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Why Principals Don't Fire Bad Teachers, Even When Given The Option | StateImpact Indiana

Win McNamee / Getty Images Randi Weingarten, president of American Federation of Teachers, speaks during the 2008 Democratic National Convention in Denver. http://stateimpact.npr.org/indiana/2012/02/15/why-principals-dont-fire-bad-teachers-even-when-given-the-option/

Transforming Education: How Do We Start a Movement?

http://www.edutopia.org/blog/education-reform-deeper-learning-bob-lenz When do you start a movement? How do you start a movement? What happens when things actually move?
http://www.mlive.com/education/index.ssf/2012/05/if_you_could_build_a_school_sy.html#incart_river_default?utm_campaign=Argyle%2BSocial-2012-05&utm_medium=Knowledgeworks&utm_source=twitter&utm_term=2012-05-14-10-49-22

If you could build a school system from scratch, what would be different? (commentary)

View full size Cory Olsen | MLive.com Tech savvy: Then-third-grader Damion Jacob smiles as Godfrey-Lee Superintendent David Britten looks up the spelling of a word on his iPad. Britten encourages teachers and students to use smart phones and other handheld devices.
My Prediction: Within five to ten years in some countries, open Internet access for information acquisition will be available on standardized tests. This access will significantly reduce the quantity of data designated for rote memorization. http://www.edutopia.org/blog/bad-for-brain-unsustainable-models-judy-willis-md

Bad for the Brain: Goodbye to Unsustainable Education Models

http://www.engagingeducation.net/wordpress/ Instead of glowing in the light of a new day, each morning thousands of educators walk the halls of schools beneath burdensome shadows.

Engaging Education

"the classroom is one of the least connected places left’ So true and quite sad, we Will Change this!" http://www.onlineuniversities.com/blog/2012/05/theunconnected-classroom-when-will-education-catch-up-with-technology/

The(Un)Connected Classroom: When Will Education Catch-up with Technology?

To Fix America's Education Bureaucracy, We Need to Destroy It - National

http://www.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2012/04/to-fix-americas-education-bureaucracy-we-need-to-destroy-it/255173/ Successful schools don't have a formula, other than that teachers and principals are free to follow their instincts.

I Miss Being a Teacher

http://www.educationrethink.com/2012/04/i-miss-being-teacher.html A student stops me before school and asks, "Can you talk like Apu from the Quick-E-Mart.

Characteristics of 21st Century Teachers

http://www.cteduonline.com/index.php?Itemid=148&view=article&id=244%3Acharacteristics-of-21st-century-teachers&catid=44%3Astrategies&option=com_content Monday, 09 April 2012 18:03 As others try to discover the next revolutionary idea to elicit changes in education, educators in the classroom are making things happen now, despite the hurdles they sometimes face. Innovative educators today are often referred to as 21st Century Teachers, and share many unique characteristics.
This past week I was fortunate to attend the NASSP 2012 Annual Conference as a presenter, 2012 Digital Principal Award recipient, and most importantly a learner.

The Best Ideas for Our Schools

http://esheninger.blogspot.com/2012/03/best-ideas-for-our-schools.html

Education needs paper and pavement people

When surveying writers, I always scrutinize their resume to see if the person is a paper or a pavement kind of person. A paper person has read a lot of paper and perhaps written a lot of paper. He knows the theories and how things should work.She read a lot of studies and may know a lot of people.