Home
Paul Beaufait's Library tagged → View Popular, Search in Google
Partanen, Anu. (2011). What Americans Keep Ignoring About Finland's School Success. <i>The Atlantic</i>. Retrieved January 9, 2012, from http://www.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2011/12/what-americans-keep-ignoring-about-finlands-school-success/250564/
in list: Global Education
-
As for accountability of teachers and administrators, Sahlberg shrugs. "There's no word for accountability in Finnish," he later told an audience at the Teachers College of Columbia University. "Accountability is something that is left when responsibility has been subtracted."
-
The main driver of education policy is not competition between teachers and between schools, but cooperation.
- 6 more annotation(s)...
Angela Pascopella reported on U.S. school district and national measures "to address surging ELL enrollment—and dropout rate[s]" (deck).
in list: Language Policy
-
Between 1979 and 2008, the number of school-age children (ages 5-17) in the United States who spoke a language other than English at home increased from 3.8 to 10.9 million, or from 9 to 21 percent of the population in this age range, according to the latest figures from the National Center on Education Statistics (NCES).
-
Perhaps one of the greatest examples of inequity lies in a joint investigation of the Department of Justice and the Department of Education’s Office of Civil Rights that revealed last October that Boston Public Schools had failed to properly identify and adequately serve thousands of ELLs since 2003 as required by the Equal Educational Opportunities Act of 1974 and Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
"The trickiest of the cracks to get our heads around is the “connected divide,” separating those who are proficient in collaborative, creative and connected social networks and those who are not. It is growing exponentially wider on a daily basis. ... [C]onnectedness will define the value of education over the next generation" (¶7, 2011.07.27).
in list: Digital Divides
Internet Movie Database: "This synopsis may contain spoilers" (Warning).
Bowdon pointed out "how poorly ... traditional news media cover issues pertaining to children" (¶1), and illustrated the problem with what was then a news-breaking case in point, 48 hours after sending his findings to "Google's press office" and getting no response (¶14). Not long after posting on his blog, perhaps less than 12 hours later, Bowdon got a response from Google; and less than a day after that, he received a follow-up clarification from Google, both of which he subsequently reflected on in updates at the foot of this post.
in list: Online Identities
"an alphabetical index of Web 2.0 tools, from Blogs to Wikispaces, with evaluations and recommendations for each one." (Carole, Wikispaces Blog, Best Educational Wikis of 2010, 2011.01.17 [retreived 2011.01.28])
in list: Educational Technology
See also: 7 Fantastic Free Social Media Tools for Teachers
in list: Educational Technology
Cover page for informative, illustrative, and perspective movies (videos) about collaborative learning in Scottish schools, presenting principles, spotlighting teaching techniques and learning experiences, offering educational leadership views; updated 06 September 2007
in list: Teacher Education
"practical advice for educators, administrators, and parents on how to strengthen and rebuild our [U.S.] schools" (Book overview, ¶1)
in list: Teacher Education
Selected Tags
Related Tags
Top Contributors
Groups interested in schools
-
Teaching (schools & colleges)
Items: 50 | Visits: 140
Created by: sussex cdec
-
TEFL education - Schools / Courses
A place to keep all the info...
Items: 45 | Visits: 139
Created by: eflclassroom 2.0
-
iPads in Education
Resources for iPad/iPod inte...
Items: 172 | Visits: 351
Created by: jeffery heil
Diigo is about better ways to research, share and collaborate on information. Learn more »
Join Diigo