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Education in the Media, Leadership and Activism

You Want Ideas? We Have Ideas!

Posted by Paula White ⋅ October 29, 2010 ⋅ 160 Comments

Filed Under Authentic learning, Education reform, Self-directed Learning, Teacher activism, Teacher collaboration

The Day of National Blogging for Real Education Reform was an outstanding success in many ways, and it continues beyond November 22. While this post was originally set up to archive the links, some organization quickly became necessary. The links are now mostly alphabetical by title, but a few have been brought forward–the reflections on the day and the response by Secretary Arne Duncan as well as responses to him. Student voices are also near the top as they are our clients and why we are blogging for real reform. Thank you, students for participating!

An incredible appreciation goes to my superintendent and Ira Socol for devising this original idea on Twitter, to Tom Whitby for picking it up and running with it on October 17, 2010, to Eric MacKnight for archiving the first set of blogs, and to Becky Fisher for thinking up the hashtag, #blog4reform.

And, as always, thanks to the innumerable behind the scenes folks who have supported this day–the amazing, passionate, dedicated educators who give their all in the classrooms and to each other every day in so many unrecognized ways. Co-op Catalyst writers get a special appreciative hug for all of their support of this post and their thoughtful and thought-provoking conversations!

Thanks, also, to the parents, community members and organizations who lent a hand and shared as well. Without you, we would have a much harder time.

Please continue to add your blog4reform links to the comments below and they will be added to this archive. As we have time, we’ll add the blog authors as Ira Socol has done on his list.

Reflections:

The Blog4Reform Daily our newspaper

Imagine. November 22, 2010 Pam Moran

Reform Revolution From The Ground Up Dave Britten

Revolutions Start With One Steven Anderson

What #Blog4Reform Did For Me Dave Meister

Selected Quotes from #blog4reform Blog Posts BerkshireCat

Arne Duncan responds: Making Real Progress on School Reform

Duncan’s response to #blog4reform in wordle

Responses To Secretary Duncan:

To Secretary Duncan Chad Sansing

Arne Duncan and The Blog For Reform Day Kari Dalane

Secretary Duncan: Here is What Divides Us Anthony Cody

Web 2.0 tools used for blog4reform:

A wordle on Ira’s list and this site

Voices for Reform-add your voice to this voicethread on school reform

Twitter Transcript (on google docs)

