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| RegentsMathA | 13 Dec 2006 - 20:38 | KDeRosa | 28 Nov 2006 15:23 Regents Math A from 2004: ($) To the Editor: According to ''City High School Students Lag in Regents Test Scores'' (news article, Dec. 17), ''Some ... |
| ReadingLevel | 12 Dec 2006 - 18:27 | KtmGuest | 04 Dec 2006 21:20 how hard is this book? I found 3 resources for assessing the difficulty of a book or article yesterday: Dale-Chall Readability Index (pdf file) ... |
| NotAgeAppropriate | 12 Dec 2006 - 01:58 | LynnGuelzow | 02 Dec 2006 03:10 not age appropriate http://www.amnesty.org/images/svaw/headers/dv1 header.jpg at the middle school... Possibly for the next 16 days. Unless somebody ... |
| KarateChop | 12 Dec 2006 - 00:29 | BenCalvin | 16 Oct 2005 17:35 The 1960s Karate Chop Bernie and I watched "The Day of the Jackal" last night on DVD. It's a good movie; very low-tech, suspenseful, and believeable ... |
| LindaMoranListserv | 11 Dec 2006 - 19:25 | LindaP | 01 Jan 1970 00:00 Linda Moran's listserv I think everyone here knows about Linda Moran's Teens and Tweens blog. I've recently (re)discovered that she has a listserv ... |
| SlideAndGlide | 10 Dec 2006 - 23:54 | LynnGuelzow | 07 Dec 2006 15:14 slide and glide The problems with AYP are clearly evident in .... schools whose students are meeting their AYP goals, but little growth is occurring ... |
| PrecisionTeachingPart2 | 09 Dec 2006 - 15:13 | CatherineJohnson | 07 Dec 2006 20:43 precision teaching part 2 My neighbor the statistician just sent me this link to a site on precision teaching. I thought it sounded familiar, then ... |
| ScarsdaleSuperintendent | 09 Dec 2006 - 04:41 | CatherineJohnson | 05 Dec 2006 13:36 Scarsdale speaks I know I've mentioned before that Irvington has a Scarsdale complex. What Scarsdale does, we do. Thus: if Scarsdale selects and ... |
| IowaTestOfBasicSkills | 09 Dec 2006 - 04:33 | CatherineJohnson | 05 Dec 2006 15:36 Iowa Test of Basic Skills I have now mentioned ad nauseum the fact that my district no longer gives standardized tests that would provide actionable ... |
| TheNameIsBond | 09 Dec 2006 - 02:01 | CatherineJohnson | 04 Dec 2006 19:37 the name is Bond We took Christopher to see Casino Royale this weekend. All those folks worrying about the decline of the west and Eurabia can relax ... |
| NationalInstituteForLiteracy | 09 Dec 2006 - 01:57 | CatherineJohnson | 03 Dec 2006 17:18 National Institute for Literacy Is this what I think it is? Is this a federal agency directing parents to a homeschooling website for help assessing ... |
| HowManyTutorsInScarsdale | 06 Dec 2006 - 22:43 | CatherineJohnson | 01 Jan 1970 00:00 how many tutors in Scarsdale? on a walk around Halsey Pond: Friend: J's tutor says 50 of the kids in Scarsdale are being tutored. Me: 50 ? Friend ... |
| RequestPage | 05 Dec 2006 - 14:56 | BarryGarelick | Requests http://www.kitchentablemath.net/twiki/pub/Kitchen/RequestPage/two-victorian-ladies-small.jpg Comments After entering a comment, users can login anonymously ... |
| HowChildrenRead | 04 Dec 2006 - 21:20 | CatherineJohnson | 04 Dec 2006 19:43 how children read Now that we have across-the-board decline growth in Christopher's scores in just one year's time, I'm trying to figure out how ... |
| RoomForGrowth | 04 Dec 2006 - 17:09 | CatherineJohnson | 04 Dec 2006 17:03 room for growth I hadn't quite grokked the use of the word "growth" in edu-speak. What is Expected Growth? (204 KB, PDF) by Gary L. Williamson, ... |
| ReTeachers | 04 Dec 2006 - 15:08 | CatherineJohnson | 30 Nov 2006 16:45 the reteachers from NYC HOLD: Letter #1 I am a physician who was initially a mathematics major in college. I just found your Web site today and ... |
| OurBestStudents | 04 Dec 2006 - 00:20 | CatherineJohnson | 28 Sep 2006 23:00 our best students Over a year ago I began wondering whether the universal belief that we have good schools for affluent kids and lousy schools for ... |
