Weekend Reading: Stuff You Missed (Or Wish You Had)

 Lots of magazine, website, and twitter action from over the weekend, including topics such as cheating, hypocrisy, technology, bullying, angry progressives, and miscellaneous. Some favorites:

 The Atlanta Teacher Aptitude Test (ATAT) - NYTimes.comow.ly/jPZnv

"It would be hypocritical rail against private schools and then choose private schools." @AcmpCA_Teachers Agreed.

The hybrid educational model works via Tyler Cowenow.ly/jOkLv Even across subgroups (first gen, low-income, etc.)

With new report, America Achieves tries to refocus attention on middle-class students and schoolsow.ly/jOlCA

Check them all out below.

 

CHEATING

The Atlanta Teacher Aptitude Test (ATAT) - NYTimes.comow.ly/jPZnv

'Anger' In Atlanta As Cheating Scandal Investigated : NPRow.ly/jP9Or

A "nationwide uptick" in cheating. says @DanaGoldsteinow.ly/jPrSR Cites AJC report on cheating at 196 (of 15K?) districts

The Need to Cheat - In These Times ow.ly/jP3qv Bill Ayers blames cheating on .... Arne Duncan?

It's Time for a Real Code of Ethics in Teaching - Noah Berlatsky - The Atlantic ow.ly/jNBfg  

HYPOCRISY

GothamSchools asks whether it should have written about @leoniehaimson's deception/ hyprocrisyow.ly/jOkQE @gothamschools

"It would be hypocritical rail against private schools and then choose private schools." @AcmpCA_Teachers Agreed.

"Ravitch sent her kids to Dalton and... her grandkids go to private schools as well" - Whitney Tilson @gothamschools

TECH

MOOCs: Will Online Education Ruin the University Experience? | New Republic ow.ly/jP4Yg

The hybrid educational model works via Tyler Cowenow.ly/jOkLv Even across subgroups (first gen, low-income, etc.)

New Test for Computers - Grading Essays at College Level - NYTimes.com ow.ly/jO0am

BULLYING

Lanza Shooting: 'Act of Revenge' for intense, prolonged bullying - The Daily Beast ow.ly/jPa4j

Ford Heights Teacher Was Bullied To Death, Her Parents Claim « CBS Chicago ow.ly/jOtok

15-Year-Old Tea Partier Speaks Out To Fox’s Megyn Kelly About ‘Bullying’ From Liberal Teachers | Mediaiteow.ly/jO0fq

POLITICS

Progressive groups threaten to primary Democratic candidates who support Obama budget - Salon.comow.ly/jP5il

The Power of 10 Percent - Slate Magazine ow.ly/jP4SOHow the NRA can kill gun-control laws that 90 percent of Americans want.

With new report, America Achieves tries to refocus attention on middle-class students and schoolsow.ly/jOlCA

MISC

More colleges join UMBC in offering chess scholarships for talented students - Washington Post ow.ly/jOhBp

Oh, yay, Glenn Beck is also against the Common Core - Mother Jones ow.ly/jP5RF

Tom Kane, Teach for America’s New Co-CEOs on Teachers (Audio) ow.ly/jP3II

American RadioWorks - Happy Teachers bit.ly/ZayL2Q

Can we stop talking about who got into which college?ow.ly/jPycQ @hechingerreport @valeriestrauss

The Kids' Menu | Center for Investigative Reportingow.ly/jOqod

Turning American: Pitfalls of U.S. High Schools for Chinese Students - WSJ ow.ly/jO0gw @emmelinez

 

Comments

[john]

very useful summary...
thanks