Fixing What’s Broken Without Breaking Everything Else
My adrenaline was still surging after joining thousands in my town demonstrating against the lay-offs of some of our best teachers at last Thursday’s Day of Action to Defend Public Education . My spirits took a dive, however, when I opened my Sunday New York Times a mere three days later, and was reminded of another lay-off controversy turned lay-off melee in Central Falls, RI, where 93 high school teachers and staff were fired en masse by school officials last month. Edutopia's Editorial Director David Markus shines a hopeful spotlight to the future. 5 off No Off read more
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michaela_kepka (Michaela Kepka) : http://www.edutopia.org/randy-nelson-school-to-career-video: http://bit.ly/zXUVr via @addthis.. Updated : 2010-08-01T05:59:09Z | Reply | View Tweet |
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ronsman (Ricky Onsman) : RT @SirKenRobinson: Some good thoughts from Pixar on creative collaboration: http://tinyurl.com/4yuoex.. Updated : 2010-08-01T05:57:20Z | Reply | View Tweet |
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ronsman (Ricky Onsman) : @sentience You might like this, Kevin. Improv providing ground rules for creative collaboration. And other good stuff: http://bit.ly/3WS4Aq.. Updated : 2010-08-01T05:57:00Z | Reply | View Tweet |
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latashaboyd (Latasha Boyd) : Brain-Based Research Prompts Innovative Teaching Techniques in the Classroom | Edutopia: http://bit.ly/dxMqv6 via @addthis #fb.. Updated : 2010-08-01T04:55:02Z | Reply | View Tweet |
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BruceDerby (Bruce Derby) : RT @SirKenRobinson: Some good thoughts from Pixar on creative collaboration: http://tinyurl.com/4yuoex.. Updated : 2010-08-01T04:43:56Z | Reply | View Tweet |
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