future of teaching

What’s Next: Auto-tuning Our Lessons, Too? [On The Future of Teaching]

September 14, 2011 Guest Posts

Excerpt: For some of our less fortunate colleagues, they may get mandated to use a scripted curriculum pre-written for them. This method has some validity with those who don’t get the training in their ed-schools (and trust me, there’s lots), but should teachers prescribe to this method? At some point, we have to ask ourselves, [...]

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Evaluating the Evaluators, Part 1 [On The Future of Teaching]

August 18, 2011 Guest Posts

Here’s an excerpt from The Future of Teaching: Your choice of Renee Moore speaks volumes of what you believe about the profession. Yes, her voice demonstrates the awesome possibilities of having someone who understands the inner workings of teaching from a policy standpoint that’s ripe with depth about all types of children, not just the [...]

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Special Guests on Pardon the Interruption: Jose Vilson and John Holland! [Future of Teaching]

June 13, 2011 Guest Posts

Wilbon: I’m Michael Wilbon. Kornheiser: And I’m Tony Kornheiser, and welcome to the PTI program. We have a special edition of OddsMakers today because we’re old and tired. Wilbon: Maybe you’re old, but I’m tired from the EXCITEMENT of this year’s NBA Finals. K: I was tired from my first name being used all night [...]

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Lady Gaga As A Model for Education [Future of Teaching]

May 26, 2011 Guest Posts

Excerpt: Some might say she’s a product of social engineering, but if anything, she’s the engineer. In the same way, we already have come to the conclusion that learning can’t just happen in class. Much of the mantra these days is still centered on teacher-directed instruction. While I do believe there’s room for that, especially [...]

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The No-Stats All-Star Teacher [On The Future of Teaching]

April 21, 2011 Mr. Vilson

Excerpt: … we become so enhanced in our systems thinking, we use assessments less as indications of how one specific teacher influenced their ability to pass a test and more as an indication of the skills and values that teacher actually taught a student. Does the student think more abstractly now? Does the student have [...]

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Great Teachers Still Need Apply [The Future of Teaching]

April 8, 2011 Guest Posts

Excerpt: Transformative pedagogy is so critical to the 21st century that we can no longer accept that we the teachers are the epicenter of all things educational. However, the one thing we can accept responsibility for is teaching students how to learn. The rigors of our most growing fields demand that we push students to [...]

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We’re Not Gonna Take It Anymore [The Future of Teaching]

March 27, 2011 Guest Posts

Excerpt: Thus, the term “teacherpreneur” gets mixed up with terms like “education entrepeneur” (see: Rhee) instead of what it’s intended to do: allow teachers to create their own opportunities while still serving in the classroom. If we continue to perceive the teachers as the hired help (Renee Moore’s a genius), then we’ll continue to get [...]

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The Reality of Dan, Diana, Andy, Michael … and TED (On The Future of Teaching)

March 2, 2011 Jose

I thought the writing break might last longer. The bug got me. Here’s my latest at the Future of Teaching blog. Excerpt: A good step in that direction is the edcamps and unconferences springing across the country. However, even they can get bogged down by the ideas of structure, even when the solution is right [...]

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The Awesome Panel Discussion at The Ford Foundation [The Future of Teaching]

February 15, 2011 Guest Posts

Excerpt: Teacher voice is critical in any discussion about education. Whether we’re in our schools or in think tanks, the progress we make as educators depends highly on whether the experts within the classroom can determine the parameters of their professionalism individually and collectively. Some people fear this, wondering whether too much teacher voice will [...]

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Just Trust Us [The Future of Teaching]

January 26, 2011 Guest Posts

Excerpt: Before policymakers and other key stakeholders can make decisions surrounding educational accountability, they would do well to focus their full attentions on the idea of trust. It’s the characteristic most lacking in every discussion about the word accountability in education, and with good reason. The present economic situation has many afraid that, like most [...]

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