Category: Articles
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In Touch: Need Resources But Don’t Have Time to Search Lots of Places?
I often talk about how netTrekker is a collection of resources that have been teacher-reviewed, so teachers can feel comfortable sending students to netTrekker to do research. Over the last several weeks, I have been working on gathering instructional resources to go along with a new curriculum. I was trying…
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Can we teach moral reasoning? « RSA Comment
There is currently another curriculum review underway in the UK. Emma Worley asks whether lessons in morality be considered within the review and if schools should ‘build character and virtue’, how should this be done? “Over the last two decades, many would agree that our educational philosophy at every level…
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In Touch: Keep the Collaboration Going with Edmodo
I admit, the more I’ve been exploring and using Edmodo, the more I’ve grown to love it. Last week I spoke with a Science teacher who really wanted to find new ways to get her students to collaborate with each other. She already uses Google Docs on a regular basis…
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Getting to the root of the STEM problem « School Board News
Most of us would agree that a workforce skilled in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) is an important component of 21st century global competitiveness. But thanks to a new report from the U.S. Department of Commerce, we also know that holding a STEM degree and working in a STEM-related…
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What’s Your Default? – Polly LaBarre – Harvard Business Review
As dispiriting as the recent debt ceiling dysfunction drama has been, the most disturbing plot point is not that our leaders can’t seem to compromise, but that they are so compromised. While the pundits continue to parse the no-win “deal” and the bloviators bemoan the failures of leadership, the rest…
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The EDifier – Center for Public Education
Sullivan County, Tenn.’s initiative to improve school climate began in 2003 after the U.S. Justice Department mandated the school district take steps to address bullying and harassment following a lawsuit over a peer-to-peer racial incident that originated at one of the district’s high schools. But improvements made through the district’s…
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Inventing Management 2.0 with Gary Hamel (Webinar) – Jason Sylva – HBR Events – Harvard Business Review
Who says our organizations have to be bureaucratic and politicized? Or that life within them has to be disempowering and boring? Control, standardization, and conformity aren’t virtues anymore. They’re outdated management models. Organizations are being pummeled by rapid change, unconventional rivals from around the globe, and demands to become more…
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It’s the Leadership, Stupid – Nilofer Merchant – Harvard Business Review
The morning coffee break had wrapped up and we were back at it, involved in a deep discussion. Some people were at the whiteboard, some debating one another, and some listening attentively as we batted an issue around the room. The door to the conference room swung open and it…
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What Do Your Slides Say About You? | Duarte Blog
Recently, InFocus held a “What Not to Present” contest, looking for the worst PowerPoint slide ever created. After reviewing tons of horrific submissions, they came up with their top choices, and yep, are they bad. Your slides are a visual representation of your idea and are a reflection of you.…
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Project on the Next Generation of Teachers
Research clearly shows that the quality of teachers is the most important school-level factor affecting students’ learning. During the past decade, as U.S. schools have hired over two million new teachers, policymakers and school officials have experimented with an array of new approaches to improving teacher quality—from signing bonuses and…
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