Month: January 2014

• Teach For America: A Return to the Evidence (The Sequel)

  9–13 minutes

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  January 7, 2014

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  Teach For America

  The sequel to the 2010 Teach For America: A Review of the Evidence was released by the National Education Policy Center (NEPC) today. The new policy report is entitled Teach For America: A Return to the Evidence. I have included the citation, official NEPC press release, and the Executive Summary in this post. Citation: Vasquez Heilig, J. &…

  

• Tell-All from Oakland TFA Teacher: “I didn’t do my research” “Left by Winter Break”

  7–10 minutes

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  January 5, 2014

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  Teach For America

  Here is another tell-all that does not appear in TFA’s glossy brochures or promotion materials. I realize that proponents of TFA will likely argue that these stories from TFA corp members are no different than any other poorly trained first year teacher. But that is the exactly the point isn’t it? Why is TFA perpetuating…

  

• The Professors: A Reality Show Concept

  2–3 minutes

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  January 4, 2014

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  Wisdom

  The hullabaloo about the Duck Dynasty reality show got me to thinking.  It turns out that the Duck Dynasty controversy may all be just part of the entertainment business— a carefully orchestrated marketing scheme. How about an education reality show that isn’t 100% pretend and follows the “stress, failures, unpredictability, and successes” in the lives of professors?…