tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6220110074309534174Thu, 17 May 2012 18:49:24 +0000Dalyn MontgomeryTeacher AccountabilityJasmine Lowejovan milesVirginia Education ForumJovan D. MilesspssHBCUsAcademic DishonestyEducation ReformParentingEconomicsCyber BullyingLaw SchoolPayPalRacegraduateWomenTax CreditSchool Choiceopen sourceBlack historyGovernor Jerry BrownAchievement GapJasmineDLoweChris CoyneTestingAdriel HiltonedreformPell GrantsCalifornia CollegesBen NicelyBooker T. WashingtonPresident Barack ObamaThai-Huy NguyenEd TechpostmodernismPedagogyJohn S. WilsonCorporatismCareerU.S. Census BureauNational Inflation AssociationHigher EdThe Chronicle of Higher EducationLGBTTeacher IncentivesVirginia FoxxNYC Public SchoolsChronicle of Higher EducationCivicsBlack CollegesPolicyRep. 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LoweadvocacyStudents FirstMonise SewardCathie BlackGovernmentDu BoisGeorge AllenAssessmentEarly CollegeSpecial EducationMarybeth GasmanRon ZiglercheatingContingent Facultytechnical educationbill gatesRachel LevyAndre SerretteSchool FundingCharter Schoolshigh schoolDiversity in EducationAlice GinsbergMichelle RheeSchool AdministrationAldous HuxleyThiel fellowshipTeach for AmericaLSAT FreedomIndiaHouse Higher Education SubcommitteeLee SkallerupCollege TuitionsciencelinuxSteve UshiodaSteven S. UshiodateachersNatalie MunroeStudent LearningRachelle Winkle-WagnerEducational ResourcespoliticsCaliforniaclosing the digital divideNew York CityTechGreenAmy Chuateacher effectivenessEd ReformBishop HendersonSchool SegregationA.L. FlemingPaying athletesparentsUrban EdAmerican SchoolsHOPE GrantEconomyfirst generation college studentsdiplomapay for performanceJesse NickelsonDiverse StudentsplagiarismSheena ReedDebt Ceilinghistoryinternational educationNathan HarringtonPolicy Diary Education ForumJohn RileyJoint DegreesStudent OutcomesJulie Andersonatlanta public schoolsmoneyhttp://www.soeducated.com/noreply@blogger.com (John S. Wilson)Blogger139125SoEducatedhttp://feedburner.google.comSubscribe with My Yahoo!Subscribe with NewsGatorSubscribe with My AOLSubscribe with BloglinesSubscribe with NetvibesSubscribe with GoogleSubscribe with PageflakesSubscribe with PlusmoSubscribe with The Free DictionarySubscribe with Bitty BrowserSubscribe with Live.comSubscribe with Excite MIXSubscribe with WebwagSubscribe with Podcast ReadySubscribe with WikioSubscribe with Daily Rotationtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6220110074309534174.post-7340009426198430642Tue, 25 Oct 2011 23:07:00 +00002011-10-29T20:07:23.986-04:00Steve UshiodaEconomyDemocracyCivicsGovernmentLocalismGreenPresident Obama loves education, and he also loves green energy and "green jobs." He wants to make sure America and its children stay on top (or if they are not currently on top to encourage them to race there, quickly). If this means a Chinese child must be left behind because of the competitive nature of today's global economy, that's tough but at least it was a fair race. I support our http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/SoEducated/~3/5T7M33AZG5g/how-do-you-teach-civics-in-government.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (S Ushioda)0<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/SoEducated?a=5T7M33AZG5g:utgOdNZ_UyI:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/SoEducated?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/SoEducated?a=5T7M33AZG5g:utgOdNZ_UyI:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/SoEducated?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/SoEducated/~4/5T7M33AZG5g" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.soeducated.com/2011/10/how-do-you-teach-civics-in-government.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6220110074309534174.post-4946072164665101681Tue, 18 Oct 2011 01:06:00 +00002011-12-15T20:44:59.056-05:00Computers are important for running the world now because the world is getting very complicated, and computers are usually the best (and often only) way to represent complicated things. I like to look at the advertisements for large computer companies such as IBM, Oracle, and SAP in glossy magazines. They tell us that their products will help the executive make correct decisions under conditions http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/SoEducated/~3/az9PRjtt3C8/educating-for-large-scale-civilizations.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (S Ushioda)0<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/SoEducated?a=az9PRjtt3C8:VSL2f-2Bww0:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/SoEducated?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/SoEducated?a=az9PRjtt3C8:VSL2f-2Bww0:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/SoEducated?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/SoEducated/~4/az9PRjtt3C8" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.soeducated.com/2011/10/educating-for-large-scale-civilizations.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6220110074309534174.post-8398288401935201020Mon, 26 Sep 2011 13:38:00 +00002011-09-28T00:54:11.220-04:00NCAAPaying athletesAt what point did a college education become completely worthless to the collegiate athletes walking around on college campuses throughout the country?  A few weeks have already passed in the 2011 football season and it still seems like more and more college football scandals are revealed and investigations seem to be ongoing.  Athletes continue to constantly accept benefit after benefit along http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/SoEducated/~3/WLwId_G8tVg/collegiate-athletes-are-supposed-to-be_26.