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@jennamcjenna ANNOUNCEMENT: Mayor of Bloomington declares state of emergency. Orders national guard to deliver earplugs.
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Does anyone have any eportfolio examples they would like to share? Giving a talk in July #edchat #edtech
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@jennamcjenna hey I am leaving the #ies conference now. I hope to pull a few ideas together for #aera proposal tomorrow.
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@DrGarcia #brilliance no your not they just call it strombolli, stuffed bread. But what you made is usually called a calzone. #belowaverage
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@ndcollier Spain versus Portugal slowing down twitter.
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RT @bjnichols: A new approach in science emphasizes sustained instruction in big ideas http://bit.ly/aAVtsy
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RT @NancyW: #iste10 Yay! ISTE president just mentioned innovative projects through library and classroom collaboration
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Duncan: we will focus #edreform at school level. Only 2,000 schools produce 1/2 of dropouts. We can focus there. #BlackEd #IES
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Duncan: NLCB helped drive data but was punitive and narrowed the curriculum. Need to reward excellence not punish failure.
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Duncan: trying to increase #IES budget from 2 hundred million to 260 million.
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Duncan: technology needs to expand the school day connect to students, move beyond stand alone skills #IES #ISTE10 #BlackEd
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Duncan: we can't overstate the power of techology. Budget threatens gains. We need to use I3 grants to embed technology everywhere.
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Duncan: we will lead the world in college grad rates by 2020 #IES #BlackEd
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Duncan: Researchers need to move from ivory towers to school rooms. Budget cuts threaten iterative research projects.
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Both Delaware and Tennessee team up with researchers for profeSsional development and tchr evaluation
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Too many schools choose the status quo. Now educators are working together....why do we think RTTP will be any different than past reform
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Duncan: 1.2 million students leave schools for the streets every year.
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Duncan: research is the compass for educational research. I don't discount teacher ability to assess but cut feelings are not enough.
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Arnie Duncan: teacher evaluation across the country is largely broken.
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john Easton director of #ies is introducing Arnie Duncan. Tells us to expect cold hard truth.
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