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NYC Chancellor Struggling to Upend Seniority Clause with City Teachers

Apr 26, 2010

Joel Klein tries to fight for rookie teachers, who are most at risk for being laid off but who have the most potential for making lasting influences on students. His barrier: the teacher's union, which fights to preserve the positions of older teachers. The real problem: we don't have the right data to show who should stay or who should go.

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Beacon School of Excellence Goes All Out to Improve Students

Getting Smart Staff

Apr 26, 2010

The state standardized tests start today in New York City. How is one lower-income school in Brooklyn making sure its students are acing exams? Dentists.

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Advance Innovative Education Considering Performance Pay for Major Certification Drive

Getting Smart Staff

Apr 25, 2010

The mission of Advance Innovative Education is to place excellent professionals in the Louisiana school systems to benefit low-income and disadvantaged youth. One of the ways AIE CEO Kristy Hebert is doing this is through performance incentives.

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ABCTE Highlighted in US News & World Report

Getting Smart Staff

Apr 24, 2010

There are probably a lot of frustrated people out of work in America, who want to do something good for their community. They should think about ABCTE.

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NYC $22 Mln Windfall Gives Online Access to Poor Students? Not Really.

Getting Smart Staff

Apr 23, 2010

But is this an award to benefit education, or a slick new proposal set to increase capacity for broadband suppliers?

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Interview: Inigral CEO Michael Staton

Getting Smart Staff

Apr 21, 2010

It's not that students don't care, it's that they are producing work that nobody cares about. -- Michael Staton, CEO, Inigral

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Jaime Casap, Google Education Evangelist

Getting Smart Staff

Apr 21, 2010

@jcasap makes a great point, and I wonder if it means we keep kids from finding future collaborators while in school.

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Interview: Chad Ratliff, Albermarle County Public Schools

Getting Smart Staff

Apr 21, 2010

Chad Ratliff, Assistant Director of Instruction and Innovation Projects at Albermarle County Public Schools.

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The American Public Obsolescence System

Getting Smart Staff

Apr 21, 2010

American public education has "issues." The most amazing thing about public education is how long we've been able to keep this downward trudge into obsolescence going, without relief.

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Interview: Mike Magee, CEO, Rhode Island Mayoral Academies

Getting Smart Staff

Apr 19, 2010

We interview Mike Magee, CEO of Rhode Island's Mayoral Academies, a charter school foundation that puts school management in the hands of city mayors.

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From Fixed Standards to Competency-Based Mastery	BeginningFrom Fixed Standards to Competency-Based Mastery Beginning	PilotingFrom Fixed Standards to Competency-Based Mastery Piloting	ImplementingFrom Fixed Standards to Competency-Based Mastery Implementing
From One-Size-Fits-All to Adaptive Learning	BeginningFrom One-Size-Fits-All to Adaptive Learning Beginning	PilotingFrom One-Size-Fits-All to Adaptive Learning Piloting	ImplementingFrom One-Size-Fits-All to Adaptive Learning Implementing
From Prescribed Knowledge to Innovation & Inquiry	BeginningFrom Prescribed Knowledge to Innovation & Inquiry Beginning	PilotingFrom Prescribed Knowledge to Innovation & Inquiry Piloting	ImplementingFrom Prescribed Knowledge to Innovation & Inquiry Implementing
From Subjects as Silos to Transdisciplinary, Real-World Learning	BeginningFrom Subjects as Silos to Transdisciplinary, Real-World Learning Beginning	PilotingFrom Subjects as Silos to Transdisciplinary, Real-World Learning Piloting	ImplementingFrom Subjects as Silos to Transdisciplinary, Real-World Learning Implementing
From Schools as Self-Contained to Schools as Embedded in Communities	BeginningFrom Schools as Self-Contained to Schools as Embedded in Communities Beginning	PilotingFrom Schools as Self-Contained to Schools as Embedded in Communities Piloting	ImplementingFrom Schools as Self-Contained to Schools as Embedded in Communities Implementing
From Standardized Testing to Meaningful Assessment	BeginningFrom Standardized Testing to Meaningful Assessment Beginning	PilotingFrom Standardized Testing to Meaningful Assessment Piloting	ImplementingFrom Standardized Testing to Meaningful Assessment Implementing
From Institutional Ownership of Student Data to Student-Controlled Learning Wallets	BeginningFrom Institutional Ownership of Student Data to Student-Controlled Learning Wallets Beginning	PilotingFrom Institutional Ownership of Student Data to Student-Controlled Learning Wallets Piloting	ImplementingFrom Institutional Ownership of Student Data to Student-Controlled Learning Wallets Implementing

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