Student Voices in response to: Should We be Good At School? Tony Baldisaro

Blog4reform posts

21st Century Education is the Real Reform (VIDEO) Carolyn Foote

$120,000 for 20 Years of Service? Toby Buffenbarger

10 Elements of Good Education Dana Bennis

10 Essential Keys to Education Reform SaraJean

10 Keys to Real Education Reform Sara Schmidt

3 Common Obstacles to Change—and How to Avoid Each Alan M. Blankstein

44 Words Which Bear Repeating Richard Lakin

8 Conditions That Make It Happen The Quaglia Institute for Student Aspirations

9 Questions for Reflective School Reform Leaders Peter Pappas

a humble reform John T. Spencer

A Mission From The Heart Walt Sutterlin

A moment for education Garden337

A New Vision for Students in School Reform Adam Fletcher

A Proud Papa-21st Century Learning William Brannick

A Teaching Degree Does Not Make a Teacher Mrs. Ripp

All This Talk of Reform is Making Me Cranky Deven Black

America’s Next Best Teacher Mr. Zimmer

An Appreciative Vision Lani Hall

An Awakening of Sorts Marla McLean Atelierista

And I’m Not Saying There’s Only One Way Cian Sawyer

Are We Preparing Developers or Producers? Chad Ratliff

Beep, Beep, Doot, Doot, Doot Chad Sansing

Education for Profit and Its Nexus with the DPVA Decision KathyinBlacksburg

Blogging for Real Education Change STELLAPORTO

Blogging For Real Education Reform Bill Ferriter

Blogging for Real Reform Dougpete

Blogging for Real Reform Today: My Rants and Praises Shelley

Blogging for Real Reform: Name Your Reform Eric Juli

Blogging For Reform–First Let’s Fire All The Teachers Alice Mercer

Blowin’ the Roof Off

Changing Structures Ira David Socol

Changing The Way(s) We Always Do Things In Public Schools Mike Lubelfeld

Computer Based Math-the Silver Bullet for Education JonathanMartin

Creative Courage – Blogging for Real Reform Rick Glass

Critical Time to Truly Make Change Happen Stephanie

Crude & Awkward: Educational Forms & Teacher 2.0 Devon Adams

Data and Collaboration Milena

Day of National Blogging For Real Educational Reform Michael Barbour

Day of Blogging on Education Reform David Finkle

DeSchooling Education Damian Bariexca

Describing Teacher-Run Schools Ted Kolderie and Joe Graba

Document-share-reflect Monika Hardy

Don’t Be Stingy or, Forming a Grassroots Organization to Save Public Education Miss Shuganah

Drowning in shallow water”: How can we deepen literacy instruction? Corrie H. Kelly

Ed Reform – Critical Time To Truly Make Change Happen Stephanie

Education Deconstructed IceApple

Education Doesn’t Need Any More Nip Tuck: Our Normal Approach Is Useless Here Kelly Tenkely

Education for Sane Planetary Citizenship Adam Burk

Education Leaders Identify Top 10 Components of Personalized Learning ASCD

Education Needs Reflective Educators Shelly Terrell

Education Needs Reflective Educators 2 Greta

Education Reform For The Future of our Children Stephanie

Education Reform is Re-establishing, Redefining and Retooling : 2¢ Worth David Warlick

Education Reform Tragedy, and Catharsis David B Cohen

Educational Dilemma – What’s Important? Ryan Woods

Educational Reform – changing the way(s) in which we always do things in public schools… Mike Lubelfeld

Edvoices.com

Effective at What? Effective for Whom? Becky Fisher

Empower Students Kevin Hodgson

ePortfolios Will Be Central to the New-Form Dan McGuire

Even on IDEA’s 35th, Special Ed Dollars Aren’t Free Rick Hess

Evolving as a Leader Kimberly Eggett

Excellent Educational Model-WPI’s Plan David Andrade

Expanded Learning? Extended Learning? Let’s Just Make Sure There’s More Quality Learning Ron Fairchild

Experience doesn’t matter? Mel Riddle

Experience Matters Magistra Mahoney

From Drift to Shift: Celebrating the Transformation of Education Walter McKenzie

Get Rid of the “Students as Widgets” Mentality Anne O’Brien

Go Beyond the Four Walls of the ClassroomMichael Thornton

God Bless Elementary School Teachers Chris Fancher

Golf, Procedural Knowledge, and Ed Reform Ann Etchison

Governor Elect Brown: Please remove Ben Austin from the State Board of Education Robert Skeels

Gowalla and the virtual geography of learning Chad Sansing

Grassroots School Reform- Keep It Local Jeff Delp

How can (I, you, we) work toward ed reform? Jeremy Lenzi

How to Effect Change Karen

If we were really serious about educational technology Scott McLeod

IMAGINING THE GAMES-BASED CLASSROOM Chad Sansing

Incompetent Teachers or Dysfunctional Systems? Fix the system to support the teachers David Andrade

Information vs. Knowledge Lee Skallerup Bessette

Innovate Through Connected Adjacencies Saul Kaplan

It is about Relationships, Stupid David Loitz

It’s Time for Serious Discussions About What Works in Schools A Evans

Justifying Injustices Tom Altpeter

Keeping What’s Important in Focus Pam Lowe

KIPP Should Change Its Name To CIPP: Updated Marc Dean Millot

Learning For Pleasure-Seriously! Yoon Lim

Less Failure Does Not Equal More Success Stuart Singer

Life Lessons Milena

Loosen Up Your Hold On Classroom Management Lyn Hilt

Meet Me in the Middle David Britten

Mind the Gap Shelley Krause

Mixed Messages Heidi Haas Gable

My blog4reform suggestions ITeachQ

My Ideas for School Improvement Rachel Haen

My Inner Pollyanna’s Ed Reform Blue Sky Jason Flom

My Kind of Blended Adrianne Stone

My Vision for a Transformed Education Kristan Morrison

National Day of Blogging for Ed Reform: How Would I Change Education?

