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Confessions of a Twilight-loving teacher

—Joanne Jacobs

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In Confessions of a Twilight Addict, English teacher Jennifer Morrison compares the popular teen vampire series to Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice.

Like an 18th century novel of manners, Twilight criticizes social assumptions and regimented ideas of appropriate behavior. In an interesting twist, whereas Austen’s heroines single-mindedly protect their [...]

Posted: December 03, 2009, 3:34pm EST
by Joanne

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Pot. Kettle. Bracey.

—D-Ed Reckoning

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The last and thankfully final Bracey Report attempts to analyze the research support underlying the following three assumptions about how to reform education.

1. High-quality schools can eliminate the achievement gap between whites and minorities.

2. Mayoral control of public schools is an improvement over the more [...]

Posted: November 13, 2009, 12:26pm EST
by KDeRosa

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Build a Value-Added Assessment System for P-12 Before Moving on to Teacher Prep Institutions

—Kentucky School News and Commentary

"A key assumption of using test scores to judge teachers is that students are randomly assigned, first, to schools, and, second, to classes. Neither is true."
Recently, there has been increased talk of holding teacher preparation institutions accountable for the performance of Kentucky teachers - in effect holding colleges [...]

Posted: November 07, 2009, 11:15am EST

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