-------Darling-Hammond-------Ch 1 The Flat World, Educational Inequality, and America's Future-----------------------------------
— anderscj (@anderscj) October 27, 2011
"education can no longer be productively focused on the transmission of pieces of information that, once memorized,... tl.gd/drif3r
— anderscj (@anderscj) October 27, 2011
"The pace at which many nations in Asia and Europe are pouring resources into forward-looking education systems tha... tl.gd/drilni
— anderscj (@anderscj) October 27, 2011
"it is our continuing comfort with profound inequality that is the Achilles heel of American education." Darling-Hammond
— anderscj (@anderscj) October 27, 2011
"Throughout 200 years of slavery, a century of court-sanctioned discrimination based on race, and a half-century of... tl.gd/drj7u2
— anderscj (@anderscj) October 27, 2011
I sure do read some depressing books.
— anderscj (@anderscj) October 27, 2011
-----------Darling-Hammond-------Ch 2 The Anatomy of Inequality: How the Opportunity Gap is Constructed-----------------------------
— anderscj (@anderscj) October 29, 2011
"most policymakers, reporters, and editorial writers don't live with or know about how the 'other half' experiences school." Darling-Hammond
— anderscj (@anderscj) October 29, 2011
"In the United States, teachers are the most inequitably distributed school resource." Darling-Hammond
— anderscj (@anderscj) October 29, 2011
"Students' achievement was hurt most by having an inexperienced teacher on temporary license—again, a teaching prof... tl.gd/dt97ff
— anderscj (@anderscj) October 30, 2011
"rather than a race to the top we need to create substantially higher levels of teacher effectiveness, especially f... tl.gd/dt9c7v
— anderscj (@anderscj) October 30, 2011
"Although many people believe they do not need much specialized preparation before they enter, most learn quickly t... tl.gd/dt9i5i
— anderscj (@anderscj) October 30, 2011
"Schools were designed to be mechanisms for efficient sorting of manpower in the industrialized economy." Darling-Hammond
— anderscj (@anderscj) October 30, 2011
"The curriculum rationing system we have inherited was justified on the grounds that it was best for students, so t... tl.gd/dt9ua7
— anderscj (@anderscj) October 30, 2011
"Tracking is associated with curriculum differences that can dramatically restrict students' encounters with knowle... tl.gd/dt9v63
— anderscj (@anderscj) October 30, 2011
"When teachers have little opportunity to come to know their students well, and students have little opportunity to... tl.gd/dta853
— anderscj (@anderscj) October 30, 2011
"Policies often create a hostile environment for school models that deviate from traditional structures that mounta... tl.gd/dta9gd
— anderscj (@anderscj) October 30, 2011
--------Darling-Hammond-----Ch 3 New Standards and Old Inequities: How Testing Narrows and Expands the Opportunity Gap-------------
— anderscj (@anderscj) November 1, 2011
"States that developed performance assessments found that teachers assigned more writing and more complex mathemati... tl.gd/dudvoi
— anderscj (@anderscj) November 1, 2011
"Unfortunately, when used in high-stakes contexts, more narrow tests, limited to a multiple-choice format, have bee... tl.gd/due4er
— anderscj (@anderscj) November 1, 2011
"A national survey of more than 1,000 public school teachers found that 85% reported their school gives less attent... tl.gd/due5cp
— anderscj (@anderscj) November 1, 2011
"Indeed, some politicians have learned that responding to low performance with more testing tied to greater sanctio... tl.gd/due9kj
— anderscj (@anderscj) November 1, 2011
"Using individual-level data from the National Educational Longitudinal Survey, Brian Jacobs found that graduation ... tl.gd/duecj2
— anderscj (@anderscj) November 1, 2011
"Although high-stakes testing was peddled by the Bush administration as a response to 'the soft bigotry of low expe... tl.gd/duehk5
— anderscj (@anderscj) November 1, 2011
"students who have no control of the quality of education they receive are the ones held most accountable" Darling-Hammond
— anderscj (@anderscj) November 1, 2011
"The accountability that students and parents desire and should be entitled to—that is, the high-quality teaching a... tl.gd/dv1210
— anderscj (@anderscj) November 2, 2011
