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Leading the way in education - instead of following the failing neo liberal agenda

treehornexpress wrote 2 weeks ago: by Bruce Hammonds Reposted from Leading-Learning. ‘Education in America  is at a crossroads … more →

Tags: New Zealand, Bruce Hammonds, National Standards

Wonderful Satire By Yong Zhao

gfbrandenburg wrote 2 months ago: His headline and first paragraph or so:   What’s Still Missing in American Education and How to … more →

Tags: mathematics, Education, measurement, Social Policy, america, Testing, China, High Stakes

The Weekly Update: Seattle teachers stand firm, testing push back around the country, a parent offers ideas for those opt-out days and Yong Zhao on testing and standardization2 comments

seattleducation2011 wrote 3 months ago: The Weekly Update for the news and views you might have missed. It’s been quite a week in our … more →

Tags: map, Weekly Update, Opting Out of High Stakes Testing, Seattle Public Schools, chicago public schools, Measure of Academic Progress, Starr*

Distance is dead!

deniselofts wrote 4 months ago: Global educational treasure hunt for bite-size portions of learning wisdom. (Draft ideas) Oregon Uni … more →

Tags: leadership, Fellowship

Yin Zhen Zhi Ke: Drinking Poison to Quench Thirst

Christel Swasey wrote 4 months ago:   Earlier this year, in an interview with World Observer, Yong Zhao likened the current educati … more →

Tags: academic standards, Democrats and Republicans agree, How the Common Core Initiative Hurts Kids, Teachers, an, common core, Drinking Poison to Quench Thirst, futile exercise, High Stakes Testing, narrowing curriculum, Standardized Tests

Yong Zhao: On Educational Freedom 1 comment

Christel Swasey wrote 4 months ago: Yong Zhao It’s always fun to watch smart people debate an important topic, but it’s espe … more →

Tags: Evidence That Utah Lost Educational Sovereignty Under C, It's Not Too Late To Reclaim Educational Sovereignty Fo, Transparency Problems: Why Won't State Leaders Answer Q, How the Common Core Initiative Hurts Kids, Teachers, an, academic standards, educational freedom, common core, Human Rights, Education reform

Dr. Yong Zhao: Educate Innovators, Not Test-takers!1 comment

Write Now wrote 6 months ago: Dr. Yong Zhao is an internationally-acclaimed education expert and a prolific writer with a widely-r … more →

Tags: Oakland Schools, Education reform, CareerTechEd, Education 2, Global Education, Education, Entrepeneurs

The "K Playbook": Professional Learning for a Lifetime 1 comment

pamelamoran wrote 6 months ago: World Peace Gamers A mentor once said to me that he had never seen a kindergartener arrive at school … more →

Tags: Culture, Game Changers, leadership, school culture, 21st century learning, educational change, Institute of Play, MIT kindergarten lab, Professional Learning Communities

Of Testing and Teaching, Carts and Horses

Alane Starko wrote 8 months ago: It would not come as any surprise to any teacher I know, that the United States’ current obses … more →

Tags: Creativity in the News, Creativity and Assessment, Creativity and Culture, creativity and test scores, PISA math scores, Global Entrepreneurship Monitor, international creativity ratings

Moving Beyond the One Right Answer Trap1 comment

Alane Starko wrote 9 months ago: A few weeks ago I had the interesting opportunity to be interviewed for BAM Radio, an internet radio … more →

Tags: Creativity in the News, Creativity and learning, Creativity and Culture, Creativity, Creativity in the classroom, Justin Snider, BAM Radio, One Right Answer

Quote of the Week: 13th August2 comments

Matt On China wrote 9 months ago: “分久必合,合久必分” (After a long split comes a union, after a long union comes a split) Used to … more →

Tags: Quote of the week, China, Travel, Chinese, Economics, Economy, reform, Deng Xiaoping, Proverb

Entrepreneur Education to Save Our Dominance

jackwest1972 wrote 9 months ago: Four weeks ago I was sitting at Sharon Park Starbucks in Menlo Park chatting with two colleagues abo … more →

Tags: EdTech, Education, Teaching, technology, Future, Critical Thinking, goorulearning, Peter Thiel, Kaufman Foundation

Entrepreneur Education to Save Our Dominance

jackwest1972 wrote 9 months ago: Four weeks ago I was sitting at Sharon Park Starbucks in Menlo Park chatting with two colleagues abo … more →

Tags: EdTech, Education, Teaching, technology, Future, Critical Thinking, goorulearning, Peter Thiel, Kaufman Foundation

A School for Steve Jobs

Michael Sclafani wrote 9 months ago: Somewhere in the last few years, a model has taken shape that the goal of a school should be to crea … more →

Tags: Education Philosophy, Innovation, grit, Steve Jobs, İşte, Tony Wagner, dominic randolph, David Levin

Weekly Update: The Zone of Doublethink, are charter schools leading to more gang violence in Chicago? and a legislator in Mississippi asked the question "Who ARE these people?!"

seattleducation2011 wrote 10 months ago: The Seattle Education Weekly Update, news you might have missed. “Systems in history are defin … more →

Tags: Weekly Update, Online Learning (Churning) Centers, Charter Schools, teach for america, Wendy Kopp, Online Learning, KIPP CHARTER SCHOOLS, Initiative 1240, Wal Mart Waltons

Planes, Trains and Conferences - Part 1: ISTE 20122 comments

jennylu wrote 10 months ago: (Sorry, late getting to some reflective posts about recent conferences. I’m holidaying with th … more →

Tags: sheryl nussbaum-beach, Carolyn Foote, Lisa Parisi, ewan mcintosh, Toorak College, Doug Johnson, information fluency, Leanne Windsor, İşte

Yong Zhao Keynote from ITSE12

Mark wrote 10 months ago: ISTE12 was run and won this past week.  One of the keynote speakers was Yong Zhoa, whose talk was re … more →

Tags: Education, YouTube, united states, Global, İşte, Globalization

ISTE 3: My brane is full

Sue Boudreau wrote 11 months ago: I’m sitting in “The Bloggers’ Cafe”, an area with comfy chairs set up so you … more →

Tags: Conference Reports, Biodiversity and Ecology, Snapshot Science, Creativity, Environmental Education, Project Based Learning, technology in class, Reflections, Photos to support curriculum

Stem Cell Therapy May Reverse Diabetes1 comment

earlstevens58 wrote 1 year ago: Stem Cell Therapy May Reverse Diabetes. From Medscape Medical News Stem Cell Therapy May Reverse Dia … more →

Tags: stem cell therapy, Stem cells, diabetes, Stem Cell, BMC Medicine, China, Diabetes mellitus type 1, University of Illinois at Chicago, Regulatory T cell


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