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Joel Zehring

Joel Zehring

I am a Christ-follower, husband, father, and sixth grade teacher in Tucson, AZ.
Edutopia: What Works in Public Education - http://edutopia.org/
School Accountability -- A Broader, Bolder Approach | Reports | A Broader, Bolder Approach to Education | BoldApproach.org - http://www.boldapproach.org/report_... (via http://friendfeed.com/joelzeh...)
School Accountability -- A Broader, Bolder Approach | Reports | A Broader, Bolder Approach to Education | BoldApproach.org - http://www.boldapproach.org/report_20090625.html (via http://ff.im/4IBLi)
Why Test Scores are ALMOST Useless to Me - http://teacherleaders.typepad.com/the_tem...
"...test scores for individual children can change dramatically from one administration to the next with no apparent explanation." - Joel Zehring
School Accountability -- A Broader, Bolder Approach | Reports | A Broader, Bolder Approach to Education | BoldApproach.org - http://www.boldapproach.org/report_...
School Accountability -- A Broader, Bolder Approach | Reports | A Broader, Bolder Approach to Education | BoldApproach.org
"This new BBA report recommends that ESEA expand the National Assessment of Educational Progress, a test given to a representative sample of the nation's students, to cover a broad range of subjects — not only math and reading — to counteract the narrowing of the curriculum spurred in recent years by NCLB. And the report further recommends that ESEA permit states flexibility in designing their accountability systems, provided these systems include qualitative evaluation of school quality and do not rely primarily on standardized test scores to judge the success of schools." - Joel Zehring via Bookmarklet
Bridging Differences: A Worthy Proposal for State Inspection Teams - http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek...
"I especially like the proposal for state-directed school inspection teams. People ask, “What could we rely on if we didn’t do all this testing?” Here is a good answer. Establish state inspection teams that regularly visit schools to survey the quality of teaching and learning." - Joel Zehring via Bookmarklet
The good news: Tucson's new skatepark is a solid product from Site Design Group. The bad news: I'm way out of shape for the A+ transitions.
Arthur Benjamin on Math instruction: http://ping.fm/Kn2DP
Arthur Benjamin's formula for changing math education | Video on TED.com - http://www.ted.com/talks...
TED Talks Someone always asks the math teacher, "Am I going to use calculus in real life?" And for most of us, says Arthur Benjamin, the answer is no. He offers a bold proposal on how to make math education relevant in the digital age. - Joel Zehring
Arthur Benjamin thinks we should take Math instruction from analog to digital: students need statistics more than calculus.
New standing record for the boy: 13 seconds. Especially funny when he holds a little stuffed monkey in his hand. It's like the inverse of King Kong.
Karen's Business School Blog - http://businessmajors.about.com/b...
Karen contacted me about writing a post for my blog. I'm a little curious about what she sees in my blog, but she seems like a class act. - Joel Zehring via Bookmarklet
SoulPancake | Are we 'Sons of One Religion'? - http://www.soulpancake.com/view_po...
"Imagine going through your day being called a different name by every person you meet. Even the people in your family call you different names. What would you do to get people to call you by your real name? How far would you go to get people to recognize you and acknowledge you for who you really are?" - Joel Zehring via Bookmarklet
SoulPancake | What does religion mean to you? - http://www.soulpancake.com/view_po...
"Religion is like the outer bark of a tree. The tree needs a thin layer of this dead material to stay protected from infection and attack. If the layer is too thick, the tree can't grow properly, or can't survive. I read a Eugene Peterson interview where he quoted another guy saying that. Seemed to make sense." - Joel Zehring via Bookmarklet
SoulPancake | Chew On Life's Big Questions - http://www.soulpancake.com/
What do you get when you put TV's The Office in a blender with Rick Warren's Purpose-Driven Life? http://ping.fm/vmfTJ
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Linux systems for sale. - Joel Zehring via Bookmarklet
Cultures of Change: The Power of Values and Time - http://educationinnovation.typ...
"When the fundamentals change it is important to for educational organizations to create buy-in and consensus on the front end of decisions, so that they don’t rush and fight those resistant to the cultural change on the back end. The Japanese call this process nemawahsi, which means to prepare the tree’s roots for the soil. It’s a metaphor for getting wide input from members of the organization. Toyota famously adopted this metaphor into their idea of “lean thinking.”" - Joel Zehring
Wii Therapy Baseline Forms Program Pilot - http://ldlive.blogspot.com/2009...
"Thornburg, physical therapist Jodi Garberg and occupational therapist Christi Sullivan are working together to create a pilot program for the Wii therapy. They spent two days observing students using the system and several games at Sandstone Middle School and Hermiston High School to develop a baseline of activities and design a data collection model for the program." - Joel Zehring
A Jesus Manifesto by Leonard Sweet and Frank Viola - http://frankviola.wordpress.com/2009...
"It is a profound mistake, therefore, to treat Christ as simply the founder of a set of moral, ethical, or social teaching. The Lord Jesus and his teaching are one. The Medium and the Message are One. Christ is the incarnation of the Kingdom of God and the Sermon on the Mount." - Joel Zehring
Highly recommend "A Jesus Manifesto" co-authored by Frank Viola and Leonard Sweet http://ping.fm/Ubcu3
"Jesus did not come to make bad people good. He came to make dead people live." Viola and Sweet
"Jesus isn’t a cause; he is a real and living person who can be known, loved, experienced, enthroned and embodied." Viola and Sweet
"When the early church said “Jesus is Lord,” they did not mean “Jesus is my core value.” Viola and Sweet
Bridging Differences: Lies, Damn Lies, and Statistics - http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek...
Bridging Differences: Lies, Damn Lies, and Statistics
"The information derived from testing can be useful, but lately I have begun to see how often test scores are being misused to punish kids, teachers, and schools and to mislead the public." - Joel Zehring via Bookmarklet
Book Review: From Eternity to... - http://docs.google.com/View...
I just posted a review of Frank Viola's latest book From Eternity to Here. Synopsis: I liked it. http://ping.fm/pMwbx
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