tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5053151003977377665.post693756273221891947..comments2024-02-23T05:11:31.034-08:00Comments on Always Formative: Product PlacementJason Buellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03029995715142652159noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5053151003977377665.post-70789860090287189132012-02-19T12:51:10.586-08:002012-02-19T12:51:10.586-08:00@Allison - Check. I don't know the answer to t...@Allison - Check. I don't know the answer to that. How do we draw attention to teachers doing great work in regular old public schools?<br /><br />@David - Will do. I try not read too deeply into it. I had never heard of NewSchools before the conference, although I know SVEF has been known to be a little.....<br /><br />@Anonymous - Larry Cuban just blogged a three part series. <br />http://larrycuban.wordpress.com/2012/02/13/i-saw-the-future-and-it-works-a-visit-to-a-hybrid-school/<br />http://larrycuban.wordpress.com/2012/02/16/rocketship-schools-and-the-future-part-2/<br />http://larrycuban.wordpress.com/2012/02/19/are-rocketship-schools-the-future-part-3/<br /><br />You can see what he says. <br /><br />@Christian - Exactly. I would be happy to learn about Rocketship or Khan.Jason Buellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03029995715142652159noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5053151003977377665.post-2853989625012385952012-02-17T23:34:31.775-08:002012-02-17T23:34:31.775-08:00Finally someone who background checks panellists. ...Finally someone who background checks panellists. I too don't mind that someone HAS a background but that this is unknown or that companies 'attach' fancy names to 'experts'. What am I to think of general experts who teach a couple of hours a week but otherwise are involved in consultancy as Smart educator, Apple educator, Texas instruments seller, Flipping the Classroom expert? That's not to say they can't have good contributions, or know nothing, but I could equally see them as salesmen.Christian Bokhovehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00826927673103010610noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5053151003977377665.post-13037439171280892592012-02-14T04:42:59.974-08:002012-02-14T04:42:59.974-08:00When you take school building funding into account...When you take school building funding into account, how different is Rocketship's budget from a typical high-poverty school? I've read a few times that they try to keep their funding levels as close to public school funding levels as possible, but school construction numbers rarely make it into the per-pupil funding reports, so maybe that's the discrepancy.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5053151003977377665.post-64743181368208241382012-02-12T21:16:52.168-08:002012-02-12T21:16:52.168-08:00Glad you're connecting the dots, Jason, and as...Glad you're connecting the dots, Jason, and asking important questions. I think your conclusion is important as well - avoiding reading too much into it, but suggesting more disclosure would help.David B. Cohenhttp://accomplishedcaliforniateachers.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5053151003977377665.post-53376263879860890262012-02-10T22:13:24.163-08:002012-02-10T22:13:24.163-08:00Jason...This post resonates with me, specifically ...Jason...This post resonates with me, specifically the part about why a panel on equity only includes schools which are inequitably funded. I DON'T mean to say that schools shouldn't be grant-funded. But I DO mean to say that I often wonder why great teacher who happen to teach at 'regular-old-schools' aren't included more often in these dialogues. If I could be so bold as to include myself (and many, many others) in this category...We have a lot of meaningful things to say on this topic as well. I often am left feeling that the only way to really be heard is to transfer to a more high-profile school like the ones represented on this panel. There's something inherently inequitable about that.Allison Krasnowhttp://www.picrust.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5053151003977377665.post-11598851918705778982012-02-10T09:31:12.860-08:002012-02-10T09:31:12.860-08:00Well done Jason. I am impressed by this. You'v...Well done Jason. I am impressed by this. You've (I hope) inspired me to actually follow through on checking on these things when they are nagging at me in the future.Jennyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04725549451973770515noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5053151003977377665.post-63386340584481538122012-02-09T21:43:08.154-08:002012-02-09T21:43:08.154-08:00OMG, the penny just dropped on this for me. This e...OMG, the penny just dropped on this for me. This explains a great deal.<br /><br />- @cheesemonkeysfcheesemonkeysfhttp://cheesemonkeysf.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5053151003977377665.post-79752356106669569512012-02-09T10:43:31.434-08:002012-02-09T10:43:31.434-08:00Right. Agreed. Remember though that this is how it...Right. Agreed. Remember though that this is how it is in education or any field. A few individuals or groups exert a lot of influence. Sad indeed.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5053151003977377665.post-27218809990664310732012-02-09T08:44:39.062-08:002012-02-09T08:44:39.062-08:00@Anonymous - Wait, maybe I misinterpreted your com...@Anonymous - Wait, maybe I misinterpreted your comment. I did think it was strange that two schools with a large amount of resources and who used blended learning were the only representatives for an equity panel. If you look at the links for the Los Altos school, the educational foundation (mainly parent donations and fundraising) gave 125,000 this year just to help implement Khan. I'm happy for Los Altos that they think they're on to something. I just don't know what the rest of us are supposed to take from this. By itself my alarm wouldn't have gone off. But then Rocketship is also a blended learning school that relies heavily on private donations and I start thinking someone has an agenda.Jason Buellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03029995715142652159noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5053151003977377665.post-20442948615717963852012-02-08T19:04:28.833-08:002012-02-08T19:04:28.833-08:00@abrandnewline - Totally forgot about that story. ...@abrandnewline - Totally forgot about that story. That's two strikes then. (Sorry general public who don't know this story but it's not mine to share.)<br /><br />@Anonymous - Sorry I think I don't make the point clear enough. This is why I sat on it for so long. I don't really care who the parties involved were. What bothered me is they didn't make their relationship clear up front.Jason Buellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03029995715142652159noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5053151003977377665.post-41816517549511628442012-02-08T18:12:23.079-08:002012-02-08T18:12:23.079-08:00That's like saying rich philanthropists can...That's like saying rich philanthropists can't talk about easing/eliminating poverty. I don't get it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5053151003977377665.post-28223717410201372922012-02-08T15:27:57.911-08:002012-02-08T15:27:57.911-08:00Just so we're clear these are the people who f...Just so we're clear these are the people who fired me.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com