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Action pseudo-research


24 March 12 11:13 AM
My district's recent incursions into action research have been interesting. I have the extreme fortune of sharing my prep room with a retired bench research scientist, published in multiple peer-reviewed science journals. We are tackling a specific method Read More...
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More evidence-based hypocrisy


26 February 12 10:30 AM
Among other things, Cerf recommends the governor convene a task force to explore... whether poor students should be "presumed to be educationally at-risk." Today's Star-Ledger Commissioner Chris Cerf--did you really say this? Chris Cerf is a bright man. Read More...
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Little Scientists, Inc.


20 November 11 04:40 PM
fet·ish /ˈfetiSH/ Noun: An inanimate object worshiped for its supposed magical powers or because it is considered to be inhabited by a spirit. A course of action to which one has an excessive and irrational commitment. Guess the goggles aren't needed Read More...
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Tossing the bathwater, keeping the baby


17 September 11 01:45 PM
Robert Marzano may become the Jean-Baptiste Lamarck of education. Lamarck was the guy before Darwin who thought giraffe babies had longer necks than their parents because their parents strived to reach leaves. This "inner need" drove evolution. Lamarck Read More...
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Nothingness is a huge part of everything


10 August 11 06:14 PM
I ramble on a lot. I edit a lot, too, hard as that might be to believe, tossing out about 7 or 8 words for every one that I leave. Yes, I know, anything less than a 10:1 scrub ratio marks me as an amateur too in love with his darlings.... Mary Ann Reilly Read More...
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Revolution Prep? Really?


23 May 11 07:15 PM
Jake and Ramit would like you to think that they have started a revolution in test prep, and that they "had a vision to transform education and provide the highest quality instruction to all students regardless of their ability to pay." They even call Read More...
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Elementary science education, Part 2


21 February 11 12:32 PM
Distinguish a force that acts by direct contact with an object (e.g., by pushing or pulling) from a force that can act without direct contact (e.g., the attraction between a magnet and a steel paper clip). NJCCCS, Standard for 2nd Grade You cannot, of Read More...
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Elementary education science, Part 1


21 February 11 11:34 AM
I am sitting on a committee put together to help redesign our elementary school science curriculum. I'll be tossing out various posts on the topic. The posts do not reflect the views of anyone except me. By the end of Grade 4: Science has unique norms Read More...
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A February horseshoe crab


05 February 11 12:33 PM
I love this picture. My wife has tiny feet--that is the tip of her tiny shoe. The tracks were made by a tiny horseshoe crab last February. Chances are pretty good no one else has seen this particular horseshoe crab, and chances are pretty good it is no Read More...
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Superlative fatigue


23 January 11 12:21 AM
We don't know what we want. Twitter is without a doubt the best way to share and discover what is happening right now. iPad : A magical and revolutionary product at an unbelievable price. Dell : The power to do more. Constructing Modern Knowledge : The Read More...
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