National Day of Blogging for Real Education Reform Chris Fancher

New Federal Ed Tech Plan–More Ed than Tech Bob Farrace

New Vision for Students in School

NewsRobot

NO, #REFORM IS NOT “TRENDING” David Timony

Normalcy of Public Schools Lauralee Moss

Obsessing over education Nicole Pelton

On Education Reform: Equity Eric Brunsell

One educational reform I would like to see Teacher Ken

One Model Does Not Fit All The Education Traveler

One parent’s story of one school Tamar Wyschograd

Overlooking the Obvious Bob Sprankle

Parent/Family Engagement Matters Myrdin Thompson

Passion Driven Conversations David Truss

Passion Drives Us Eric Sheniger

PDK’s Commitment Bill Bushaw

Planting… or Uncovering… Brilliance Paula White

Please, take this personally… Walt Sutterlin

Positive Reform: Making it Happen Dave Meister

Power of Integrated Curriculum LeeAnn

Preventing Reading Learning Disabilities Vanessa Peters

Privileging Beautiful Work: Give Change a Chance Mary Ann Reilly

Re-formed Shullamuth

Re-Inventing The Learning Process: Really? Stephen Hurley

Real Ed Reform Edurebel

Real Reform Laura Thomas

Real Reform Begins With Raising Expectations David Britten

Real Reform Goes Backward Michael Kaechele

Reform Education: Get Rid of the “Students as Widgets” Mentality Anne O’Brien

Reform education – one classroom at a time Tyler Trice

Reform Through Action David Wees

Reform Your Perceptions of Geography and “Salvation” Gregory Hill

Reformers Without Chalk On Their Hands Mindsteps

Research+Classroom Application = Real Ed Reform Deanna Senn

Ryan’s Recipe 4 Reform Ryan J. Wassink

School Funding and the Kindness of Strangers Julie Woestehoff

Schools a third way Charlie Sutherland

Science for 21st-Century Students Frank Noschese

Sharing Ideas in Teaching Gail Paulin

Six Reasons We’re Grateful to Teachers R Jackson

Should We Force Students to Learn? Or How Can we Change Schools to Engage Students? David Andrade

Slow Down and Take a Step Back Steven Anderson

So Close and Yet So Far Bill Ivey

Student’s Insights David Keane

Sub-a-Dub-Dub Nancy Flanagan

Take the Power Back: Teacher-Run Schools Mary Beth Hertz

Taking Charge of Our Profession (Again) Renee Moore

Taking The Plunge Shelley Wright

Teacher Evaluation Steve Barkley

Teachers and Education Policy: Two Voices in Dialogue: Part 1 – Living in Dialogue – Education Week Teacher Anthony Cody

Teachers Must be Part of the Conversation on Education Policy Megan Allen

Teaching Teachers To Be Global Educators-an Inquiry Approach Zoe Branigan-Pipe

Technology Training for Teachers – The Right Way Tony Baket

Ten Simple Strategies for Re-engaging Students Andrew Marcinek

Testing is Destroying Our Schools Bill Ferriter

The Best Lists on School Reform Larry Ferlazzo

The “New Normal” of Sec. Duncan Adrianne Stone

The Collective Individual Casey Corrona

The corporate takeover of American schools Paul Thomas

The Passion Bug Is Spreading. Have You Ever Caught It? Kyle Pace

The Rule of Law Dave Britten

The relationship between school building conditions and student achievement at the middle school level in the Commonwealth of Virginia Calvin Bullock

The Same Thing Over and Over Rick Hess

The Third Technology Ira David Socol

THE THIRD UNION Chad Sansing

The trend for appointing CEOs to top ed jobs Mike Klonsky

The Wait Is Over Sean Slade

The WHAT, WHY, and HOW of Education Reformation Chris Fritz

The World Becomes What You Teach: Transforming Our Education Systems to Graduate Solutionaries for a Better World Institute for Humane Education

There ain’t no right way to do wrong Sabrina So How Can We Do Right?

