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Daily Archives: 4 March 2010
Sorta building a better teacher, maybe
In “Building A Better Teacher,” Elizabeth Green presents cases personifying two perspectives on teaching effectively—one we often hear referred to as “classroom management” and the other regularly called “good content.” She uses Doug Lemov and Deborah Ball, respectively, as her exemplars of the cases.
Professor Ball, dean of the University of Michigan’s school of education, [...] Continue reading
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RIF funding opportunity
Reading is Fundamental, the US nonprofit organization devoted to promoting reading and literacy, is soliciting proposals from university graduate students who would be willing to help conduct some research. The student who receives the award must analyze data and write a report of a study being conducted at Brooklyn (NY, US) Public Library. The study [...] Continue reading
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Should Private Schools Be Covered by the New Seclusion & Restraint Law?
Image via WikipediaThe Council For American Private Education, an umbrella group representing a large percentage of private schools in the United States, has written a letter to Congress asking that private schools be exempted from HR 4247, the new Pre… Continue reading
Posted in Aversive Intervention and Seclusion, education, Jim Bunning, private school, restraints, Safety, seclusion, Seclusion in Schools Act, Senate, United States Congress
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16 States Make First Cut in $4 Billion Race to the Top Competition
On March 4, the U.S. Department of Education announced that 16 states are finalists in the first phase of the Race to the Top competition, the $4 billion initiative to implement education reforms. The finalists are: Colorado, Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Kentucky, Louisiana, Massachusetts, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, and Tennessee. Finalists were chosen based on a peer review process and will now have to provide an oral presentation of their applications in mid-March, a process that will be on video and publically available, prior to receiving awards for this first phase… Continue reading
Posted in Administration, American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (Economic Stimulus), Race to the Top, U.S. Department of Education
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Restraint & Seclusion Legislation Passes House
On Wednesday, the legislation addressing the appropriate use of physical restraint and seclusion which CEC has been working on with Congress and other advocacy organizations passed the House 262-153. CEC has advocated for this legislation for many months. Read more about H.R. 4247 on CEC’s Policy Insider Blog. H.R. 4247, now called the Keeping All Students Safe Act, will now move to the Senate, where its companion S. 2860 has only one sponsor, Senator Chris Dodd (D-CT). CEC still needs your help to move this important legislation. It is imperative that we secure more co-sponsors of the legislation in the… Continue reading
Posted in CEC Legislative Action Center, Opportunities for Advocacy, Restraint and Seclusion, U.S. Congress
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