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We have a romantic attachment to skills from the past which are no longer relevant on a curriculum for today's children Via Ana Cristina Pratas 
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Teachers in the Arlington Independent School District are not just teaching students, they are also teaching each other.
Under a new program called Professional Learning Communities, teachers of specific departments regularly meet to talk about what is and is not working in the classroom, how students are responding and to analyze data - everything from quiz scores to parent and student surveys.
“They’ll review data, analyze that data and make very specific plans for improvement,” said Dr. Marcelo Cavazos, AISD Superintendent of schools.
“We collaborate together but we each get to be our own individual teacher in our classroom, even though we're covering the same subject matter. But we can borrow ideas from each other,” said Duane Forson, an 8th grade science teacher at Shackelford Jr. High.
Like most departments, Shackleford’s 7th and 8th grade science teachers used to spend six weeks teaching students, then they would grade them at the end of that term.
Via Mary Perfitt-Nelson
Gust MEES's comment,
October 4, 2012 11:56 AM
Hi, I love that way as it is trying to go for perfection... Benefits are for students .) Have a great day :)
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European Commission - Press Release - European Commission Press release Brussels, 19 November 2012
The teaching of IT, entrepreneurial and citizenship skills is fundamental for preparing young people for today's job market, but, in general, schools are still paying insufficient attention to these transversal skills compared with basic skills in literacy, mathematics and science, according to a new European Commission report. Part of the problem is rooted in difficulties with assessment.
===> For example, only 11 European countries (Belgium Flemish community, Bulgaria, Estonia, Ireland, France, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Poland, Slovenia and Finland) have standardised procedures to assess citizenship skills, which aim to develop critical thinking and active participation in school and society. <===
Such testing does not exist at all for entrepreneurship and IT skills in any of the 31 countries which took part in the survey (27 EU Member States, Croatia, Iceland, Norway and Turkey). The report also outlines progress in teaching six of the eight key competences defined at EU level for lifelong learning in knowledge, skills and attitudes.
“It is only by equipping children and young people with the necessary skills, including transversal skills, that we will ensure that the European Union will have the means to remain competitive and to seize the opportunities of the knowledge economy,” said Androulla Vassiliou, European Commissioner for Education, Culture, Multilingualism and Youth.
"This study shows us where there is room for improvement and, most importantly, what we need to do to create more opportunities for our youth.
===> Rethinking education, a policy initiative that I will launch tomorrow, will outline concrete proposals for doing this." <===
Read more, a MUST: http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_IP-12-1224_en.htm?locale=en
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Why we sit in groups around computers when we do research in my classes. :-)