A new report by LFA and Grunwald Associates, with support from AT&T, examines how parents perceive the value of mobile devices, how they see their children using mobiles, and what they think of the possibilities for mobile learning.
Blog Posts By Mary-Tedrow
Editor’s note: This week, we are continuing a series of guest blogs in which accomplished teachers offer ideas for how to spend stimulus funds. Last week, Heather Wolpert-Gawron and Ariel Sacks shared their thoughts. Today, Mary Tedrow offers her contribution. The opinions she expresses are, of course, her own and do not necessarily represent those of LFA or its member organizations.
True reform happens one student at a time: a single student finally participates in his own learning, reflects on growth, incorporates new knowledge into his life, and uses new knowledge to serve both his immediate needs and the needs of the community. The tool for achieving this revolution already exists but is widely neglected and even undermined by the current emphasis on standardized tests. (see: http://www.writingcommission.org/prod_downloads/writingcom/neglectedr.pdf)
MY PROPOSED STIMULUS INVESTMENT: Spend funds to develop writing across all curricula in all grade levels and in all schools in the nation.
Award stimulus dollars to districts that pursue the placement of at least one writing coach in every building, supported and trained through ...
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