http://netvouz.com/jgordon/tag/schools?feed=rss jgordon's bookmarks tagged "schools" on Netvouz http://secondary.hisdomain.hdis.hc.edu.tw/Documents/loken/webpage/Articles/Transformation/big_ten.pdf Edutopia George Lucas Educational Foundation summarizes the 10 characteristics of effective education based on 14 years of investigating the topic. Administrators > Indicators of Effective Learning & Teacher Assessment jgordon Wed, 16 Jul 2008 02:05:47 GMT http://www.makingstandardswork.com This is a private organzation that provides various forms of support to administrators and teachers. The site contains free assessment samples for teachers, developed by other teachers. This site selected by Gustavo Correa Assessment jgordon Thu, 20 Oct 2005 16:17:11 GMT http://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2010/02/17/22marshak.h29.html?tkn=MSSFjulErmJFn%2F4HtesRKrpu%2FeAZC2RNXY60&cmp=clp-edweek Why Did the Gates Small-High-Schools Program Fail? This article examines how the Bill Gates foundation ignored effective characteristics of small high schools. Jeanette Administrators > Indicators of Effective Learning & Teacher Assessment jgordon Sun, 21 Feb 2010 00:21:48 GMT http://pzweb.harvard.edu/Research/SmartSch.htm The Smart Schools principles for good education, developed by David Perkins and colleagues at Harvard Project Zero, are based on the two guiding beliefs: 1. Learning is a consequence of thinking, and good thinking is learnable by all students. 2. Learning should include deep understanding, which involves the flexible, active use of knowledge. These principles provide a structure for schools with a vision of a learning community that is steeped in thinking and deep understanding, that engenders respect for all its members, and that produces students ready to face the world as responsible, thinking members of a diverse society. Higher-order thinking jgordon Fri, 22 Aug 2008 01:19:08 GMT http://www.pz.harvard.edu/ebookstore/search_results.cfm David Perkins describes his thoughts on "teaching for understanding" where he promotes the idea of understanding as "performance" (to be able to think and act flexibly with what you know). The elements of "teaching for understanding" include: 1. a generative topic 2. understanding goals 3. ongoing assessment 4. images/mental models. Perkins discusses the idea of transferring learning (making sure that what you teach is something students can transfer to another situation/subject). Rec. by Sarah Benkendorf. Books & Videos/DVDs: Professional Development > Leading School Improvement jgordon Fri, 22 Aug 2008 01:28:15 GMT http://shop.ascd.org/productdisplay.cfm?productid=104438 While there are lots of books about education that propose to change what you do in classrooms and schools, here's one that promises to transform how you think. Drawing from 35 years of taking on tough schools with disadvantaged kids and achieving the kind of progress that many thought "couldn't be done", Dennis Littky explains the principles and rationale of a model for schooling that gives students what they need most. Discover how a philosophy of personalized learning--one student at a time--is the key to creating schools where motivated students are engaged in a meaningful curriculum, and academic progress is measured against real-world standards. Books & Videos/DVDs: Professional Development > Leading School Improvement jgordon Mon, 10 Oct 2005 22:36:42 GMT http://cps.k12.il.us/ Travel jgordon Sat, 27 Jul 2002 15:41:34 GMT http://www.clipart4schools.com/ Subscription site. I don't subscribe, but you can preview . Clip Art & Pictures jgordon Wed, 02 Oct 2002 15:18:41 GMT http://www.ascd.org/portal/site/ascd/template.MAXIMIZE/menuitem.459dee008f99653fb85516f762108a0c/?javax.portlet.tpst=d5b9c0fa1a493266805516f762108a0c_ws_MX&javax.portlet.prp_d5b9c0fa1a493266805516f762108a0c_viewID=issue_view&javax.portlet.prp_d5b9c0fa1a493266 School Reform jgordon Fri, 01 Jul 2005 12:45:46 GMT