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Dec
12
2010

Great article about what the more successful school systems from countries with higher international student assessment scores have in common. And what do you know? They give their teachers better training and support, and have actual chunks of time for planning and collaboration programmed into the schedule. And they pay them well, and respect the profession. Go figure.

www.huffingtonpost.com/...s-treat-teachers_b_793559.html
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Oct
31
2010

This is so good - it rings so true and makes me so sad. I experienced this. I opted out of the system because I didn't want to become like that. It's completely tragic.

www.huffingtonpost.com/...d-she-work-for-y_b_774534.html
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  • tomorrow's lesson will be on perimeter or from the new "algebra in-utero" curriculum
    • Maggie Wolfe Riley
      Maggie Wolfe Riley on 2010-10-31

      HAHAHA - I laugh, but it's not really funny. It's crazy, some of the standards they have - haven't those people ever heard of Piaget?

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  • Not only has the standardization of curriculum begot test-prep and boredom, but "pacing" is its toxic spawn. Teachers are not only forced to pretend that every student is "keeping up" with whatever the pacing guide throws at them
    • Maggie Wolfe Riley
      Maggie Wolfe Riley on 2010-10-31

      AAAAAAAAH! Pacing IS eeeeevilllll!!!
      MY class couldn't keep up, or I should say *I* couldn't keep up... not if I wanted to feel my students actually LEARNED anything on the way to the test, that is. But all that is valued is the score. I HATED that system!!

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May
20
2010

Large file! They removed their web version of this for some reason, but the pdf was still available

periodic.lanl.gov/...PeriodicWebSite.pdf
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VERY current - obviously a well-maintained site! A note about a newly discovered element (synthesized) with reference to an April, 2010 paper! Very detailed - great info, and also lots of fun chemistry humor!

www.webelements.com
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Some good instruction, not just facts about individual elements, but explanation of why the periodic table is arranged how it is. Also, fun, kid-friendly graphics and readable language.

www.chem4kids.com/...elem_intro.html
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WebQuest to create an ad for an element - variation on my adopt-an-element lesson. Idea: have students make a video ad!

web.buddyproject.org/...quest.html
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This is a good resource for understanding the organization of the periodic table (although the site uses every horrible dated web trick in the book - from animated gifs to scrolling marquee text - awful colors, too, and frames! But the info is good :))

library.thinkquest.org/...pertable
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Mar
15
2010

This is why I never want to work in education - at least not in public education. Teachers are continually the scapegoats and the system keeps making it harder and harder for them. Every politician who comes up with these policies should be forced to teach in a poorly performing public school for a year under them.

www.latimes.com/...ch14-2010mar14,0,2024751.story
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Jul
22
2009

The FIRST thing I've found online that CLEARLY explained to me what type of credential I hold! This has been a frustrating search. I'm a Ryan!!
Great - it moved and I can't find it. Internet Archive to the rescue! Here is what it said:
Am I a RYAN or an SB2042 credential candidate?

Answer: If you were in the Multiple Subject program and started your coursework Fall 2003 or prior and completed your coursework by 12/31/2005 you are a RYAN credential candidate. If you started your Multiple Subject coursework Spring 2004 or later you are a SB2042 candidate. If you were in the Single Subject program and started your coursework Spring 2003 or prior and completed your coursework by 12/31/2005 you are a RYAN credential candidate. If you started your Single Subject coursework Fall 2003 or later you are a SB2042 candidate.

www.sjsu.edu/...faqs.html
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