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Andre Serrette)0<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/SoEducated?a=WLwId_G8tVg:uiwCIslw_HQ:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/SoEducated?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/SoEducated?a=WLwId_G8tVg:uiwCIslw_HQ:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/SoEducated?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/SoEducated/~4/WLwId_G8tVg" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.soeducated.com/2011/09/collegiate-athletes-are-supposed-to-be_26.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6220110074309534174.post-3167103428405347079Fri, 29 Jul 2011 10:30:00 +00002011-07-29T06:30:56.934-04:00Pell GrantsDebt CeilingRep. RehbergJohn S. Wilson That's what the GOP would like you to believe. The Hill reported late last night that one of the sticking points in passing Speaker John Boehner's (R-OH) debt ceiling plan was an increase of $17 billion in Pell Grants over 2 years. An addition Boehner added to the plan in order to make it more palatable to Democrats and the White House. Never mind that Pres. Obama already has said that he http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/SoEducated/~3/GDrFoIcfWAI/rep-denny-rehberg-pell-grants-are.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (John S. Wilson)0<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/SoEducated?a=GDrFoIcfWAI:YUmqDPyplzA:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/SoEducated?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/SoEducated?a=GDrFoIcfWAI:YUmqDPyplzA:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/SoEducated?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/SoEducated/~4/GDrFoIcfWAI" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.soeducated.com/2011/07/rep-denny-rehberg-pell-grants-are.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6220110074309534174.post-7054605816142483406Wed, 20 Jul 2011 11:00:00 +00002011-07-20T07:00:11.736-04:00JasmineDLoweJasmine D. LoweJob ExperienceJDLCollege ConspiracyHigher EdI had just come home from a long day at work at my minimum wage paying department store job when I was confronted with this question on a website that I had happened to stumble upon: Considering the ever-increasing cost of higher education, and the student loans which many college kids amass while working for their various degrees, do you feel the economy actually turned the tide and made job http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/SoEducated/~3/GgJUTMxCQvc/job-experience-vs-higher-education.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Jasmine Lowe)3<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/SoEducated?a=GgJUTMxCQvc:-m8p70vRXxs:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/SoEducated?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/SoEducated?a=GgJUTMxCQvc:-m8p70vRXxs:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/SoEducated?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/SoEducated/~4/GgJUTMxCQvc" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.soeducated.com/2011/07/job-experience-vs-higher-education.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6220110074309534174.post-1998671426602383440Wed, 20 Jul 2011 02:03:00 +00002011-07-20T09:59:50.244-04:00It is puzzling to hear in today’s economic climate that we do not know how to prepare the kids of today for the job market of tomorrow. We know it will require high competency in technology, the ability to work in teams and a willingness to think outside the box to solve problems.As most Americans believe, our education system is not doing the job. It’s not like we as teachers do not know that ashttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/SoEducated/~3/9fJOVbswxKA/we-know-what-jobs-of-future-will-be-21.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Nicely2010)0<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/SoEducated?a=9fJOVbswxKA:Ot1MlmFPtkA:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/SoEducated?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/SoEducated?a=9fJOVbswxKA:Ot1MlmFPtkA:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/SoEducated?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/SoEducated/~4/9fJOVbswxKA" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.soeducated.com/2011/07/we-know-what-jobs-of-future-will-be-21.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6220110074309534174.post-7640559899484465659Mon, 27 Jun 2011 20:53:00 +00002011-06-27T16:54:25.328-04:00Law SchoolJohn S. WilsonHigher Ed The NYT tells us what we already know today but with some shiny numbers to back it up: there are too many attorneys these days. A consulting firm compared the number of persons passing the bar exam in a particular state to the number of job openings. This isn't foolproof by any means, but it does give offer a nice correlation. For example, some commenters pointed out (correctly) that the number http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/SoEducated/~3/GkIvEQVsCy0/too-many-attorneys-pretty-much.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (John S. Wilson)3<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/SoEducated?a=GkIvEQVsCy0:sLg5T3Varls:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/SoEducated?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/SoEducated?a=GkIvEQVsCy0:sLg5T3Varls:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/SoEducated?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/SoEducated/~4/GkIvEQVsCy0" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.soeducated.com/2011/06/too-many-attorneys-pretty-much.