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Comment on Helping my students set goals the smart way by Dave Ashby

Dave Ashby — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 14:27:44 +0000

Hi, thank you for sending the information, as a college student doing my 2nd stage qualification to becoming a teacher I am one of a number of students, I have directed them through a forum to your site, the information is very informative and useful.

Comment on Nine questions I ask my students on the first day of school by Kapil

Kapil — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 08:58:23 +0000

Sir kindly post some questions regarding future objectives..i have to make a questionaire.

Comment on Are you frustrated and stressed in your teaching practice because you have to spend more and more time doing things you don’t value? by vicky

vicky — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 06:46:01 +0000

wow. i cant believe i’ve never read this blog. its amazing. i’m in my 6th year of teaching, and i am still balancing out how to fight for the things i value. thanks for sharing!

Comment on Poor teachers dramatically reduce students’ life-time earnings by Litsa

Litsa — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 06:32:54 +0000

Thank you for this valuable information. I knew that a teacher can influence the psychological well being of a student and his/her desire to learn in that classroom, but I hadn’t thought about its long term effect. I’m attending teachers’ improvement seminars at present and guess where I will take this report? Again thank you for reminding us of our power for a better future.

Comment on Listening to Music Helps Students Be More Productive in The Classroom by Wai

Wai — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 02:29:30 +0000

Hey, i’m doing a research paper and decided to add include some of your information into it, I REALLY need to know when you wrote this, I promise to add the correct information which probably will only be spoken among my class mates, oh, and what other sites do you recommend for me to check out? Thanks for your help !

~Wai

Comment on Poor teachers dramatically reduce students’ life-time earnings by Elona Hartjes

Elona Hartjes — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 02:26:11 +0000

Thank you for your considerable insights into the issue. I do think that spreading this argument does serve a purpose. It generates discussion. Yes, we should critically examine any research for bias or questionable methodology. That is a given. We need to ask who can benefit from the research and what is the criteria for deciding a teacher is poor, average or superior. That discussion is an important one, and I invite readers to engage in that discussion. We can only benefit.

I’m Canadian and don’t read the New York Times. Probably many of my readers who are not Americans don’t read the New York Times either. This post may be the first time some readers have heard of the issues in education raised by the New York Times and the controversy around the articles.

Improvements in standardized testing do not equate to improvements in learning. There’s more to be learned than can be tested by standardize testing. Canadian teachers have to be concerned about standardized testing too. We are being pressured to get those scores up to make our schools and administration look good. At least, that’s the message I got at our last staff meeting.

Comment on Helping my students set goals the smart way by Dave Ashby

Dave Ashby — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 02:24:15 +0000

Hi, I am just taking my CTLLS teaching in the adult sector qualification, I would be grateful if you could send me a copy of your presentation as a PowerPoint Show.

Thanks

Comment on Poor teachers dramatically reduce students’ life-time earnings by Ira Socol

Ira Socol — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 20:15:12 +0000

Teachers matter a lot, but everyone should read research, especially research which comes from anti-education advocacy organizations like Harvard and The New York Times, with a bit of an investigative eye. http://speedchange.blogspot.com/2011/10/class-war-at-new-york-times.html

That huge difference in earnings? Under the “best” estimates of the researchers, it is almost $5 per week. http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/Bridging-Differences/2012/01/dear_deborah_just_days_ago.html And the methodology used to determine that is highly questionable.

The goal of this study was to back up the Obama/Duncan argument that “poverty doesn’t matter” in education, thus allowing the US to preserve the awful inequities in education which have eliminated social mobility in the United States. It helps no one except the wealthy and lazy to spread this argument.
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Comment on Advice for ebook initiative- The Best of Teachers at Risk by Mathew

Mathew — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 03:43:58 +0000

$9.99 seems to be the standard cost for ebooks (though of course I think your content is worth a lot more…it’s just that’s what I imagine others might pay for it). Behavior modification is the topic the teachers I know would appreciate.
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Comment on Setting SMART goals help students succeed by Jill Bozzy

Jill Bozzy — Sat, 28 Jan 2012 14:47:30 +0000

Hi could you please send me a copy of your presentation!