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I have just finished reading this article from the Washington Post. It basically reports that the Maryland Board of Education has decided to put several public schools, which are consistently underperforming, in the hands of private contractors and charter schools. The plan is that the private contractors and charter schools will be better trained and [...]
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I just finished listening this podcast from the Education Podcast Network. The topic of this is one that is very near my heart, i.e. Trivia. Although I did not do very well answering the questions, I can see the potential of podcasts.
If I wanted to allow students the possibility for extra credit, I could produce [...]
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This article, from the Washington Post, has introduced a new aspect of teaching which I have yet to seriously think about, the parents of the “Millennial Generation.” These parents are hyper-involved in their child’s education, so much so that it has become a problem for some teachers.
Personally, I am surprised that this has even become [...]
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This article, entitled “Fla. To link Teacher Pay to Students’ Test Scores,” initially had me skeptical, but by the end of the three page article, it almost has me convinced.
Essentially, the plan is to introduce a new test, which will be assessed and then compared to the student’s past performance on the test. From the [...]
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Through my bloglines, I have discovered a new tool that could be used for educational or recreational purposes. It is a catalog of NASA images and animations of Earth. It includes day and nighttime satellite photographs. I personally find this sort of catalog incredibly interesting, as, during the nighttime photographs, one can [...]
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As I was reading my bloglines this morning, I came across this article from CNN.com. This article, entitled “Top schools preserve social rifts,” deals with the top private schools in England, and how the affect the country.
A very large section of the ruling elite, including Prime Ministers, Lawyers, Princes, have gone to schools such as [...]
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Colorado Teacher, Jay Bennish, has been put on a paid leave after a lecture in February that compared Bush’s State of the Union address to any number of Hitler’s speeches. Fox News has two articles, here and here. Washington Post also has an article on Bennish’s reply to these charges.
To me, this is more than [...]
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As I was browsing the Washington Post through my bloglines this week, I came across this article, dealing with a volunteer program that has senior citizens coming into schools to tutor students.
This program helps, essentially, everyone: schools, the students, and the volunteers. The schools receive free help and become able to provide individualized instruction that [...]
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I have been keeping an eye on the Muslim response to the Danish Cartoon depicting the Prophet Muhammad wearing a bomb on his head instead of a turban. Ultimately, to me, the entire situation boils down to the fact that some Danish cartoonists created this cartoon, ignorant of how the nation of Islam would take [...]
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Today, I came across an interesting article from Xplanazine. As the title indicates, this article comments on the relevance of textbooks and educators. With the advent of computers and the internet, the price of information (as opposed to knowledge, defined as information that is supplemented with context and interactivity) has dropped significantly. The author then [...]
