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InterACT is the group blog from Accomplished California Teachers, a teacher leadership network that aims to amplify teacher voice for improved education policies in California.
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InterACT · 1w ago

Failure to Launch Learning

“Last week, our class launched a rocket.”   Sounds fun, doesn’t it?  I wish my class launched a rocket.  When I was a kid, we did have some great experiential and project-based learning experiences – but no rockets.  Unfortunately, that sentence about rocket-launching isnR...
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InterACT · 1W ago

Unpacking the Meaning of Appreciation

Appreciation.  Let’s talk about the word, “appreciation.”  By the time this blog post is done, you’re going to appreciate that word in a whole new way. I love words – the sounds, the nuances, the etymology!  (Did you know that the word “school” with referenc...
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InterACT · 3W ago

Learning is Fun! (Or, Not)

Yesterday I choked at my violin recital.  My teacher introduced me to the tiny audience, counted off, a-one and a-two, we started to play “The Road to Boston” and it was all going fine until! we got onto the second line of the music and I lost it.  Didn’t know where we were or how [...]
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InterACT · 3W ago

Bruce Springsteen’s Appeal to Conscience

Tonight, I’ll be among the thousands of fans attending the Bruce Springsteen show at the HP Pavilion in San Jose.  As often happens before I go to a concert, I’ve been listening to the latest release, familiarizing myself with the new stuff and getting psyched up to sing along and enjoy ...
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InterACT · 3W ago

ACT Members Working on State Task Force

In the past couple of days I’ve had the chance to catch up with some of our wonderful members who comprise the majority of teachers on the state’s Educator Excellence Task Force.  Fortunately for me, the most recent meeting of the task force took place at Stanford, giving me the opportun...
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InterACT · 4W ago

Experience Counts

Among the more bizarre trends in education reform debate has been the emergence of an argument that experience doesn’t really matter.  The problem appears to be that some researchers have not found ways to measure the importance of experience very effectively, and so, cheered on by cost-cuttin...
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InterACT · 1M ago

Advocate for the Right Tools in Teacher Evaluation

The blog post that follows is lifted (and slightly modified) from a lengthy comment I put on the Accomplished California Teachers Ning site, which is our members-only online platform.  A Los Angeles teacher asked me to elaborate on a prior comment I’d made suggesting that I think teachers need...
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InterACT · 1M ago

Reform You Can Believe In

What if I told you I know of a school improvement strategy that would… raise the level of teaching for individuals and school staffs – without requiring expensive and often ineffective trainers or consultants? provide the individual validation and “rewards” that reformers wou...
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InterACT · 1M ago

Budget Doublespeak: Less Money, More Change

Teachers in LAUSD kind of dodged a bullet this month, but it will likely ricochet back in ways we will not like.  Our school board approved a budget based on the hope  that voters will provide more tax money for education.  The two tax proposals currently on the table are far from perfect (they are ...
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InterACT · 1M ago

ACT Reminders

From time to time I have the opportunity to participate in various education-related events, and I’m always eager to discuss Accomplished California Teachers.  Readers of this blog are likely already familiar with our work as a teacher leadership network for the state, but there are other ways...
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