborative data inquiry, Data Literacy, data policy

If I Wrote Standardized Tests . . . 10 comments

rebeccaoftomorrow wrote 1 week ago: So I’ve been proctoring E.O.G.s or End of Grade Tests at my daughters’ elementary school … more →

Tags: Writing #2, Humor, writing, Reading, Crime / Drama, crime procedurals, The Mentalist, CSI, Bones

Define Authority3 comments

Tom wrote 1 week ago: “People will accept your idea much more readily if you tell them Benjamin Franklin said it first.“ ~ … more →

Tags: emotional intensity, gifted, gifted children, Giftedness, gifted adults, intensity, 2E, gifted and 2E

The worst eighth grade math teacher in NYC. - A. Pallas

dublinea wrote 1 week ago: Pallas, Aaron.  ”The worst eighth grade math teacher in New York City.”  A Sociological  … more →

Tags: Value added, Evaluations

The Monkeys of Typewriter Island3 comments

Constant Geographer wrote 1 week ago: I write because I think. My thoughts need a form. I give them a form through the laborious machinati … more →

Tags: Education, Higher Education, Assessment, Literature, writing, Apple, Reading, facebook, common core


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