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Students Need Teacher Relationships Not Just Adaptive Software & Videos
Thanks to the web of connections facilitated by Twitter, this morning I watched the popular (> 1 million views) YouTube video, “Digital Aristotle: Thoughts on the Future of Education” by YouTuber CGP Grey (@cgpgrey). Like many snappy and impressive videos about “transforming our education system” created by professional YouTubers, however, this one makes some flawed…
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Cognitive Dissonance and Segregated Oklahoma Schools
Last Friday was a holiday for students and staff in Yukon Public Schools, where I teach 4th and 5th grade STEM full time. Thanks to Andre Daughty, Friday afternoon I was able to visit three of our local, neighborhood schools in Oklahoma City Public Schools near our house. Prior to Friday, I had visited John Marshall…
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What We Can Learn from Oklahoma’s Repeal of Common Core
Today as I enjoyed learning and teaching in day two of the first STEM Seeds PD Camp in Yukon, Oklahoma Governor Mary Fallin signed House Bill 3399 repealing Common Core State Standards in our public schools. Instead of continuing to implement Common Core Standards, as our schools have been doing (at varying rates) for the…
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Meet New OKCPS Superintendent: Rob Neu (April 2014)
This evening the board of Oklahoma City Public Schools approved the contract of Rob Neu as the new district superintendent. Interim superintendent Dave Lopez, former Secretary of Commerce for the State of Oklahoma, continues to serve as the district’s top leader until Neu will assume the reins later this year. by Wesley Fryer Neu is an…
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Oklahoma Legislators: Don’t Repeal Common Core Standards, Instead Reject High Stakes Testing
If you are an Oklahoma legislator, please watch the following 6 minute video and thoughtfully consider this message about Common Core State Standards. There is a great deal of public anger in Oklahoma today regarding education and education policy, and it is important to both understand and constructively respond to these emotions. As an elected…
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Educational Vouchers are a BAD Idea for Oklahoma Students and Families (HB 3398)
Update 21 Feb 2014: Please see the clarifications in the comments to this post. A federal NCLB waiver is needed instead of a state waiver, as I thought when I wrote this post. Also there are important reasons why PT specifically would be hampered rather than helped/supported by the same regulations which govern public schools…
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You Must Watch This: We Need Educational Change But Not High Stakes Accountability
You must watch this video. In it, Ethan Young, a senior at Farragut High School, in Knox County, Tennessee, concisely, cogently, and persuasively explains why the high stakes accountability focus of Common Core is the WRONG path for educational improvement in the United States. I agree with Ethan and applaud his courage as well as…
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Getting it WRONG: The Economist on Educational Technology, Testing and School Reform
Where do I begin? Two articles published in The Economist‘s print and online magazines at the end of June 2013 are filled with errors and misleading statements concerning educational technology, testing, and school reform. The articles, “E-ducation: A long-overdue technological revolution is at last under way” and “Catching on at last: New technology is poised…
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Hallelujah: Oklahoma Withdraws from Common Core PARCC Testing Consortium
It took five months after I shared this tweet with our Oklahoma State Superintendent of Public Instruction, Janet Barresi, but it’s done. Thanks to a tweet this evening from Shawn Blankenship, I learned Oklahoma has officially withdrawn from PARCC, one of two consortia putting together high-stakes tests for the Common Core State Standards. According to…
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This Is What Learning Looks Like by Gary Stager (Nov 2012)
These are my notes from Gary Stager‘s breakout session, “This Is What Learning Looks Like,” at the 2012 Interactive Learning Institute sponsored by the K20 Center at the University of Oklahoma in Norman, Oklahoma. MY THOUGHTS AND COMMENTS ARE IN ALL CAPS. Send an email to hey@stager.org to receive links for a collection of resources…