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6220110074309534174.post-4514005965294996056Mon, 06 Jun 2011 15:37:00 +00002011-06-06T11:37:00.423-04:00HBCUsAndre SerretteHigher Ed By Andre Serrette Over the past decade or so, I have read numerous articles and arguments about whether or not historically black colleges and universities are necessary or even relevant in today’s society. From the perspective of the black community, HBCUs are extremely relevant, as they still produce the most black professionals that exist in the country today along with giving black students http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/SoEducated/~3/ec4j_tROekM/quest-for-hbcus-to-be-heard.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (John S. Wilson)1<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/SoEducated?a=ec4j_tROekM:USf2J6KSpJ0:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/SoEducated?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/SoEducated?a=ec4j_tROekM:USf2J6KSpJ0:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/SoEducated?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/SoEducated/~4/ec4j_tROekM" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.soeducated.com/2011/06/quest-for-hbcus-to-be-heard.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6220110074309534174.post-8944363553968131435Mon, 06 Jun 2011 12:53:00 +00002011-06-07T18:56:01.272-04:00John S. WilsonHigher EdJim Tressel The college sports world was rocked over the weekend upon hearing that Jim Tressel, coach of The Ohio State University football team, had resigned. Due to his actions in not reporting unethical behavior among five of his players and lying about when he knew what, Tressel decided to hightail it and run before the NCAA started handing out sanctions and asking questions he would rather not answer. http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/SoEducated/~3/VPHD7faQUh0/ncca-needs-to-make-coaches-pay.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (John S. Wilson)2<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/SoEducated?a=VPHD7faQUh0:jGrGrzBipes:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/SoEducated?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/SoEducated?a=VPHD7faQUh0:jGrGrzBipes:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/SoEducated?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/SoEducated/~4/VPHD7faQUh0" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.soeducated.com/2011/06/ncca-needs-to-make-coaches-pay.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6220110074309534174.post-7421787416537433615Thu, 02 Jun 2011 13:34:00 +00002011-06-02T09:48:55.819-04:00When Osama Bin Laden was killed on May 2, 2011, most of my students could not comprehend the meaning of his death only that in the dark times we live in, that America finally succeeded at something . Most of my high school students have no background knowledge of the last decade’s major policies, events, wars, and hardships with terrorism. For those who have had loved ones engaged in operations http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/SoEducated/~3/ls1FI2uTksU/high-school-students-understanding-bin.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Nicely2010)2<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/SoEducated?a=ls1FI2uTksU:WbF8hzBCXZI:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/SoEducated?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/SoEducated?a=ls1FI2uTksU:WbF8hzBCXZI:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/SoEducated?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/SoEducated/~4/ls1FI2uTksU" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.soeducated.com/2011/06/high-school-students-understanding-bin.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6220110074309534174.post-4988744191108521381Fri, 27 May 2011 18:11:00 +00002011-05-27T14:11:13.192-04:00high schooldiplomamoneyEconomyhuman capitalNational Inflation AssociationHigher EdJasmine D. LoweunemploymentU.S. Census BureauCollege Conspiracyhigher educationgraduate A growing number of people are claiming the belief that Americans with college degrees earn $1 million more in lifetime income compared to high school graduates without a college degree is just a myth as talk surrounding the rising cost of college tuition bubble up. The documentary, “College Conspiracy,” presented by the National Inflation Association calls for students at the University to drophttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/SoEducated/~3/fYkT7xYQcP0/college-conspiracy.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Jasmine Lowe)1<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/SoEducated?a=fYkT7xYQcP0:PfzGdeebuBM:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/SoEducated?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/SoEducated?a=fYkT7xYQcP0:PfzGdeebuBM:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/SoEducated?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/SoEducated/~4/fYkT7xYQcP0" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.soeducated.com/2011/05/college-conspiracy.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6220110074309534174.post-6254503123020463316Thu, 19 May 2011 14:25:00 +00002011-05-19T10:25:45.074-04:00Antione GreenK-12So Educated Contributor Antoine Green helped to put this event together that will be held at Patrick Henry Elementary School in Richmond, VA later this evening at 7pm. Please read for details, and support by stopping by if you're in the area. From the Richmond Times-Dispatch: Local education alliance aims to engage parentsWhen: Tonight at 7Where: the old Patrick Henry Elementary School, 3411 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/SoEducated/~3/t7HAUFMbz2Y/local-education-alliance-aims-to-engage.