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EDWEEK: McNeil Smacks Down Fordham EdSec Guess
This Week In Education | 10 minutes ago
I'm starting to worry about the credibility problem over at the Fordham Institute. Here, Michele McNeil belittles the Petrillian notion Bill Richardson will be Secretary (NCLB Foe as Ed Sec?) and reports on some NEA favorites.
TRANSITION: The Schnur Stands Alone (On Obama Transition Team)
This Week In Education | 3 hours 33 minutes ago
Edspresso takes a look at the education team earlier unveiled this week as part of the administrative (agency?) review for Obama, and he doesn't like what he sees: Un-Transition. A noticeable lack of reformy types are there. The late addition of Bob Shireman won't make him feel better, I don't think.
TV: Fifteen Best TV Shows
This Week In Education | 4 hours ago
2) Buffy 4) Dawson's Creek 6) My So-Called Life 13) Fame 14) One Tree Hill 15) Beverly Hills 90210 The 15 best TV shows set in schools School Gate Click to see the full list. Anything to add? Let us know.
Cultivating Wellness
BoardBuzz, NSBA's daily weblog | 4 hours 39 minutes ago
School children across the U.S. are harvesting what they have planted .By that, BoardBuzz means that students are literally planting and picking vegetables in urban gardens within schools. An article that came out this week in the Canadian Press shows that this movement is sweeping North America and that, with this activity, schools are not only trying to teach children about nature, but also about the importance of eating healthy foods. Some schools are using whatever students harvest to ...
REGS: Any "Midnight Regulations" For Education?
This Week In Education | 6 hours 19 minutes ago
Lots of news outlets are telling us about the Bush administration's push to get out "midnight regulations" that would take effect even after Obama takes office (Google News), but no one has told us yet whether there are any regs getting pushed out the door that affect education. Any last-minute rule changes or definitions they're trying to sneak by us? I'm counting on you OMB watchers and lobbyists to tell us what's going on.
BAD: Kids, Teachers, Parents Behaving Badly
This Week In Education | 6 hours 25 minutes ago
Seven cheerleaders from Morton Ranch High School in Katy, Texas have been formally charged with hazing for throwing junior varsity cheerleaders into a pool while bound and gagged earlier this year. A Canadian junior high school has warned its students against participating in South Park's "Kick A Ginger Day". A 10-year-old girl from Wisconsin faces misdemeanor disorderly conduct charges for penning a list of 25 classmates and teachers that she wants to kill. Good Morning America covers some o...
NEWS: Big Stories Of The Day [TGIF!]
This Week In Education | 6 hours 51 minutes ago
The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Schools TIME The Leader in Me, now in bookstores, tells the tale of how several principals nationwide applied his 7 Habits to their struggling schools. Emanuel tells GOP leaders that their voices will be heard "We would like and welcome their ideas on a host of fronts, be that in the area of education, healthcare, taxes, energy policy, national security," Emanuel ... The New Team Arne Duncan NY Times Mr. Duncan helped shape Mr. Obama s education program. In hi...
Creative Thinking, Part Two: China Imports Project Learning to Promote Imagination
Edutopia Spiral Notebook Blog | 17 hours 4 minutes ago
This is the second part of a two-part blog entry. Read part one. I guess I should not have been surprised by the rigid structure in Chinese schools when I visited the country. After all, I was in a nation that is one of the most capable at taking someone else's idea and efficiently reproducing it.read more
Hard Times, Better Students
edweek.org Blogboard | 23 hours 6 minutes ago
Dennis Fermoyle of In the Trenches of Public Ed sees a potential glimmer of hope in America s dire economic situation: better student performance. In his experience, students work harder in school when they re concerned about their future employment. Fermoyle used...
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PBS Teachers Learning.now
PBS Teachers - The Learning.now weblog devles into the way educators teach and students learn is influenced by new technology and Internet culture. Technologies covered include: wikis, blogs, vlogs, RSS, podcasts, social networking sites and the Internet.
BoardBuzz, NSBA's daily weblog
The BoardBuzz is a National School Boards Association weblog focusing on American education, and more specifically on important issues to school board members and to other public education advocates.
Edutopia Spiral Notebook Blog
Spiral Notebook weblog offers advice on fueling innovation in schools, from idea implementation to sources to turn to for help.
Are we doing anything today?
Word Girl is a blog where teachers provide other teachers advice, insights and recommendations.
edweek.org Blogboard
Teacher Magazine's look at what's new and noteworthy in educator blogs.
This Week In Education
A Scholastic blog with blogger Alexander Russo covering education politics, policy and trends.
Eduwonk.com
Eduwonk is a blog written by Andrew Rotherham, co-founder and co-director of Education Sector, an independent research and analysis organization.