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Education and Community: AED Scholar Activity
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Discussion of the contributions of schooling and the broader community in the education of the members of a democratic society. This page includes reports of various activities being carried out by Agenda for Education in a Democracy Scholars. Posted 4 12 11). The other grant, “Growing Inquiring Minds,” involves Parkway School District, St. Louis Public Schools, and the Archdiocese and Lutheran systems. This grant supports summer workshops as well. Posted 2 1 11). Posted 1 31 11). 8 Leadership by Outrage.
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Education and Community: Washington State Happenings
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Discussion of the contributions of schooling and the broader community in the education of the members of a democratic society. From the January WASA Hotline. Published by the Washington Association of School Administrators. Legislative Special Session Adjourns— Regular Session Ready to begin. When legislators adjourned the 2011 Legislative Session in May, they had adopted the 2011–13 Operating Budget. With $723 million in reserve. Supplemental Operating Budget Request. Need to be alert and active in the...
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Education and Community: LODS Updates
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Discussion of the contributions of schooling and the broader community in the education of the members of a democratic society. This page reports updates from the League of Democratic Schools. Jim Strickland, Marysvilled Washington teacher shares the following:. I'm just finishing rereading his Education and the Nature of Man. Published in 1952 with Marie Rasey. Here are a couple of good quotes:. Activities can be judged by observing whether they bring people together or drive them apart. We now know tha...
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Teaching and Writing: Unrelated Goals: Making Motivation out of Nothing
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Unrelated Goals: Making Motivation out of Nothing. I have been very busy, but I am feeling better now. It's nice to have two very relative terms squished together as an excuse. What exactly is "busy" and how much is "very"? In more concrete terms, I have had enough tasks to perform in consecutation that to sit and write had been a chore, or if nothing else, unsettling. I am refreshed having accomplished such an important goal. It has given me an incredible amount of motivation: I'm fixing my home, te...
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Teaching and Writing: "With such low expectations, it's easy to impress." Pamela Anderson
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With such low expectations, it's easy to impress." Pamela Anderson. The mistake has been made, if you can call it that. I'm pretty sure I wouldn't. Not that there was any problem with the lesson. She was working diligently with two sets of tens and sixteen sets of hundreds, and writing seven- and eight-digit numbers out longhand. We had even turned the expanded form of a number into a code, which she cracked easier than she had cracked arbitrary codes. Then she designed a place-value train. A professiona...
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Education and Community: Readings and Other Opportunities
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Discussion of the contributions of schooling and the broader community in the education of the members of a democratic society. Readings and Other Opportunities. THIS PAGE PROVIDES REVIEWS OF BOOKS, RECOMMENDATIONS FOR READING, AND SHORT ARTICLES OF GENERAL INTEREST AS WELL AS OTHER OPPORTUNITIES. Postd 9 10 10). Nadine asked, "Is this a business? I was left wondering, “Is a business model appropriate for education? 8221; Please do not think I am Pollyannaish here. I recognize the need for responsibl...
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Education and Community: Education Not Just Schooling
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Discussion of the contributions of schooling and the broader community in the education of the members of a democratic society. Education Not Just Schooling. Posted 8 3 10). Posted 8 1 2010). Reports that the way the community has engaged with an elementary school in Redmond, Oregon has changed a failing school into a successful one. If the success reported in Redmond is true why are we engaged in other unproven strategies instead of encouraging the development of more such community involvement? The Har...
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Education and Community: Education and the Media
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Discussion of the contributions of schooling and the broader community in the education of the members of a democratic society. Education and the Media. Posted 1 14 11). Burned by the Media? The Media and the Message: Interview with Chris Broderick (Part 1). Since the end of that program, I have continued to hear from K-12 and college educators who are unhappy with journalists and to see evidence of continued frustration and lack of trust of educators by journalists. To learn more about his observations ...
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VARC Blog: May 2006
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This blog is intended to support the discussion of longitudinal data systems and value-added analysis in education. This includes both various growth models of student learning as well as robust designs for program and policy evaluation. Wednesday, May 31, 2006. An Adoption Strategy for Social Software in the Enterprise. Many-to-Many:. Wednesday, May 31, 2006. Monday, May 29, 2006. Growth Models: Results of the pilot request evaluations. Monday, May 29, 2006. Saturday, May 27, 2006. Saturday, May 27, 2006.
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VARC Blog: August 2008
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This blog is intended to support the discussion of longitudinal data systems and value-added analysis in education. This includes both various growth models of student learning as well as robust designs for program and policy evaluation. Sunday, August 03, 2008. Guest post by Heather Johnson. I was interested when Heather asked me if she could do a guest post. The title link (above) links back to the teachingtips.com blog where one can find some of Heather's other posts. 8211; a standardized test is reli...