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (John S. Wilson)0<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/SoEducated?a=t7HAUFMbz2Y:GYoO9gi5aNo:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/SoEducated?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/SoEducated?a=t7HAUFMbz2Y:GYoO9gi5aNo:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/SoEducated?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/SoEducated/~4/t7HAUFMbz2Y" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.soeducated.com/2011/05/local-education-alliance-aims-to-engage.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6220110074309534174.post-6585085729357980271Sun, 15 May 2011 23:00:00 +00002011-05-30T00:11:21.652-04:00Techtechnical educationclosing the digital dividepostmodernisminternationalK-12Innovationinternational educationPolicytechnologySteven UshiodasciencepoliticsPresident Obama--and others--have asked America (the United States) to improve "hard knowledge" education: Science, mathematics, engineering/computers. I'm all for it. Students who are not knowledgeable in math/science/engineering cannot well comprehend how the modern world works. Citizens who do not understand the scientific method are vulnerable to superstition and are undemanding of their http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/SoEducated/~3/Hp2Mft_Vm04/science-education-critical-vs.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (S Ushioda)0<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/SoEducated?a=Hp2Mft_Vm04:8vVwyA_Tbws:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/SoEducated?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/SoEducated?a=Hp2Mft_Vm04:8vVwyA_Tbws:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/SoEducated?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/SoEducated/~4/Hp2Mft_Vm04" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.soeducated.com/2011/05/science-education-critical-vs.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6220110074309534174.post-8927491679325908945Fri, 13 May 2011 17:06:00 +00002011-05-13T13:06:52.485-04:00Peter ThielPayPalJasmine D. LoweCollege TuitionThiel fellowshipHigher EdWait? What? According to Billionaire libertarian businessman Peter Thiel, the founder and former CEO of PayPal, all college should just drop out by the age of 20. But Jasmine, won’t we have a growing population of uneducated individuals floating around in our nation further effecting the American economy? Yes, yes we will. This is all saying that students at the University level actually follow http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/SoEducated/~3/5oLT7ClOo58/school-is-too-expensive-just-drop-out.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Jasmine Lowe)2<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/SoEducated?a=5oLT7ClOo58:lzcoVgLdjPE:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/SoEducated?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/SoEducated?a=5oLT7ClOo58:lzcoVgLdjPE:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/SoEducated?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/SoEducated/~4/5oLT7ClOo58" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.soeducated.com/2011/05/school-is-too-expensive-just-drop-out.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6220110074309534174.post-8774877055474252531Wed, 20 Apr 2011 13:21:00 +00002011-04-20T09:21:00.208-04:00Michelle RheeEducation ReformK-12 (Excerpt of my column in The Loop 21)There are few cheerleaders for education reform who are as widely respected as Michelle Rhee, former schools “Chancellor” for Washington, D.C.’s troubled public school system. So one would think her record, when objectively viewed, is impeccable and above reproach. Oprah Winfrey seemed to think so when she blew her spot up on prime time; so did TIME magazine http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/SoEducated/~3/POAdyF_NMI4/michelle-rhees-reform-movement-needs.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (John S. Wilson)1<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/SoEducated?a=POAdyF_NMI4:0uP7PAT_0vI:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/SoEducated?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/SoEducated?a=POAdyF_NMI4:0uP7PAT_0vI:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/SoEducated?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/SoEducated/~4/POAdyF_NMI4" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.soeducated.com/2011/04/michelle-rhees-reform-movement-needs.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6220110074309534174.post-3201465954747425822Mon, 18 Apr 2011 00:03:00 +00002011-04-17T20:03:27.169-04:00by Alice E. Ginsberg, Ph.D. By 10:30 a.m. on a rainy Friday morning we were all seated in the school cafeteria, waiting on the arrival of Philadelphia’s Mayor, Michael Nutter.  The occasion was The Wissahickon Charter School’s first Sustainable Cities Summit.  All around me, seventh and eighth grade students, dressed in their best, were exchanging excited whispers curious about the other http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/SoEducated/~3/iSpTNHwpdg4/living-curriculum-wissahickon-charter.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Alice E. Ginsberg)1<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/SoEducated?a=iSpTNHwpdg4:VVijHmIyv9o:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/SoEducated?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/SoEducated?a=iSpTNHwpdg4:VVijHmIyv9o:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/SoEducated?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/SoEducated/~4/iSpTNHwpdg4" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.soeducated.com/2011/04/living-curriculum-wissahickon-charter.