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Urban Techno-Pedagogy: Generation Next
http://urban-techno-pedagogy.blogspot.com/2014/03/generation-next.html
The website for Generation Next. Says the group is "a broad partnership of organizations and leaders from across the Twin Cities" representing schools, government, businesses and community organizations, "all dedicated to educational excellence and narrowing the achievement gap.". Mission statement: "To dramatically accelerate educational achievement of all children from early childhood through early career through an aligned partnership of community stakeholders.". Center for School Change. Simple templ...
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TFA continues to set new corps members up for failure | Gary Rubinstein's Blog
https://garyrubinstein.wordpress.com/2015/07/08/tfasetsupforfailure
Gary Rubinstein's Blog. A blog about education by a math teacher. Teaching As Leadership Book Critique. The Three Stooges of School Turnaround. TFA endorses Murphy’s Law →. TFA continues to set new corps members up for failure. July 8, 2015. I miss the era when my blog was hosted on the teachforus.org. I haven’t heard much from the new TFA 2015 class. Aside from some “Yay! Back in the day before teachforus.org was gutted, I’d sometimes, in my less-well-advised posts, take something I’d re...So the TFA Ho...
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Is Teaching a Profession, an Occupation, a Calling, or a Job? | The Merrow Report
https://themerrowreport.com/2015/06/19/is-teaching-a-profession-an-occupation-a-calling-or-a-job
Is Teaching a Profession, an Occupation, a Calling, or a Job? Is Teaching a Profession, an Occupation, a Calling, or a Job? June 19, 2015. August 6, 2015. So, are they quitting because they’re fed up with their heavy-handed union bosses? The hostility of the question took me by surprise. I was explaining to my dinner companion, a veteran lawyer, that 40% of teachers leave the field within five years, and right away he jumped to his anti-union conclusion disguised as a question. Certainly, teachers and th...
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Closing the Achievement Gap: A Look at Alternative Licensing | Richard Mammen for School Board
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Richard Mammen for School Board. Closing the Achievement Gap: A Look at Alternative Licensing. This topic is not unique to Minnesota; it is up for debate nationally. Here are links to two articles, one from Minnpost.com and the other from the New York Times. These articles provide perspective on the issue at both a local and national level. Http:/ roomfordebate.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/08/16/education-degrees-and-teachers-pay/. Minneapolis Public Schools serves a population that is over 70% students of col...
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Hook-ups, football players and the question of morality | A pilgrim's way
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A pilgrim's way. Reflections on walking, gardening and writing. A pilgrim’s way. A pilgrim’s way. Hook-ups, football players and the question of morality. December 23, 2016. December 23, 2016. I got 13 pages into the University of Minnesota’s report on football players’ sexual assault. They were so bonded that one player expressed more regret about trashing a teammate’s room than about the young woman they’d assaulted there. To quote Michelle Obama. This has shaken me to my core. Because the players were...
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Taking a Stand in Baltimore | cityneighborsfoundationblog
https://cityneighborsfoundationblog.org/2015/04/29/taking-a-stand-in-baltimore
Thoughts and ideas on great public education in Baltimore City. Laquo; Journeys to Freedom: City Neighbors, Reginald F. Lewis, and Shakespeare. Taking a Stand in Baltimore. April 29, 2015. We will continue to share images and the work and thoughts of our students, teachers, and community. Look closely! These are the children of Baltimore. Students at City Neighbors in a thoughtful moment, working together. April 29, 2015 at 8:23 am. April 29, 2015 at 8:00 am. April 28, 2015 at 11:18 pm. I’m so prou...
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Subscribe to Updates | Put Kids First Minneapolis
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Sign Up For Updates. Subscribe to receive updates from our blog! We respect your privacy and will never share your email address or send you anything other than updates to this blog. Can–or should–the Minneapolis School Board Be Saved? Congrats, Dr. Paez: Welcome to the impossible job of running Minneapolis Public Schools. Watching whiteness work: the Black Friday edition. Show up, work hard, fall farther behind: the latest results in Minneapolis should make us wince. 2016 Put Kids First Minneapolis.
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Students benefit from Voucher Programs | Kansas Education: Public Policy in Kansas and Beyond
https://kansaseducation.wordpress.com/2011/06/22/students-benefit-from-voucher-programs
Kansas Education: Public Policy in Kansas and Beyond. Students benefit from Voucher Programs. Writing for the Foundation for Education Choice, Jeff Reed explains the benefits of school choice in a letter to the Johnson County Sun. 8220;Nine of the 10 “gold standard” studies examining voucher programs concluded that some or all participants benefited academically. By John R. LaPlante. June 22, 2011 at 1:14 pm. Both comments and trackbacks are currently closed. FAQs about charter schools. Trends in total s...
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Sue your way to … high spending levels | Kansas Education: Public Policy in Kansas and Beyond
https://kansaseducation.wordpress.com/2010/11/08/sue-your-way-to-high-spending-levels
Kansas Education: Public Policy in Kansas and Beyond. Sue your way to … high spending levels. Kansas is developing a new tradition: School districts suing the people, through the Legislature. The website Kansas Reporter (affiliated, as I am, with the Kansas Policy Institute) has taken note of recent developments. About 60 school districts. A follow-up article tells about the members of a 3-judge panel that will hear the lawsuit. By John R. LaPlante. November 8, 2010 at 9:34 pm. FAQs about charter schools.
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Not so great after all | Kansas Education: Public Policy in Kansas and Beyond
https://kansaseducation.wordpress.com/2012/02/10/not-so-great-after-all
Kansas Education: Public Policy in Kansas and Beyond. Not so great after all. Kansans often think that their public schools do well on national tests. And they do–but only if we’re grading on a curve. For more, see a recent press release from the Kansas Policy Institute. By John R. LaPlante. February 10, 2012 at 11:44 am. Both comments and trackbacks are currently closed. Report nicks Kansas for lack of AP opportunities. Take a lesson from Wisconsin ». FAQs about charter schools. How much do we spend?
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