Thursday, June 27, 2013

Anybody Sick Of These Education Deform Buzz Words And Phrases?

Robust.

Research Shows...

Rigor.

Flipped Classrooms.

MOOC.

Assessment (if there are high stakes attached to it, it's a "Test".)

21st Century Skills.

RIB.

Domain.

Any others I'm missing from this year?
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15 comments:

  1. AnonymousJune 27, 2013 at 9:33 AM

    "Young and energetic teachers". -Used by deformers who want to fire veteran teachers.

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  2. AnonymousJune 27, 2013 at 9:35 AM

    College and career ready as it pertains to anyone under the age of 16

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  3. AnonymousJune 27, 2013 at 10:01 AM

    "High performing charter schools"

    "Powerful teachers' union"

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  4. Under The BusJune 27, 2013 at 10:05 AM

    Michael Mulgrew

    Union Representation

    It's a Win for the Union!

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  5. AnonymousJune 27, 2013 at 10:08 AM

    Data

    Data

    More Data

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  6. Michael FiorilloJune 27, 2013 at 10:26 AM

    Bold Reform.

    Transformational Change.

    The Best and Brightest.

    Teachers as "Human Capital" and children as "Valuable Assets."

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  7. PogueJune 27, 2013 at 10:56 AM

    I found this "Answer Sheet" article to be most interesting...

    "A Reform to English Dictionary"

    http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/answer-sheet/wp/2013/06/19/a-reform-to-english-dictionary/

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  8. AnonymousJune 27, 2013 at 11:13 AM

    STEM - and I am a STEM teacher!

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  9. AnonymousJune 27, 2013 at 11:20 AM

    Funny...there is no terminology for corporate or,ologarchial incompetence...for example as in this Regents, DOE , Bloomberg, McGraw Hill test fiasco.

    Could all of these front page teacher perv articles be solely to divert the publics attention away from Tweeds incompetance?

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  10. AnonymousJune 27, 2013 at 11:24 AM

    "Glitch"

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  11. I noticed that...June 27, 2013 at 11:26 AM

    Buzz words that means nothing to the DoE:
    Student First

    Buzz words that connote incompetence:
    Network

    Deputy Chancellor of Portfolio and Planning

    Deputy Chancellor of Talent, Labor, and Innovation

    PEP

    Buzz words that mean destruction:
    Mayor
    Chancellor

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  12. AnonymousJune 27, 2013 at 11:26 AM

    Complexity

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  13. AnonymousJune 27, 2013 at 11:55 AM

    In Obamaspeak..."it's time for us to have a conversation" means...."whoops...Im busted again...."

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  14. Gypsies, Tramps, and ThievesJune 27, 2013 at 2:10 PM

    J.I.T

    Quality Review

    Informational Text

    To begin with...in addition...to be clear... to be clearer... to add on...this is what I am going to write about...in other words...and this is my essay.

    The Mayor's Poodle

    Charlotte Danielson

    Mulgrew

    Anthony Weiner

    Christine Quinn

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  15. AnonymousJune 29, 2017 at 11:43 PM

    Training is additionally a window to the outside world. At the point when a man gets data and learning, he turns out to probably comprehend the substances and weights of the outside world and the variables prompting these substances.paraphrasing online

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