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  1. Up until 11 pm correcting over a hundred papers from my students. Its the life of an English teacher.
  2. Recommended book from NCTE: http://www.josseybass.com/WileyCDA/WileyTitle/productCd-0470372273.html
  3. NCTE: Teachers repeatedly expressed dislike for standardized assessments & instructional scripts-- the subject of phonics elicited groans
  4. NCTE: http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/curriculum/2009/11/ncte_wrap_up.html?qs=Ncte+blog Controversy over NCTE support of Learn Act
  5. The 400 page NCTE program is not devoted to standardized testing and phonemic awareness. The resistance movement is vocal at NCTE conference
  6. From NCTE: Try as Arnie Duncan et al might, teachers are working the underground to teach what they want and how they want to teach it
  7. Education Week: Accountability 2.0: http://bit.ly/8frVzk via @addthis Great article about the role of accountability
  8. Education Week: Teachers as Control Freaks: http://bit.ly/6zFIhU via @addthis
  9. There should be a two way street between assessment and instruction. Instruction should also drive assessment
  10. The quality of teachers trumps all other in school factors in improving education
  11. A Case Study from Ontario where they changed education shows first we need to develop the entire teaching profession.
  12. Education Week: The Fundamentals of Whole-System Reform: http://bit.ly/7qr8Js via @addthis
  13. Just had breakfast with my former student who is now a well known actor--James Franco. Very proud of him and his amazing accomplishments!
  14. Things have calmed down in the shopping world here in Silicon Valley, but it is still pretty crowded out there. Waiting until it is calmer.
  15. http://bit.ly/8DzRJH Huffpost - Help Change a Young Girl's Life in Rural Mozambique
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  17. http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/article/731009--al-jazeera-in-canada-on-brink-of-approval Al Jazeera News coming to Canada
  18. Check out my new newspaper called Teen News http://TeenNews.newscred.com/
  19. The Phantom Menace - http://bit.ly/8M46DY
  20. Just wrote a blog on Creative Commons 2009: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/esther-wojcicki/creative-commons-in-2009_b_366548.html