Greetings:
Welcome to the Current Events in Education. I'm thrilled to be your host for the 84th Carnival of Education. Since I point to a current event every morning, typically providing a link to a newspaper, I thought it appropriate to divide this carnival into newspaper sections. Well I hope you enjoy it.
Onto the Midway...
Headline NewsIn this week of 9/11 Jill Davidson’s article reminding parents and teachers how to speak about tragedies and respond to them is certainly worthy of headline news. She explains that
the children will watch us and learn on the
The Essential Blog.
Just A Substitute Teacher Blog puts life into perspective by discussing the issues of second graders. How nice it must be to not remember 9/11?
If Texas is investigating widespread cheating on state tests, what are the chances cheating also is widespread in Ohio? Last week's Carnival host, Scott Elliott asked the head of the state's testing program what they have done about cheating. The answer? Not much. Like most of Scott's work, its definitely worth a read. Like so many of our newspapers this Carnival paper needs a story about crime in the front section.
Going to the Matt reports that Maryland charter schools will get the same funding as public schools.Sports
Michelle presents Baseball is for high school posted at Texas Ed: Comments on Education from Texas.
Culture
Don Surber wonders
Will the Band be Banned. I sure hope not.
Spunky examines the often wrong assumptions and judgements homeschoolers and public schoolers make about each other, in this post entitled "
Home School Snobbery." There are clearly different cultures between homeschooling and traditional schooling.
Three Standard Deviations to the Left examines the culture of his class in "
Honeymoon Period Extended Three Days."
Editorials:ms_teacher offers us
Why Class Size Does Matter! posted at
California LiveWire: Teaching in the Golden State.
John Rozewicki ponders whether
lower SAT scores are really a problem at
Supreme Narcissism.
Phil B. at
Phil for Humanity presents
Obsoleting the Electoral CollegeThe Education Wonks, the prime mover of this carnival, write,"
Wonkitorial: Dept. of Ed Retreats on Teacher Quality." What can educats do to promote the best and the brightest into teaching?
New York City Educator opines on new
policies banning cell phones form New York City schools.
A Shrewdness of Apes offers
some really good advice to both educational policymakers and school administrators. I highly recommend the read.
ScienceDavid, at the Good Human, provides
environmentally friendly school projects for teachers and parents.
Dennis Fermoyle, From the Trenches of Public Ed. theorizes on the best prospects for improving education
Direct Instruction: Is It the Key to Improving Education?Truth definitely comes under the domain of science. Elliot H., The Edwahoo, presents
five truths he’s learned from five weeks of teaching.
Jon Schnaars writes about
balancing expectations to cut stess and anxiety at
Anxiety, Addiction and Depression Treatments.
Rightwingprof, at Right Wing Nation, describes the process of
Fixing Flawed Ideas: III.
Steve Hargadon presents an
Interview with Larry Cuban, Author of “Oversold and Underused: Computers in the Classroom” A professor emeritus of Stanford University counts as science, even if it's social science, right?
The Median Sib presents a fantastic post entitled "
Questioning, How Uncomfortable Does it Have to Be?" Let's remember that teaching is not just a craft. It's also a science.
Technology
Green Rising tells us how Bill Gates' ideas will promote
sustainable education. It's a post worthy of the future.
BusinessBarry Leiba offers us the post
More on resources for education at
Staring At Empty Pages in which he explains why teachers should be paid more than entertainers.
Dr. Homeslice writes about
Union Bouquet #3 at
Dr. Homeslice.
John at AFT presents
Detroit Teachers Have Parents' Support at
NCLB: Let's Get it Right!.
Muse at
me-ander knows that she's
Back from the Trenches! This teacher's back to business.
Bill at
Ask Uncle Bill presents
I'm Going To Get An MBA--What Does that Mean? Read to find out.
Businesses just love dollar bills. Some schools use them in awkward ways. Anonymous Educator presents
Dollar Bills at
Anonymous Educator.
Cassie del Pilar discusses
signing Bonuses, Superstars, & Mike Klonsky at
District 299 Chicago Schools Blog.
Ryan Boots, over at
Edspresso, gave me two options for entries. The first one is about the
Detroit teacher strike. But, he also offered
this second entry - which out of the interest of full disclosure I must say that I wrote.
Higher Education Barry Leiba considers the potential of the next generation in
Prepared for college? posted at
Staring At Empty Pages.
PersonalsDarren argues pounces on educational fads in his post
Forging Relationships With Students posted at
Right on the Left Coast: Views From a Conservative Teacher.
Colleen King asks
Do Your Students Model Their Math Problems? posted at
Math Playground She points us towards a useful website that provides modeling tools.
In ReviewMargaret asks
what quality of education was available to Jane Austen on her blog,
Poor Starving College Student.Close UpWhat It's Like on the Inside offers an analysis of "
The Inertia of Secondary Education"
TV Guide
This Week in Education considers
the images of urban schools as portrayed on television, this season.
Foreign EditionsMadame writes
LE FABULEUX DESTIN DE MADAME posted at
LE FABULEUX DESTIN DE MADAME. Don't worry the text includes English.
Check out this post from Kelly. Any teachers who have taught overseas can sympathise with Kelly. For those of us who haven't taught overseas we can learn a lot form her.
Coming Isuses
TheMedianSib is hosting next weeks Carnival of Education, Number 85. Submissions are due by 7:00pm Central Time. You can send your submissions to carol@themediansib.com/ or use the form available here!! Let's wish Carol Good Luck!!
Past Issues
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