-----------Darling-Hammond-----Ch 5 A Tale of Three States: What Happens When States Invest Strategically (or Don't)-------------------
— anderscj (@anderscj) November 6, 2011
-------Darling-Hammond----Ch 6 Steady Work: How Countries Build Strong Teaching and Learning Systems-------------------------------
— anderscj (@anderscj) November 9, 2011
"One wonders what we might accomplish as a nation if we could finally set aside what appears to be our de facto com... tl.gd/e33opd
— anderscj (@anderscj) November 9, 2011
"According to the Finnish National Board of Education (June 2008), the main purpose of assessing students is to gui... tl.gd/e33uf7
— anderscj (@anderscj) November 9, 2011
"Teacher-led workshops provide teachers with an opportunity to present their ideas and work with their colleagues i... tl.gd/e34j02
— anderscj (@anderscj) November 9, 2011
The way Darling-Hammond describes teacher PD in Singapore sounds a lot like #edcamp
— anderscj (@anderscj) November 9, 2011
The way Darling-Hammond describes teacher PD in Singapore sounds a lot like #edcamp
— anderscj (@anderscj) November 9, 2011
@kjarrett I'm readng Flat World Education
— anderscj (@anderscj) November 9, 2011
---------Darling-Hammond---------Ch 7 Doing What Matters Most: Developing Competent Teaching-----------------------------------------
— anderscj (@anderscj) November 13, 2011
"a theory that the major problems with teaching can be solved by carrots and sticks alone leaves the development of... tl.gd/e5f4b0
— anderscj (@anderscj) November 13, 2011
"scarce professional development dollars are wasted where teachers turn over regularly." Darling-Hammond
— anderscj (@anderscj) November 13, 2011
"Good teachers create little oases for themselves, while others who are less well prepared adopt approaches that ar... tl.gd/e5f7vd
— anderscj (@anderscj) November 13, 2011
"The practice of lowering standards for entry rather than ensuring teachers have access to the knowledge they need ... tl.gd/e5fn8d
— anderscj (@anderscj) November 13, 2011
"Research has found that teachers are more likely to try classroom practices that have been modeled for them in aut... tl.gd/e5gad8
— anderscj (@anderscj) November 13, 2011
"Teachers are unlikely to apply what they have learned if it is at odds with other expectations in their school." Darling-Hammond
— anderscj (@anderscj) November 13, 2011
----------Darling-Hammond-----Ch 8 Organizing for Success: From Inequality to Quality----------------------------------------------
— anderscj (@anderscj) November 16, 2011
"For teachers to be highly effective, they need to work in schools that are organized for success—schools that enab... tl.gd/e76pto
— anderscj (@anderscj) November 16, 2011
"If education is to serve the public good, it is crucial to guard against the emergence of a privatized system in w... tl.gd/e9egdu
— anderscj (@anderscj) November 20, 2011
---------Darling-Hammond----------Ch 9 Policy for Quality and Equity: Toward Genuine School Reform--------------------------------
— anderscj (@anderscj) November 26, 2011
"the management of curriculum and assessment should remain at the state level for two reasons: First, one of the be... tl.gd/ecoe4v
— anderscj (@anderscj) November 26, 2011
"States and districts that have relied primarily on test-based accountability emphasizing sanctions for students an... tl.gd/ecoh2i
— anderscj (@anderscj) November 26, 2011
"the harder we try to raise scores on the narrow instruments currently used in the United States, the more likely w... tl.gd/ecolc9
— anderscj (@anderscj) November 26, 2011
"The either/or thinking of curriculum warriors is generally useless to teachers." Darling-Hammond
— anderscj (@anderscj) November 26, 2011
"Standards for student learning are meaningless unless they are accompanied by the means to ensure that they can in... tl.gd/edb1j6
— anderscj (@anderscj) November 27, 2011
"Just as hospitals have standing committees of staff that meet regularly to look at assessment data and discuss the... tl.gd/edb6hn
— anderscj (@anderscj) November 27, 2011
I'm pretty sure I disagree with Darling-Hammond on that last quote but 140 characters won't be enough for a rebuttal.
— anderscj (@anderscj) November 27, 2011
"What do we mean by 21st Century" I presented this this morning to staff in order to start a dialog. ow.ly/1Bdh2G
— anderscj (@anderscj) November 29, 2011
