North Country Notes

English teacher and writer, passionate about the outdoors, education, and literature. 2018 Rowland Fellow

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The History of PBL in #vted, Part 5: The Minimum Competency Testing Movement https://t.co/TzKDIy5Rmf

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Origins of Proficiency-Based Learning in VT, Part 4: Did Rebecca Holcombe really know what PBL was?https://t.co/95iczL5h3I

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The origins of Proficiency Learning in #vted, part 3: the history of Mastery Learning. https://t.co/Q0PTgR2M44

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@FairfieldSch_VT Congrats, Bill!

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Why Olympic defeats look a lot different to me nowadays than when I was an athlete. https://t.co/cSHDl1tgkP

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@Mooney1Erin I know, I was thinking to myself, "That might be a little too close to a topic of school stress for me . . ."

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Fascinating piece I uncovered in PBL research. Benjamin Bloom's grading curve: a goal for all educators. #vted https://t.co/RbousxYcng

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Doing more research into the origins of where the heck Proficiency Learning in #vted came from. Here's my latest: how PBL is really the lite version of a forgotten early-90s reform called Outcomes-Based Education: https://t.co/4JlSsP08S9

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Nearly every high school in #vted has a different approach to Proficiency-Based Learning. Doing a research project to examine each and find trends / best practices. Some initial takeaways: https://t.co/MwTeUoAg2O

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Every parent has to adjust to the joys of your child screaming in public: https://t.co/ZR4goQA67R

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More reflections on Proficiency-Based Learning in Vermont. https://t.co/8bHJPURHHt

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One teacher's reflections on five years of proficiency-based learning in Vermont education. https://t.co/hkn31RbkDk

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@ElijahHawkes Glad you liked the blog. I am eager to read your book. The intersection of the personal and the political in schools is always fascinating.

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God help me, I've been reading John Dewey during this time at home. By the way, "The Child and the Curriculum" is absolutely fascinating. https://t.co/hln4kObcZn

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Hard to believe we won't be going back in to school this year. The sadness really hit me cleaning out my classroom yesterday: https://t.co/t0pYose2li #vted

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Just read a classic -- Doc: the story of Dennis Littky. https://t.co/koBLZ1lZtA

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There are several aspects of parenting I have mastered. This blog post is not about those. https://t.co/LIAKtYc8no

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Why it's important for teachers to talk to students about learning, not just logistics: https://t.co/QF9xGm079D

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I would wish for all teachers a chance to step out of their classrooms for a year, as I had last year, although it can feel very strange to be "out of harness": https://t.co/NX83I8g8lS

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A belief in “enlightened censorship” whether its advocates know it or not is a belief that “power needs still more power, and power will do right by me & people I care about.” Historically this belief has been, to understate, misplaced.