- Rep. Cheryl Youakim (Hopkins) – Education Finance
- Rep. Laurie Pryor (Minnetonka) – Education Policy
- Senator Steve Cwodzinski (Eden Prairie) – Education Policy
- Senator Mary Kunesh (New Brighton) – Education Finance
- A critique of journalists' coverage of the "science of reading" debate
- Helping teens assess and avoid risky behaviors
- Dealing with uncivil behavior
- Arguing 101
- Using universal design for learning with middle-school math
- Alternatives to Socratic seminars
- Phonemic skill instruction by teachers, computers, and parents
- Thomas Guskey on appropriate uses of grades
- Less grading time for teachers, more timely feedback for students
- The potential of formative classroom assessments
- Equitable versus fake differentiation
- Jennifer Gonzalez on effective mini-lectures
- A middle ground on writing instruction
- What kind of science experiments work best?
- Suggested "readalikes" for Disenchanted
- What a professor learned from her own struggles in college
- Beyond learning styles
- Classroom discipline and kindness – it’s not either-or
- How the “illusion of asymmetric insight” can disrupt a classroom
- Jim Knight on keeping teachers’ self-beliefs in mind
- Waypower, willpower, and hope
- Should libraries stop late-book fines and allow unlimited take-outs?
- Recommended children’s books on Native Americans
- Short item: Beverly Daniel Tatum on talking about race with young children
- Helping students become increasingly independent learners
- Grant Wiggins on the limits of curriculum coverage
- Standards-based grading - what it is and what it isn't
- Teaching about climate change
- Problems with formulaic student essays
- Is third grade retention helpful for English learners?
- The keys to trust and loyalty
- Recommended children's books on diversity
- The problem with heroes and villains when studying history
- An evolutionary perspective on dyslexia
- Real-time, high-tech feedback for student presenters
- Learning to love poetry in middle school
- Is sixth grade too late for handwriting instruction?
- Jennifer Gonzalez on differentiation with "seminars"
- Recommendations on grade retention and social promotion
- Leaders conducting regular one-on-one meetings
- The debate about effective preschool curriculum
- Helping high-school seniors think about their futures
- How can direct instruction (a.k.a. lectures) support inquiry learning?
- A highly engaging K-12 mathematics routine
- Five-minute routines to launch elementary math classes
- Books students might want to read after watching new films
- Losing cursive
- Key factors in successful project-based learning
- Stereotypes about middle school, and how we can do better
- Why are fewer high-school graduates enrolling in college?
- The "return on investment" from college
- Questions about Orton-Gillingham
- Eggcorns and mondegreens
- Recommended children's books about people with disabilities
- Teaching irony
- Should boys start kindergarten a year later than girls?
- How to avoid overloading students' working memory
- Democratizing the assessment of students' creativity
- Using debate across grades and subject areas
- Thinking about the Pledge of Allegiance
- Teachers' least-favorite educational buzzwords
- Recommended elementary- and middle-school books about bullying
The legislature is back in session with a group that has much to learn. Thirty percent of the members are new to the capitol. All four education chairs are new. In fact, most chairs are new. Many legislators do not have assistants yet. Offices, parking, rules, names—it is all a taking time. And it is not all warm and fuzzy. The Senate had an 8 hour meeting on procedural matters. Twelve members voted against the postage allowance.
Several high-profile items were scheduled to move quickly (federal tax conformity, abortion rights to name two) but education was moving slowly.
The new chairs are:
The House education committees met, introduced themselves and told a favorite school memory. The two committees have combined membership of 33, so there were a lot of memories shared.
The Governor spoke at the Association of Metropolitan School Districts on Friday. His 20- minute address was positive but did not hit on specifics regarding the foundation aid formula or funding the special education cross subsidy. He indicated that we would have education bills in May. (He meant this to be positive, but educators had hoped for some financial relief much earlier.) He got a laugh when he said, “When I woke up this morning I thanked God I was no longer in congress” – referring the struggle to elect the Speaker in Washington.
The Senate Education and Finance will combine their meetings twice a week. The House will meet 5 times a week (7 if you count the Early Childhood Committee).
The Governor has a priority in education with universal free meals for students. The first draft of this bill will be heard in House Education policy on Wednesday. The Senate is starting the week with introductions.
One bright spot is the election of Ben Bakeberg of Jordan. Rep. Bakeberg is a middle school principal in Jordan Public Schools. He is on both the Education Policy and Education Finance committees. On Friday he was on the legislative panel at AMSD. He will be a strong voice for principals and education.
This should be an interesting session. The state has a significant amount of money. Education will have to be aggressive to get its share of the pie though.
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