| DifferentiatedInstructionMap | 03 Dec 2006 - 23:28 | CatherineJohnson | 01 Dec 2006 17:34 differentiated instruction map http://www.kitchentablemath.net/twiki/pub/Bloggers/DifferentiatedInstructionMapLogPage/differentiationmap.jpg source ... |
| RegentsReformAgain | 02 Dec 2006 - 16:09 | CatherineJohnson | 01 Dec 2006 06:34 sweeping changes t/k! Killer fact! Calculators Calling technology "a powerful student motivator," the committee endorsed more use of calculators ... |
| MissionImpossible | 01 Dec 2006 - 21:42 | CatherineJohnson | 30 Nov 2006 16:44 mission impossible I've decided to start a collection of public school mission statements. North Merrick Union Free School District It is the mission ... |
| WhoSpeaksForTheChild | 01 Dec 2006 - 21:30 | CatherineJohnson | 20 Nov 2006 15:55 who speaks for the child? Karen A pointed me to a post at Ken's, who pointed me to this passage from Siegfried Engelmann: The problem with the current ... |
| MikeFeinbergKIPP | 01 Dec 2006 - 21:25 | CatherineJohnson | 12 Oct 2005 14:03 my kinda guy Here, via oldnewschoolteacher, is KIPP's Mike Feinberg on math ed: You know, talk about curriculum, if I put in front of you a fifth ... |
| PageSplatterRedux | 30 Nov 2006 - 16:43 | CatherineJohnson | 30 Nov 2006 15:53 page splatter redux “It’s basically, you cover everything, everywhere, because somehow, somebody will learn something somewhere,” Mr. Schmidt told ... |
| FamilyTree | 28 Nov 2006 - 20:59 | CatherineJohnson | 27 Nov 2006 01:48 family tree Hi I’m wondering whether you could post instructions for assignments on edline. (The vocabulary practice quiz is great! Thanks!) Christopher ... |
| BankOfAmerica | 28 Nov 2006 - 20:48 | CatherineJohnson | 28 Nov 2006 16:15 Bank of America hmmm I actually kind of don't hate this. It's possible I have completely lost what remains of my mind, at long last. Or not! Main ... |
| AndNowForSomethingCompletelyDifferentPart3 | 28 Nov 2006 - 16:16 | CatherineJohnson | 17 Nov 2006 17:46 and now for something completely different part 3 An Integrated, Project-Based, Spiral Curriculum for the First Year of Chemical Engineering (pdf ... |
| AfterSchoolReportFromLynn | 28 Nov 2006 - 16:14 | CatherineJohnson | 22 Sep 2006 12:37 afterschool report from Lynn Fantastic news from Lynn Guzelow: We just got our state CMT scores back advanced band in 4th grade math! 107 correct ... |
| TurbuLence | 28 Nov 2006 - 01:37 | CatherineJohnson | 04 Nov 2006 00:01 turbulence So just over a month ago our assistant superintendent for curriculum, Ralph Napolitano, aka the man who crushed my Singapore Math class ... |
| ThanksGiving | 27 Nov 2006 - 15:48 | CatherineJohnson | 25 Nov 2006 15:03 Thanksgiving The green beans sound great. Don't know what to think about the brined turkey, though. My best friend back in L.A. tried a variant ... |
| FiveBlogs | 22 Nov 2006 - 17:05 | CatherineJohnson | 22 Nov 2006 11:42 five blogs via joannejacobs Ken, I learn that Jay Mathews Walt Gardner are asking people to send in the names of their 5 favorite blogs. That was ... |
| DogOfHelicopterMom | 21 Nov 2006 - 18:09 | CatherineJohnson | 07 Jul 2006 03:42 dog of helicopter mom t-shirt of helicopter mom http://images.cafepress.com/product/41182890 240x240 F.jpg Helicopter Mom #SurferAnchor dog of helicopter ... |
| NationalMathAdvisoryPanelLinks | 21 Nov 2006 - 18:07 | CatherineJohnson | 07 Nov 2006 14:10 National Math Advisory Panel URLs meetings First Meeting (pdf file) Second Meeting (pdf file) Third Meeting (pdf file) email updates about the panel ... |
| MiltonFriedmanRestInPeace | 21 Nov 2006 - 17:59 | CatherineJohnson | 19 Nov 2006 02:23 Milton Friedman has died http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2006/11/16/obituaries/16fried.l.jpg The New York Times Milton Friedman in 1964 Milton ... |
