tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-66368206417199480482012-07-28T12:20:23.457-04:00Welcome to my humble little corner of the web. The goal here is to discuss issues in education that strike me as important as news or trends.EduDeCaphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01178831883434159829noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6636820641719948048.post-20258792955490622112011-02-02T19:19:00.001-05:002011-02-21T08:02:52.757-05:002011-02-21T08:02:52.757-05:00

First of all: what a great, well-made movie.  Likable characters, well-edited, well-written. Looking to school leadership, I really identify with Geoffrey Rush's character Lionel Logue. Mr. Logue's job was help the Duke of York, aka Bertie, who goes on to become King George VI with his speech impediment. He stuttered ("stammered" in the movie). Logue was a nobody from the colonies. He certainly

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Riding is My Ritalin | Bicycling Magazine More proof re: the wonders of a good dose of physical activity...

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Online classroom could replace 'snow days': "In Kentucky and Ohio, the states' education departments are working on creating an online school program for use during snow days, reports Cindy Kranz for the Cincinnati Enquirer. In Ohio, the state has already launched a pilot project to provide online assignments to snowbound students as a way to satisfy the requirements of a school day. In Kentucky,

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I just posted about recruiting teachers in rural districts. Here is just another article about the same topic- this time focused on the difficulty of keeping math teachers in high-poverty areas. Some school districts have resorted to recruiting math teachers from overseas, while others have offered perks such as signing bonuses, housing assistance and student loan forgiveness.Hmmm...never had an

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Just a few words today on a great book.  Ruby Payne's A Framework for Understanding Poverty is a really worthy read whether you are a teacher or not.  It is certainly worth the read if you are in any form of human services. About five years ago, my district focused on poverty for the entire year's professional development.  Teachers who were around for The Poverty Conference still talk about

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Busy day today with catching up on grading and heading off to a track meet. Thought I'd share a few covers from the past week or so. It started with the Newsweek story and cover. Then two other publications shot back. New York Teacher with this... And, normally above the fray, Educational Leadership dropped this one...

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I've been thinking about the cuts that are going on everywhere.  Wall Street didn't generate the tax receipts New York is accustomed to, The Gov has decided his last act is going to be a slash-and-burn fix of the State budget.  And, icing on the cake, the area is seeing declining enrollment.  So...cuts. Cuts to programs, cuts to staffing. The cuts have to be so deep that districts have even asked

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One year, a new Technology teacher taught for a week in September. Over the first weekend, he called the school to say that his grade book was on his desk, he was not returning. More than a few times, a teacher who was supposed to start in September decided to teach somewhere else...in late August. One year I was asked to teach Spanish (I'm an ELA teacher by the way). At one point, my

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Our Board of Regents recently approved programs for prospective teachers to get their Masters. Our new Commissioner is the former Dean of Hunter College School of Education as "is best known for his leadership of the national effort to transform teacher preparation and improve teacher quality." In one of his first speeches to the State, he said his and the Regents' focus would be on remaking

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EdWeek ran a piece recently that doesn't get much air time: the rural schools with dropout issues.  I've always said that we have just as many problems as urban districts, but often we have fewer resources.  I think we also get overlooked because out populations are so much smaller.  From a sheer numbers point of view it seems to make sense.  Go solve the problems in areas with the densest

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