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Catharine
Are you an eduwonk who's still in school? Join Students For Education Reform, a new organization started at Princeton this fall but soon expanding to other campuses. Stay in touch with students like yourself who support doing whatever it takes to close the achievement gap and improve our schools, and learn about intern...ship and job opportunities with non-profits, think tanks, and "gap-closing" charter schools. The SFER Facebook group is also a great place to post links to news articles or engage in discussion about ed policy with your fellow undergrad and grad students.
http://www.new.facebook.com/group.php?gi
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Laura Mirsky
IIRP One-Day Conferences for Educators: Restorative Practices - A Unifying Framework for Schools. November 10-19: Brattleboro and Burlington, Vermont; Baltimore; NYC; Philadelphia: http://tinyurl.com/yh46ztp
See if you want to bring restorative practices to your school or district.
Vanessa Posada
Given the current employment environment, community colleges and other post-secondary institutions are being called upon to play an even greater role in helping young adults gain the skills needed to qualify for work. A new report from Workforce Strategy Center (WSC) and funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation ti...tled “Employers, Low-Income Young Adults and Postsecondary Credentials,” highlights programs in 14 communities that are successfully addressing the challenge of providing disadvantaged young adults with the technical and postsecondary education that may qualify them for skilled positions. For the full report visit www.workforcestrategy.org.Read More
Laura Mirsky
The Turnaround at West Philadelphia HIgh School - in Philadelphia Inquirer - Restorative Practices was a part of it: http://www.philly.com/philly/news/politi
Laura Mirsky
The IIRP 12th World Conference - Restoring Community in a Disconnected
World, Part 2, October 21-23, Bethlehem, PA. Plenary panel: Saliyah
Cruz and staff of West Philadelphia High, reduced violence by 75% with
help of restorative practices. http://www.iirp.org/beth09/plenary.php
Puja Agrawal
Need your help with a survey! This is for a good cause - trying to figureout the most pressing needs of parents for the education anddevelopment of thier children. http://www.zoomerang.com/Survey/survey.z
It won't take more than 3 minutes ofyour time and you might win a Kindle too!
Morgan
No eduwonk post on the WaPo Sunday Editorial byline? Really?! http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/con
John Mayor
I'm a believer in that technology is the great disrupter and savior of education. Schools need to lead the use of technology, not trail.
SpellingCity.com is just one example of how basic activities can be modernized. Schools have been doing the same things the same way for too many generations.
Stuart Ciske Missed being 1000 by 8 - darn!
Laura Mirsky
Restorative Justice Online review of the IIRP video, The Transformation of West Philadelphia High School - http://restorativejustice.org/RJOB/video
Ed Greenspan
It is nearly Aug. 1. Why aren't parents of constantly disruptive children being brought to Tweed and have the riot act read to them? Of course not, instead, there will be conferences to rate more teachers unsatisfactory. It's much easier to accuse a teacher of not motivating these recalcitrants than to do something wit...h a student's unruly behavior.
It's the same brats who year after year are rated unsatisfactory and as nothing is done, their deportment worsens. Get these recalcitrants off to work. They don't need a longer day and longer year.
WE NEED COMMITTEES OF ACTIVE AND RETIRED TEACHERS RUNNING THE SCHOOLS. WE CERTAINLY DON'T NEED JOEL KLEIN AND THE UFT. THE LATTER SOLD OUT THE MEMBERSHIP YEARS AGO. PARENTS DESERVE SOME SAY BUT MUST HAVE A SUPPORTING ROLE. LET PARENTS BE MORE CONCERNED WITH THE DEPORTMENT AND ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT OF THEIR CHILDREN.Read More
It's the same brats who year after year are rated unsatisfactory and as nothing is done, their deportment worsens. Get these recalcitrants off to work. They don't need a longer day and longer year.
WE NEED COMMITTEES OF ACTIVE AND RETIRED TEACHERS RUNNING THE SCHOOLS. WE CERTAINLY DON'T NEED JOEL KLEIN AND THE UFT. THE LATTER SOLD OUT THE MEMBERSHIP YEARS AGO. PARENTS DESERVE SOME SAY BUT MUST HAVE A SUPPORTING ROLE. LET PARENTS BE MORE CONCERNED WITH THE DEPORTMENT AND ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT OF THEIR CHILDREN.Read More
Tony Fletcher
Hi,
I am a visionary fine artist, graphic designer and author that is reaching out to all of the citizens of the world. Please feel free to experience my art @ http://www.artoniworld.com
Check out my new learning initiative for the 21st Century in the form of an action adventure series for kids & teens called: C2 & Posse...: Inner-City Heroes (pronounced Cee-Squared)
http://artoniworld.com/c2andposse003.sht
A few charter schools are using it in their schools.
The C2 & PÓSSE: INNER-CITY HEROES character property utilizes exquisite, full-color illustrations, contemporary dialogue and suspenseful plot twists to create a new medium for introducing children and teens to social issues and inspiring messages that promote literacy, encourages them to develop human attributes and values called the "CODES4LIFE™".
C2 & PÓSSE: INNER-CITY HEROES promotes the premise that knowing things and being aware is "Cool" & that not knowing things and being unaware is "Un-Cool".
Peace,
ArtoniRead More
I am a visionary fine artist, graphic designer and author that is reaching out to all of the citizens of the world. Please feel free to experience my art @ http://www.artoniworld.com
Check out my new learning initiative for the 21st Century in the form of an action adventure series for kids & teens called: C2 & Posse...: Inner-City Heroes (pronounced Cee-Squared)
http://artoniworld.com/c2andposse003.sht
A few charter schools are using it in their schools.
The C2 & PÓSSE: INNER-CITY HEROES character property utilizes exquisite, full-color illustrations, contemporary dialogue and suspenseful plot twists to create a new medium for introducing children and teens to social issues and inspiring messages that promote literacy, encourages them to develop human attributes and values called the "CODES4LIFE™".
C2 & PÓSSE: INNER-CITY HEROES promotes the premise that knowing things and being aware is "Cool" & that not knowing things and being unaware is "Un-Cool".
Peace,
ArtoniRead More
Laura Mirsky
The 2nd commencement of the International Institute for Restorative Practices Graduate School was all about the graduates. Read some of their stories. Article: http://www.iirp.org/library/commencement
Laura Mirsky
New DVD about restorative practices at Endeavour High School, in Hull, the "3rd most impoverished ward in the UK." Restorative practices: not just for the US. See a clip at http://www.iirp.org/books_n_videos_info/
