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Fitting Creativity into Assessment

May 13, 2010August 18, 2012 marybeth3 Comments on Fitting Creativity into Assessment

This tweet came to me from Greg McVerry during this week’s #edchat conversation about promoting creativity in schools.  The discussion […]

assessment, nclb, reform

Politics and Education

May 7, 2010August 18, 2012 marybeth18 Comments on Politics and Education

When I first entered the world of education as a freshman in college, teaching was all about reaching my students, […]

reform

The Times Are A-Changing

April 5, 2010August 18, 2012 marybeth34 Comments on The Times Are A-Changing

Every day I seem to come across another story of a school district, a school or a teacher on the […]

reform, Renaissance Schools, School District of Philadelpia

#EduThingsILike

March 14, 2010August 18, 2012 marybeth4 Comments on #EduThingsILike

Just last week my friend Chad Sansing challenged me to respond to his blog post, #EduThingsILike. In his post he […]

education, reform

Shame on You, Newsweek

March 10, 2010August 18, 2012 marybeth22 Comments on Shame on You, Newsweek

I have been subscribing to Newsweek magazine for almost 5 years now.  I look forward to each week’s thought provoking […]

education, reflection, reform, School District of Philadelpia, teaching

A New Model for School Reform: Could it Work?

February 12, 2010August 18, 2012 marybeth7 Comments on A New Model for School Reform: Could it Work?

Recently, with all of this change coming to Philadelphia schools, in conversation with fellow educators at the Educon conference and […]

reflection, reform segregation

Inauguration, Racism and Segregation

January 10, 2009August 15, 2013 marybeth

AsĀ Obama’sĀ inauguration approaches, I have been hearing more and more about how racism in the US has ended, is on its […]

education, reflection, reform SDP, segregation, teaching

This is What a 21st Century School Looks Like

December 23, 2008August 15, 2013 marybeth

Let’s take a look at a 21st Century School…. These are the conditions in the school my students attend every […]

education, reform Renaissance Schools, SDP, segregation

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