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Over the past week, there has been a major shift in the debate over school conditions as students around the country have stepped up and organized to protect their communities. I want to highlight their efforts here in a thread...
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We can give people names and lists; we cannot give them mental structures. They must build their own'#JohnHolt ow.ly/CEIUj
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“Another day at the office,” sighs mom, eyeing kids at elem schl w/Puritanical achvmt focus.Thoughts on loss of play: ow.ly/fVOyr
Commentary: No Child Left Behind has turned schoolkids into commodities | McClatchy bit.ly/vZHuAt via @addthis
Once Upon a Time, Not Too Long Ago, Teaching Was Considered a Profession... nais.org/publications/ismaga…
"The High Cost of Low Teacher Salaries" by Dave Eggers and Ninive Clements Calegari http://ht.ly/4KCm5
RT @alfiekohn: NYT op-ed: common-sense basics of a good ed…which don’t stand a chance w/current schl reform - http://nyti.ms/bjFTlf
The true test of intelligence is not how much we know how to do, but how we behave when we don't know what to do-John Holt.How Children Fail
RT @classroomtools: Take to heart and implement the lessons conveyed in the books written by Postman, Jonathan Kozol, James Herndon, etc.