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Laura Mirsky
Philadelphia
teachers call for restorative practices to handle South Philly High
conflicts between Asian- and African-American students - Inquirer Op
Ed: http://tinyurl.com/yarz62z
Laura Mirsky Dignity in Schools Campaign Releasing National Resolution to End School Pushout, use restorative practices - http://www.dignityinschools.org
Laura Mirsky
Restorative practices at West Philadelphia High School - In the Philadelphia Public School Notebook: http://www.thenotebook.org/winter-2009/0
Laura Mirsky It's not too late to register for the two remaining Restorative Practices: A Unifying Framework for Schools One-Day Conferences 11/17 - NYC, 11/19 - Philadelphia. Many educators coming. Register: http://tinyurl.com/yh46ztp
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
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.
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!
