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Opt-out of homework bit.ly/KGtTK8 #abed #edchat #edtech #bced #edreform 40 minutes ago via Feeddler
johnkuhntx 519 tx districts--over 1/2 of Lone Star school boards--have adopted resolution demanding a reexamination of testing tasanet.org/adopted-board-… about 3 hours ago via Mobile Web Retweeted by joe_bower and 5 others
RobertHurdman Bedtime story: Hooray for Diffendoofer Day. More political than I remembered, but as relevant as ever. #abed twitter.com/RobertHurdman/… about 11 hours ago via Camera on iOS Retweeted by joe_bower
@missweimz thank for sending that post to me. It hit home for me in many ways. about 8 hours ago via Twitter for iPhone in reply to missweimz
Had a great game of baseball tonight. Caught two innings. Pitched three for the save. Went 0 for 4. Good Times! about 10 hours ago via Twitter for iPhone
Departments of Education, School Boards and superintendents should be located in elementary schools. #abed #edchat #edtech #bced about 16 hours ago via Twitter for iPhone
Another Parent opts their daughter out of Alberta's Provincial Achievement Tests bit.ly/JpWj0p #abed #edchat #bced #ableg about 17 hours ago via Feeddler
YongZhaoUO Follow the Money: A High School Student's Take on Standardized Testing. zhaolearning.com about 20 hours ago via web Retweeted by joe_bower and 12 others
Myth: We can quantify learning. #abed #edchat #bced #edtech about 20 hours ago via Twitter for iPhone
Standardized testing has almost nothing to do with education and almost everything to do with politics & profiteering. #abed #edchat #bced about 20 hours ago via Twitter for iPhone
nancyflanagan Mitt Romney's prep school, Cranbrook? Limited to 18 students per class. Oh. It's only poor kids who are unharmed by large classes... about 20 hours ago via web Retweeted by joe_bower and 11 others
Request 4 Exemption from Writing Diploma Examination education.alberta.ca/media/3743824/… << I've had doctors request this form for their patients #abed about 22 hours ago via Twitter for Mac
Another Parent opts their daughter out of Alberta's Provincial Achievement Tests bit.ly/JpWj0p #abed #ableg #yyc #yeg #epsb #asba about 24 hours ago via Feeddler
MrWejr No group event can ever replace a sincere one on one conversation with a parent #ptchat (stole this from a parent at our school) 7:48 PM May 23rd via Twitter for iPhone Retweeted by joe_bower and 4 others
The Romney Education Agenda bit.ly/JrLbN7 << Alberta are you paying attention to this? @JeffJohnsonPC #abed #ableg 7:57 PM May 23rd via Feeddler
"Expect that online higher education, which is cheap, profitable & low quality, will get a boost in the Romney administration" Diane Ravitch 7:52 PM May 23rd via Twitter for iPhone
"Conservatives don’t believe that teachers need credentials, just the ability to produce higher test scores." Diane Ravitch #abed #edchat 7:50 PM May 23rd via Twitter for iPhone
Final exam tends to be code for "easy to score". #abed #edchat #edtech #bced #edreform 7:43 PM May 23rd via Twitter for iPhone
johnkuhntx #txed Of all years, 12th should be the one when students have a CHOICE about what they spend their time doing. 7:15 PM May 23rd via web Retweeted by joe_bower
@adoyle98 unfortunately I couldn't make my schedule jive. So no, I can't make it. 😞 7:10 PM May 23rd via Twitter for iPhone in reply to adoyle98

Name Joe Bower
Location Alberta, Canada
Web http://www.joebow...
Bio I believe students should experience their success and failure not as reward and punishment but as information. Author of for the love of learning.