There is NO Magic Bullet; Superman Does Not Exist Zeb Bassoon

Thinking about Change David Truss

Those That Inspire… Teach Cathy Brophy

Time for Schools to Stop Damaging Children Ruth Bettelheim

To everything there is a season… except learning Jon Becker

To Improve Teaching, Put Teachers in Charge Carrie Bakken

Transform to Reform Paula Naugle

Transformation Plan, Designing Backwards David Loitz

Trust Me Mark Ahlaness

U.S.: National Blogging for Real Education Reform Milton Ramirez

Unfettered Educational Reform – examine every possibility Jeff Delp

Using Data & Mae West are Connected? #1: It’s Not What You’ve Got; It’s What You Do With What You’ve Got Diana Nunnaley

We Stand Beside Them and Learn Ann Leaness

What #edcamp has to teach us about PD; A Letter to Administrators Dan Callahan

What I Want for Reform Michelle Baldwin

What I Want From My Union Tyler Rice

What is Content? Chris Liebig

What Is Our Purpose? Bonitadee

What Postman & Weingartner said about Ed Reform Bill Gx

What We Can Do—New Teachers Chris Lehmann

What you do speaks so loudly, I can’t hear what you are saying Cathleen Richardson

Whatever Happened to Promoting Student Ownership and Responsibility? Sabrina

Who is Responsible for Failing Schools and Students? Everyone! David Andrde

Who Says Our Way Is The Right Way? Jeff Jarvis

Why I Left Teaching: A Personal Example for the Ed Reform Movement Emily Starr

Why Libraries are the Future of School Shullamuth

Win the Battle Lyn Hilt

Yeah, Maybe It’s ALL about Finland Sarah Puglisi

Zombies are attacking! Ready the children! EdReformPR

Online Media talking about Blog4Reform:

Bloggers Get Fired Up Over Education Reform

(added by David Loitz) What an amazing day! Over 2,300 hits for Real Transformation in Education Reform! Keep the conversation going!

Added November 18, 2010:

November 22, 2010 has been declared a Day of National Blogging for Real Education Reform, promoted by AASA andASCD. ASCD has gathered 10 articles, in advance of Monday’s Day of National Blogging, in The New Faces of Ed Reformthat discuss reforming education with teachers as leaders and partners in meaningful, lasting change.

I can’t wait to see Monday’s collective voices blogging for positive educational reform. Many blog posts have lamented the fact that educator voices are often left out of the conversations about the future of schools. Many state that the future is here and we simply need to embrace it. Others say we need to embrace contemporary tools to help our students learn in school as well as they do out of it. Many see learning and schooling as not equitable, and some examine how we can better support student learning. National organizations are urging us as educators to add our voices to the cacophony and use our passion, our expertise, our visionary leadership to forge the way and be heard as a united group advocating for positive reform for our students–for meaningful learning and for lasting understanding of growth needs for our educational system.

Original Post of You Want Ideas? We Have Ideas! :

A blogging challenge has been set forth for November 22, 2010, to blog for real educational reform. Tom Whitby had also set forth one for October 17 and the blogs are listed here. Please share your ideas then add your blog link on November 22 to the comments here. We’ll compile them into this blog so they will be accessible to all, just as Eric Macknight did for October 17. Join us in sharing your vision, browse the list and come read the Co-op’s posts for even more!

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