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	<title>Teaching The Outsiders (and more) &#187; School Reform</title>
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		<title>Guest Speaker: False Assumptions</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 25 Oct 2009 04:08:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Marion Brady]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Previously I have posted about the Middle-L e-mail listserv. I am again recommending it, especially for newer teachers, and those interested in education policy and the &#8220;big picture.&#8221; As I said before, sometimes you&#8217;ll go days without seeing anything new, but all you have to do is introduce yourself, and ask questions, and you&#8217;ll get answers and suggestions from some pretty intelligent and talented people. One of those people is Marion Brady. In fact, he&#8217;s the main reason I&#8217;m still a subscriber. Just Google &#8220;Marion Brady&#8221; and you&#8217;ll see why. He just had a column printed in the Washington Post that, as usual, hits the nail(s) on the head. I won&#8217;t reprint the whole thing here (even though Marion wouldn&#8217;t mind &#8211; he just wants the ideas out there), because I think you should also read the commentary after. Here are some choice excerpts. False Assumption 1: America’s teachers deserve most of the blame for decades of flat school performance. Other factors affecting learning—language problems, hunger, stress, mass media exposure, transience, cultural differences, a sense of hopelessness, and so on and on—are minor and can be overcome by well-qualified teachers. To teacher protests that they’re scapegoats taking the blame for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hey Kid! (Guest Speaker)</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Aug 2009 20:38:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mrC</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[OK. We&#8217;re down to 9 days. We start in the middle of the week because our district is moving to &#8211; after two union-wide votes &#8211; a two-week spring break. I voted against it for just this starting-too-early-in-August-shtuff (among other reasons), but truth be told, I&#8217;m sort of itching to get back to work. It keeps me out of trouble. Though I am quite enjoying all the sleeping in. But ouch. Nine days. As I have said, I&#8217;ve been getting e-mails with questions, and over the next week or so, I&#8217;ll be covering more of those topics (600 words, more KBAR, grading essays). This will get me in the groove for the rapidly approaching school year, and that&#8217;s a necessary thing. Meanwhile, here&#8217;s a presentation from a guest speaker whom I respect very much. I &#8220;met&#8221; him through an e-mail listserv. Old school, I know. I signed up for the Middle-L listserv about 4 or 5 years ago as part of one of the requirements for the EETT grant we got back then. I&#8217;ve stuck around ever since. The list might go days or weeks with any action, but I&#8217;ve enjoyed reading almost everything that gets posted. My fave contributor [...]]]></description>
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