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Such a bad idea. Don't just push bad teachers around. Push them out. New York City and Educators At Odds Over Teaching Programs | Time.com http://time.com/4858520/nyc-schools-teachers-bill-de-blasio/
Greg McVerryYou may not be following the ECOT, Electronic Classroom Of Tomorrow, debacle but the largest charter school in Ohio, a K12 online organization, was ordered to payback $60 million dollars for students who paid that did not attend. The State of Ohio contends that ECOT did not document student learning in a meaningful way to demonstrate students showed up. They
Greg McVerrySo I am back to working on Chapter IV of our book on Open Pedagogy and it is really taking me on a journey into where self, identity and the collective begin. From Kaku, Gee, Kant, Hume, and Bhudda really covering it all....and trying to get it done in fewest paragraphs possible. We are distinguishing from the self and consciousness from Me(s) and identity w
Greg McVerryMeet new boss. Same as old boss. Republicans lost promise of local control http://thehill.com/blogs/pundits-blog/education/338469-republicans-and-the-lost-promise-of-local-control-in-education
Greg McVerryProfessors Must Learn How to Teach | HuffPost http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/professors-must-learn-how-to-teach_us_593b66e4e4b0b65670e56a80 #highered At ReVIEW Talent Feedback System we actually begin before the lecture hall. We must teach department chairs how to observe and coach for effective teaching. Then we focus of the individual areas and streng
Greg McVerryHow do we ensure our students of need and PoC get a rewarding online experience. #edtechchat The performance difference is a reason used to stifle online teaching. I see it as proof to why we must increase online experiences for ALL our students. The jobforce demands experience in blended environments. Promises and pitfalls of online education | Brookings In
Greg McVerryThere will be huge growth in early childhood. #ncsc17 expansion in suburbs should begin at PreK while those who care about accountability measures in our urban schools should expand down. In the burbs parents join for the daycare. In the city we know enough to know we must start as early as possible. A powerful pairing: Pre-K boosts future incomes and reduce
Greg McVerryMy desktop is a mess. Bits and scraps of a hundred projects. I want something that guesses where things go based on what I have been doing. Its gotta handle curve balls and quick left turns.
Greg McVerryI have been playing with image classes in Bootstrap. I like the circle images but wanted to see what I could with margins and padding to make new shapes. It was fun. Above I alternated 50px of top padding and fifty pxels of bottom padding. It made a neat shape. The pictures look cool.
Greg McVerry2010-04-22 flickr photo by bgottsab shared under a Creative Commons ( BY-NC ) license As digitally engaged scholars we rely and help build the open web. Over the past year we have been working on Mozilla's Open Leadership Toolkit and after all-hands this past December we have a few modules getting ready for testing. The first step is a simple Quality Assuran
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