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 Testing is not the problem

I’m gravely concerned about a recent posting in Teacher Week by Renee Moore, a former Mississippi state teacher of the year and Milken Award winner. In a post entitled “Fixing NCLB: How Testing Hurts Disadvantaged Kids”, Ms.
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We need methodology not wishful thinking

I happened to catch Diane Ravitch on public television recently describing her positive reaction to the expressed desire of the Obama administration to eliminate the draconian punitive measures in No Child Left Behind. In her view, we aren’t helping students learn by threatening their teachers and administrators with school takeovers, staff firings, and the like.
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Specific and Strategic Courageous Action

“To set and work toward any goal is an act of courage.” -- Stephen Covey

Dennis Sparks recently wrote in his blog about the power of setting incremental goals, saying

Large goals can overwhelm school leaders who may not know where to start and how to maintain momentum over a period of many months and years. That’s why it’s important that leaders break large goals into small parts that can be addressed on a daily or weekly basis. ("Breaking big goals into small goals," April 21 - find a link to Dennis' blog in our Resources)
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Introducing Eddy Turns - our blog by Jan O'Neill

On one of our first dates, almost 25 years ago, my husband took me whitewater canoeing. Only later did we discover that the river he selected is one of the most challenging in northern Wisconsin; in fact, every year at least one person drowns on this river.

We were untrained, unskilled and not exactly well-prepared. We had the wrong kind of canoe (fiberglass) for what we were about to do and none of the required equipment (air bag, knee straps, helmets), and we failed to put on our life preservers.
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