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6220110074309534174.post-1061951003181241993Mon, 11 Apr 2011 19:32:00 +00002011-04-11T16:02:40.417-04:00HOPE Scholarshiptechnical educationGeorgiaHOPE Grantfirst generation college studentsChronicle of Higher Education As a parent, former public school educator, and first-generation college graduate, I have been on an emotional roller-coaster these past few weeks as I, along with thousands of other Georgians, awaited the finalized changes to the HOPE, or Helping Outstanding Pupils Educationally, programs. While the majority of the media coverage centered on the HOPE Scholarship, those with plans to enter a 4-http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/SoEducated/~3/20Z8pzAvryg/how-will-cuts-to-hope-programs-change.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Monise L. Seward, Ed.S. - CEO of Me)0<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/SoEducated?a=20Z8pzAvryg:8_hzM9QMLJw:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/SoEducated?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/SoEducated?a=20Z8pzAvryg:8_hzM9QMLJw:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/SoEducated?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/SoEducated/~4/20Z8pzAvryg" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.soeducated.com/2011/04/how-will-cuts-to-hope-programs-change.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6220110074309534174.post-8614866950819746782Fri, 08 Apr 2011 07:34:00 +00002011-04-08T03:52:02.147-04:00Education ReformCathie BlackNew York CityIt took longer for Cathie Black to answer the question of why she wanted the New York City Schools Chancellor job than she actually lasted in it. Well, maybe that's a good thing. After only 5 months, she is resigning and being replaced by a person who should have been appointed in the first place, you know, someone with actual experience in education. Dennis Walcott, deputy mayor for education http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/SoEducated/~3/n84uwTOJRGc/nyc-schools-chancellor-cathie-black.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (John S. Wilson)1<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/SoEducated?a=n84uwTOJRGc:er0D9XhPNmU:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/SoEducated?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/SoEducated?a=n84uwTOJRGc:er0D9XhPNmU:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/SoEducated?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/SoEducated/~4/n84uwTOJRGc" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.soeducated.com/2011/04/nyc-schools-chancellor-cathie-black.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6220110074309534174.post-3255848370236518331Mon, 04 Apr 2011 12:00:00 +00002011-04-04T08:00:10.482-04:00Budget CutsJasmine D. LoweCollege TuitionHigher EdEarly CollegeIt’s pretty much common knowledge that higher education can get expensive, and with recent budget cuts, tuition is skyrocketing even higher, but the public schools in Tulsa, Oklahoma seem have part of that solution. The “Early College” program is a partnership of Tulsa Public Schools and Tulsa Community College. Hey cater to individuals like 15-year-old Sandra Escalante who has a dream to go off http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/SoEducated/~3/AkoVIagkR1A/why-every-school-should-think-about.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Jasmine Lowe)0<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/SoEducated?a=AkoVIagkR1A:07dFhrudWCs:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/SoEducated?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/SoEducated?a=AkoVIagkR1A:07dFhrudWCs:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/SoEducated?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/SoEducated/~4/AkoVIagkR1A" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.soeducated.com/2011/04/why-every-school-should-think-about.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6220110074309534174.post-1532039671152166281Sat, 26 Mar 2011 22:36:00 +00002011-03-26T18:48:32.851-04:00As we approach yet another spring anniversary of the end of WWII in Europe its important to instill in young Americans the degree of sacrifice that it took to maintain democracy and freedom around the globe. It seems more important every year to push values in teaching as well as knowledge based learning. As an American and World History teacher, every spring we embark in class on an intense http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/SoEducated/~3/w4BneqINwdc/teach-sacrifice-and-you-will-honor.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Nicely2010)3<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/SoEducated?a=w4BneqINwdc:QMID5xvte8k:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/SoEducated?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/SoEducated?a=w4BneqINwdc:QMID5xvte8k:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/SoEducated?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/SoEducated/~4/w4BneqINwdc" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.soeducated.com/2011/03/teach-sacrifice-and-you-will-honor.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6220110074309534174.post-6024188021356372241Fri, 11 Mar 2011 00:16:00 +00002011-03-10T20:33:08.599-05:00Today, most Americans are detached from public schools. It is clear in our incoherent debate about how to evaluate educators. Communities are laying off hundreds of thousands of teachers without any consideration of the impact it will have on the future of the nation. Welcome to an America without any sense of community. If Americans truly cared about education, then raising revenues in this timehttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/SoEducated/~3/SFmQlcz1AOI/education-is-no-longer-public-good.