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Time to “Rhee”sign?

On August 21, 2011 the New York Times published an article written by Michael Winerip entitled "Eager for Spotlight, but Not if It Is on a Testing Scandal". The article profiles the spotlight-hungry Michelle Rhee, former Washington, DC schools Chancellor and founder of StudentsFirst, the highly data-driven, education reformer-beloved "student" advocacy group. Specifically, Winerip revealed …

Posted 22 months ago by Victoria Lebron

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Room for Debate: Are School Librarians Expendable?

The New York Times "Room for Debate" series often features smart commentary on genuinely interesting issues. This recent edition is no exception: Room for Debate: Are School Librarians Expendable? The authors raise a number of important points: How can we prevent libraries from being undervalued when their true value is so difficult to measure? Can …

Posted 23 months ago by pamela

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I agree that information literacy is becoming more important and that learning how to evaluate and critique online resources should be incorporated into the school curriculum…

Multicultural School Psychology Competencies: A Practical Guide

Title: Multicultural School Psychology Competencies: A Practical Guide Author: Danielle Martines Publisher: Sage Publications, Inc (July 8, 2008) Check it out! LB3013.6 .M365 2008 From the publisher: This unique guidebook is specifically designed with useful multicultural applications aimed at practice-based school psychology. The text compiles an informational and instructional array of helpful "hands-on" checklists, reviews …

Posted 24 months ago by Diana

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Collective trust: why schools can’t improve without it

Title: Collective trust: why schools can't improve without it Author: Forsyth, Patrick B. , Curt M. Adams and Wayne K. Hoy Publisher: Teachers College Press Call No.: LA217.2 .F66 2011 From the Publisher: The culmination of nearly three decades of research, Collective Trust offers new insight and practical knowledge on the social construction of trust for school improvement. The authors argue that …

Posted 26 months ago by Victoria Lebron

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It’s Not All Flowers and Sausages

Title:It's not all flowers and sausages : my adventures in second grade Author: Jennifer "Mrs. Mimi" Scoggin Publisher:New York : Kaplan Pub., c2009 Check It Out:  PN6231.S3 S855 2009 From the Publisher: Meet Mrs. Mimi - she's the second grade teacher every kid should have. Hip and hilarious, she brings us into her New York City classroom, with no hold barred. From the Great Pencil Crisis of 2003 to ill-fated field trips (lesson #1: …

Posted 27 months ago by Laura Costello

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Are Virtual Schools “Real” Schools?

I'm from Georgia and I still have a look at the local news from time to time. This particular story caught my eye this morning: Georgia Supreme Court: Online courses can qualify as "attending school" A case came up in which a man's eligibility to continue receiving child support from his biological father past age …

Posted 27 months ago by pamela

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School Gardens

Even though I have yet to be personally involved in one, I think that school gardens contain a lot of potential in the field of education and hope to be able to participate in one with my class when I start teaching. The most obvious benefits are increased availability of and direct access to fresh …

Posted 31 months ago by Tina Lin

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Some thoughts on the documentary “Beyond the Bricks”

"Beyond the Bricks," which was screened yesterday at Milbank Chapel, not only addresses one of the nation's most critical problems - the low academic performance of black males - but also offers solutions to bring about change. In contrast to the documentary film "Waiting for Superman," change doesn't begin with policy makers, but with …

Posted 31 months ago by Sierra Kim

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Thanks for writing about this movie, Michelle…

Barriers to learning : the case for integrated mental health services in schools / Debra S. Lean and Vincent A. Colucci.

Title: Barriers to learning : the case for integrated mental health services in schools Author: Debra S. Lean and Vincent A. Colucci. Publisher: Lanham, Md. : Rowman & Littlefield Education, c2010. Call Number: LB3430 .L43 2010 From the Publisher: A key concern for educators, administrators, professional support services personnel, parents and policy makers are barriers …

Posted 31 months ago by Riley

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The developers are saying that Defiance is a pixel perfect shooter, so if you aim at your target's head it WILL be a headshot instead of the invisible dice rolling a 5 and telling you that you somehow missed…

Food in American Schools

Have you ever walked through a school cafeteria at lunch time? Or do you remember those days from when you were a student in a cafeteria? Having not grown up in the States, I have nothing to compare school lunch of recent years to, but from what I have seen in the past few years …

Posted 31 months ago by Tina Lin

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