Based on the theory that quality teachers are the solution to low-performing students, a school has lured the country's best with high pay.
Saturday, June 13, 2009
Manhattan Charter School Will Pay Teachers Six Figures
Manhattan Charter School Will Pay Teachers Six Figures
Spitting in the eye of mainstream education
Spitting in the eye of mainstream education
Three no-frills charter schools in Oakland mock liberal orthodoxy, teach strictly to the test -- and produce some of the state's top scores.
Not many schools in California recruit teachers with language like this: "We are looking for hard working people who believe in free market capitalism. . . . Multicultural specialists, ultra liberal zealots and college-tainted oppression liberators need not apply."
Three no-frills charter schools in Oakland mock liberal orthodoxy, teach strictly to the test -- and produce some of the state's top scores.
Not many schools in California recruit teachers with language like this: "We are looking for hard working people who believe in free market capitalism. . . . Multicultural specialists, ultra liberal zealots and college-tainted oppression liberators need not apply."
Review: Rancid, Rise Against
Repetition is a curse for many bands; for Rancid, it's a virtue. The stalwart punk band from California has been at it for almost 18 years, singing working-class anthems that mix street punk with rock, pop and ska. If you charged them with repeating themselves from one album to the next, they'd probably plead guilty and their fans would shout, "Hell, yeah." Friday night Rancid was on a three-band bill at the Uptown that included the Riverboat Gamblers and the headliners, Rise Against. A lot Continue reading ...
David Wiley's Open Course on Open Education
David Wiley's Open Course on Open Education
Here's the link the to wiki syllabus for David Wiley's Fall 2007 course about Open Education. There's still time to sign up for this online course. "The goals of the course are (1) to give you a firm grounding in the current state of the field of open education, including related topics like copyright, licensing, and sustainability, (2) to help you locate open education in the context of mainstream instructional technologies like learning objects, and (3) to get you thinking, writing, and dialoguing creatively and critically about current practices and possible alternative practices in open education." Those who don't want to participate in the course will still find value in the online readings and the links to OER sites. ____JH
Here's the link the to wiki syllabus for David Wiley's Fall 2007 course about Open Education. There's still time to sign up for this online course. "The goals of the course are (1) to give you a firm grounding in the current state of the field of open education, including related topics like copyright, licensing, and sustainability, (2) to help you locate open education in the context of mainstream instructional technologies like learning objects, and (3) to get you thinking, writing, and dialoguing creatively and critically about current practices and possible alternative practices in open education." Those who don't want to participate in the course will still find value in the online readings and the links to OER sites. ____JH
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