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Nicely2010)0<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/SoEducated?a=SFmQlcz1AOI:nXObnGOt0QQ:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/SoEducated?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/SoEducated?a=SFmQlcz1AOI:nXObnGOt0QQ:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/SoEducated?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/SoEducated/~4/SFmQlcz1AOI" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.soeducated.com/2011/03/education-is-no-longer-public-good.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6220110074309534174.post-7133154645423167576Thu, 10 Mar 2011 14:59:00 +00002011-03-10T15:30:43.615-05:00TeachingRachel LevyTeacher Incentivesteacher effectivenessK-12(This was originally posted on the author's individual blog: All Things Education.) No doubt about it: teachers' pay should start higher than it currently does. Higher pay would attract more people to the profession who might otherwise go into other fields, and it would more fairly compensate those who are currently teaching. That being said, I don't think that higher or merit pay will lead http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/SoEducated/~3/7yWRkttaoog/teacher-i-mean-teaching-quality-series.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Rachel Levy)0<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/SoEducated?a=7yWRkttaoog:7H-ObGxzFUY:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/SoEducated?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/SoEducated?a=7yWRkttaoog:7H-ObGxzFUY:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/SoEducated?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/SoEducated/~4/7yWRkttaoog" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.soeducated.com/2011/03/teacher-i-mean-teaching-quality-series.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6220110074309534174.post-1099374674346842036Tue, 08 Mar 2011 19:22:00 +00002011-03-08T14:22:07.263-05:00Ed ReformK-12InnovationToday at 3pm eastern President Obama will be speaking about innovation in education at an Boston school. Tune into the live stream of the event here: http://www.necn.com/pages/necn_streampagehttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/SoEducated/~3/JyVRvsLMIEI/president-obama-speaks-on-innovation.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (John S. Wilson)0<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/SoEducated?a=JyVRvsLMIEI:fhMsQf-ZJNc:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/SoEducated?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/SoEducated?a=JyVRvsLMIEI:fhMsQf-ZJNc:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/SoEducated?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/SoEducated/~4/JyVRvsLMIEI" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.soeducated.com/2011/03/president-obama-speaks-on-innovation.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6220110074309534174.post-4972097352205829495Tue, 08 Mar 2011 12:59:00 +00002011-03-08T14:23:03.370-05:00pay for performanceMichelle RheeJovan D. Milescheatingatlanta public schoolsjovan milesbill gatesI’ve worked for Atlanta Public Schools for roughly 5 of my 6 years as a classroom teacher and during that time I encountered a strange phenomenon; educators were being given bonuses for increasing test scores. This was strange and interesting to me for a few reasons; (1) I wondered why I was being paid extra to do what I was hired to do in the first place. (2) Everyone tied to the schools that http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/SoEducated/~3/r6Qgtm-JyGQ/is-incentive-pay-incentive-to-cheat.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Jovan)0<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/SoEducated?a=r6Qgtm-JyGQ:iBYhIGJgJIc:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/SoEducated?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/SoEducated?a=r6Qgtm-JyGQ:iBYhIGJgJIc:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/SoEducated?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/SoEducated/~4/r6Qgtm-JyGQ" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.soeducated.com/2011/03/is-incentive-pay-incentive-to-cheat.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6220110074309534174.post-135835935971019124Mon, 07 Mar 2011 03:28:00 +00002011-03-06T22:35:33.412-05:00Budget CutsJasmine D. LoweCollege TuitionHigher EdTax CreditWhat was once the great equalizer that opened doors for anyone wanting to better themselves and that bridged racial, social, economic, and geographic divides is now waning in its availability for the masses. College tuition in many states is on the rise lately, and if further cuts to education take place, every college bound student should just get ready to kiss their shot at financing their http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/SoEducated/~3/DuXQ26kKi3k/focusing-on-what-is-pertinent.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Jasmine Lowe)0<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/SoEducated?a=DuXQ26kKi3k:l6NCEdQfVTk:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/SoEducated?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/SoEducated?a=DuXQ26kKi3k:l6NCEdQfVTk:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/SoEducated?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/SoEducated/~4/DuXQ26kKi3k" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.soeducated.com/2011/03/focusing-on-what-is-pertinent.html