‘SO, DID THEY HAPPEN TO MENTION…?’ - A Poem about ‘Underperforming’ Schools, about Turning Around & Turning Out- They say that the tests scores are too low, Did they mention my students are hungry? that the school is underperforming and must be Did they say many have no fathers at home. “turned around,” that all the teachers must be that few parents will attend turned out, fired, or reapply, though Open School Night because of that only some will be rehired. Administrators second job, or no job, and that who ha.

This was posted on the NSDC Website- felt you might find it s interesting as I do. The Department of Education has outlined initial guidelines for three components of American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) funding: the State Fiscal Stabilization Fund, Title I, and the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA). You can find detailed information about the guidelines and the distribution of funds through www.ed.gov. In addition to distributing monies quickly to avert layoffs and stimulate job creation, a key principle that will gu.

I had the opportunity recently to facilitate a group of business, education, political and community leaders in a discussion about developing a workforce ready group of graduates in the 21st Century. I was given the task of relaying the experience. I have decided to share with you to see if you agree or disagree with these leaders’ ideas and action steps and why. I encourage you to read and weigh in in the comment section below. I look forward to your responses. Executive Summary Newport News Public Schools is moving quickly to address.

Received this today and believe in the work. Thought I would share with you. I am writing on behalf of Academy Award-winning filmmaker Vanessa Roth, co-founder of 826 National Nínive Calegari, and writer Dave Eggers. They are the Director and Co-Producers of the feature-length documentary The Teacher Salary Project. We wanted to reach out to you in the hopes that you may be interested in getting involved in our production. The Teacher Salary Project will be a documentary film, a national outreach campaign, and the only digital archive of the.

I met Bruce through Will and I have to tell you from Day 1 I was impressed. Bruce Dixon is the founder and president of the Anywhere, Anytime Learning Foundation and consults to schools, school districts, education departments, Ministries of Education as well as technology companies such as Microsoft, hp-Compaq, Apple, Bertelsmann and Toshiba on 1-to-1 and technology in education. Bruce has more than 25 years experience working with schools and technology and besides that he and his staff really know how to put on a first rate conference. .

My life has been a whirlwind of activity since NECC and I have found it hard to keep up with blogging. I don’t know why, but I feel guilty blogging when I have other deadlines looming. Do any of you experience that? Is it illogical? Should I blog anyway, much like we still get the day to day things done at work or home, even when we have extra tasks on our "to do" lists. Or should I put 100% of my attention toward the deadlines and follow Grandmas’ rule of "work before play"? I’d love to hear your take. D.

I have been spending some time recently responding to a listserv discussion that has many brilliant, award winning teachers on it who are not sold on the idea that we really are going to have to change education to remain relevant; that *they* are going to have to change.  I thought I would share my most recent letter. One member writes-I’ve been waiting and wondering when someone would take up the thread that Mark began during our "Here Comes Everybody" discussion, wherein he talked about how the printing press put scrib.

While I obviously haven’t been blogging- I have been fast at it. I would say I have been busy, but Dean Shareski (our new convener for K12Online)  has taught me we are all busy and I am not suppose to talk about how busy I am, but rather just talk about what I have been up to lately. I keep a running "to-do" board above my desk. Lately, there have been too many "to-do" items to fit them all. My life is full of meaning, exciting and that word I am not suppose to say (whispering …busy). So busy in fact that I.

Quite a few teacher leaders have been joining the blogosphere as of late. Looking for some provocative new bloggers to add to your aggregator? These thought provoking practitioners will NOT let you down. Teacher Leaders Nerwork BLOGS Bill Ferriter - The Tempered Radicalhttp://teacherleaders.typepad.com/the_tempered_radical/ Nancy Flanagan - Teacher in a Strange Landhttp://teacherleaders.typepad.com/teacher_in_a_strange_land/ Renee Moore - TeachMoorehttp://teacherleaders.typepad.com/teachmoore/ TLN Teacher Voices (excerpts from our daily conver.

In this day and age of school reform, many are looking to how we train teachers as the key to educational improvement. Research shows that on average school districts spend the equivalent of $200 per pupil on professional development and these learning experiences add both time and effort demands on a teachers already impossible day (Killeen, 2002). The federal No Child Left Behind Act’s emphasis on results has prompted school system leaders, staff developers, principals, andteachers to become much more deliberate about the professional-deve.