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2010-12-07T20:44:22-07:00

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A Quiz

Last updated on: December 7, 2010 at 8:44 pm By Tara Edelschick

Here’s a little quiz for the day. (I know. I said no testing. But that’s for the boys, not the grown ups.) What do the following have in common: The Opium Wars, Kublai Khan, Marco Polo, silk production, The Boxer Rebellion, and the explanation of why the lights come on when you flip the switch. Did you guess that they all had something to do with China? Good guess. But wrong. The correct answer is: Things Tara knew nothing about... Read more

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2010-12-07T03:59:12-07:00

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Management

Last updated on: December 7, 2010 at 3:59 am By Tara Edelschick

Leaving behind the testing controversy, I write today about Reform #2: Management, not Discipline. My friend Kia, an education professor at Wheelock, recently said to the Sunday School teachers at our church, “If you’re thinking about discipline, it’s usually because you haven’t done a good job with management. You’re not managing your classroom well, especially if the same “discipline” problems come up over and over.” Or something like that. I wasn’t taking notes. She asked us to think about the... Read more

2010-12-04T02:06:13-07:00

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Thoughts on testing…

Last updated on: December 4, 2010 at 2:06 am By Tara Edelschick

The title would more aptly be A Lot of Thoughts on Testing. Can’t help it. The discussion over the past two days really has me thinking. In general, I think the primary reason for testing is to provide feedback. How well is the student learning what you want him to learn? How well is the teacher teaching what you want her to teach? When I was a high school teacher, with thirty kids in a class, and 40 minutes in... Read more

2010-12-02T21:04:55-07:00

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Tara’s Anxiety

Last updated on: December 2, 2010 at 9:04 pm By Tara Edelschick

Okay, the truth is, I never expected that everyone would say, “YES!” when I asked if it was a “bad idea” to avoid tests in homeschool. What I meant by my question was, “Please write in and tell me that my kids are so lucky to have me as a mother.” Next time I will try to be clearer. My last post was the most commented upon post thus far. Only a few commented on line, but many others wrote... Read more

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2010-12-01T20:29:44-07:00

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Test Anxiety

Last updated on: December 1, 2010 at 8:29 pm By Tara Edelschick

As we were riding bikes yesterday, Zach caught up with me to ask, “Do we have to take any tests this year?” “No, sweetie. Why would we take a test?” “Well, we have to take them in third grade, right?” Zach had heard when he was in kindergarten that third graders start taking tests. I guess he doesn’t buy into the biblical wisdom – Do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble... Read more

2010-11-30T19:03:55-07:00

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Unintended Consequences

Last updated on: November 30, 2010 at 7:03 pm By Tara Edelschick

Reform #1 – Vigorous Exercise Before Homeschool. Here’s how it went today… At 9:30, I bundled everybody up in thermal underwear and puffy coats. (Yes, I know I was supposed to do it before the 8:30 school start, but at least we were doing it.) We hopped on bikes, road down to the BU Bridge and along the Charles River before we came back along Mass Ave. It was only thirty minutes, but the boys loved it. They love to... Read more

2010-11-30T03:18:30-07:00

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Fidelity

Last updated on: November 30, 2010 at 3:18 am By Tara Edelschick

There is a dirty little secret in all talk of school reform. It turns out that it doesn’t matter how great your curriculum is. It doesn’t matter how much data backs up your new schedule. It doesn’t matter how developmentally sound your intervention is. If you don’t have “teacher fidelity,” your program will fail. In other words, if the teacher doesn’t implement it the way it was intended to be implemented or isn’t skilled enough to implement it as it... Read more

2010-11-28T04:56:27-07:00

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Back Tomorrow

Last updated on: November 28, 2010 at 4:56 am By Tara Edelschick

Have I said lately how much I appreciate you all reading this? It’s been a gift to me as I go through this year to know that people are reading, cheering for us, sympathizing with us, and encouraging us with emails and comments. Thanks. I’m taking the entire weekend off and will post again on Monday afternoon, beginning with Reform #1. Read more

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2010-11-25T23:13:19-07:00

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Thanksgiving

Last updated on: November 25, 2010 at 11:13 pm By Tara Edelschick

Today I am celebrating Thanksgiving with nearly 40 international students who’ve come to Massachusetts for graduate school. We have come to New Hampshire for two nights of fireplaces and pies and hiking, and lots of botched communication. Last night, we read Lincoln’s proclamation that the entire nation should spend a day in thanksgiving. It’s a remarkable piece in many ways, but most remarkable because it was delivered just days after he delivered the Gettysburg Address. How do you declare a... Read more

2010-11-24T01:07:44-07:00

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After extensive review…

Last updated on: November 24, 2010 at 1:07 am By Tara Edelschick

What two words make veteran teachers’ eyes roll to the back of their heads more than any others? School Reform. Just say the words at a staff meeting and you’ll hear grumpy teachers muttering under their breaths. If you listen carefully, you’ll hear a list of proposed, hyped, and eventually forgotten cures for what ails our schools: constructivism, whole language, cultural literacy, class size reduction, multiple intelligences, schools within schools, charter schools, national standards, more testing, portfolio assessments, merit pay... Read more

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