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Author Archives: Abner Oakes
Tuesday Tidbits, October 12, 2010
Last week I spent three days working with a school district in South Dakota, a place with which I’ve worked for about three years, and I was struck by something that the school board president said near the end of … Continue reading
Posted in Federal policy, Principal, School, School district, School food
Tagged maryland, principal, race to the top, rhode island, rural schools, school food, south dakota
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Building the better classroom
Slate has launched its third Hive “crowd sourcing” project, this time focused on modernizing the American classroom. Here’s Linda Perlstein’s kick off article; at its end you can submit your ideas. For me, when I think about the ideal classroom, … Continue reading
Posted in Classroom, School, Teachers, Teaching
Tagged classroom, classroom design, jon saphier, middle school, promethean, skillful teaching, slate, stations
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Tuesday Tidbits, October 5, 2010
Sorry – a day late with this post. Travel and balky airport Wi-Fi to blame. The Education Trust has a space at its website for parent resources; I like the pamphlet on homework and the questions and answers about academic … Continue reading
Posted in Classroom, Federal policy, Parents, School, Teachers, Teaching
Tagged common core, education trust, state standards, teachers, word cloud, wordle
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For parents: Making sense of Race to the Top
Race to the Top (RTTT) is $4.35 billion program designed by the US Department of Education to spur school reform activity in states, and states competed against each other to win a portion of that money and implement a variety … Continue reading
More on Ask Abouts – and designing a better classroom
Yesterday, I wrote briefly about Ask Abouts, prompts from a teacher for parents to ask their child about what’s happening in class, and I got this related idea from a teacher and parent in Elgin, IL: “I am doing this … Continue reading
Posted in Classroom, Parents, School
Tagged ask abouts, classroom, classroom design, conversation starters, slate
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Tuesday Tidbits, September 28, 2010
As a part of this week’s Education Nation activities, see this Education Nation Scorecard, which allows “families to navigate the education system by providing useful, easily understandable information about performance at individual schools, as well as in districts, states, and … Continue reading