| EngelmannOnMasteryAndAbilityGrouping | 21 Nov 2006 - 17:55 | CatherineJohnson | 27 Oct 2006 18:16 Engelmann on mastery and ability grouping A number of us have been kicking around the question of ability grouping and teaching to mastery in the ... |
| HelpDeskCombination | 21 Nov 2006 - 02:58 | CatherineJohnson | 19 Nov 2006 22:22 help desk: combinations What is the answer to this question? Phil has a summer reading list of 12 books. If he has to read three books, how many ... |
| Catherine | 21 Nov 2006 - 01:08 | CatherineJohnson | About Catherine contact Catherine at: catherinej@kitchentablemath.net Carolyn will forward to me... http://www.kitchentablemath.net/twiki/pub/Bloggers/StudioCityLogPage ... |
| JohnDeweyJohnDewey | 20 Nov 2006 - 14:05 | CatherineJohnson | 01 Jan 1970 00:00 John Dewey, John Dewey Somehow, I've managed to miss the fact that our friend John Dewey has dispatched not one, but two more letters from the front ... |
| ParentUprising | 19 Nov 2006 - 23:14 | CatherineJohnson | 17 Nov 2006 10:34 parent uprising Request meeting Pretty cool, huh! I had nothing to do with this! I volunteered not to be the first signature, but the person who ... |
| TeachersVersusSuperintendents | 19 Nov 2006 - 23:12 | CatherineJohnson | 13 Nov 2006 01:53 teachers versus superintendents This explains a lot: Most local school leaders believe public schools are doing a good job in the most important ... |
| NoKneadBread | 19 Nov 2006 - 02:30 | CatherineJohnson | 18 Nov 2006 23:38 no-knead bread This sounds cool. November 8, 2006 Recipe: No-Knead Bread Adapted from Jim Lahey, Sullivan Street Bakery Time: About 1½ hours plus ... |
| InvisibleTracking | 19 Nov 2006 - 02:27 | CatherineJohnson | 11 Nov 2006 17:14 invisible tracking Ben is having a difficult year, socially (it’s 7th grade for him, which I think is the very definition of Hell, although I can ... |
| TheSchoolsWeHave | 19 Nov 2006 - 02:02 | CatherineJohnson | 14 Nov 2006 13:15 the schools we have On the front page of today's New York Times: Leaving the City for the Schools, and Regretting It By WINNIE HU Published: November ... |
| ChicagoTribuneOnBadCollegePrep | 18 Nov 2006 - 22:22 | CatherineJohnson | 20 Nov 2005 14:01 not ready for prime time from Susan, an article in the Chicago Tribune: In the lowest-level writing class at Columbia College, freshmen learn about ... |
| ChristianFirstTest | 18 Nov 2006 - 22:16 | CatherineJohnson | 01 Jan 1970 00:00 first test Christian took his first test Friday missed one out of 20! #160; #160; #160;hah! http://www.kitchentablemath.net/twiki/pub/Bloggers ... |
| ScreeningQuiz | 18 Nov 2006 - 20:46 | KarenA | 08 Nov 2006 14:14 OCD screening quiz Apparently I do not suffer from obsessive compulsive disorder. (score: 0) So I guess that's one less thing to worry about. Not ... |
| ClassActionSuitComingRightUp | 17 Nov 2006 - 22:24 | CatherineJohnson | 10 Jul 2005 11:26 class action suit coming right up The folks at Stow-Monroe aren't just willy-nilly implementing a whole new math program without knowing what they ... |
| LetsDance | 17 Nov 2006 - 15:43 | CatherineJohnson | 11 Nov 2006 22:07 let's dance In this week's Rivertowns Enterprise On Phoebe Rubenstein's 12th birthday, what she wanted most was to attend the dance all her friends ... |
| MoreTeachingToCrammery | 17 Nov 2006 - 01:06 | CatherineJohnson | 14 Nov 2006 15:07 more teaching to crammery Coming to the end of our 4-day weekend here... Friday I learned from Christopher that on Tuesday (tomorrow) he would be ... |
| NewsFromNowherePart19 | 15 Nov 2006 - 20:24 | DougSundseth | 15 Nov 2006 20:24 news from nowhere part 19 I may be avoiding email today. email from the school board: On June 6, the district granted tenure to 22 teachers, in ... |
| ReactionRange | 13 Nov 2006 - 19:36 | KathyIggy | 28 Oct 2006 15:22 reaction range I've mentioned that years ago I interviewed Irving Gottesman, the originator of the concept of the "reaction range." Gottesman was ... |
