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Daniel Sharkovitz
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The fact that people with power (Council of Chief State School Officers) want to extend the range of that power and its ideology of control over others is common in societies without democratic traditions. The fact that local control of publi…
My talk in the session, "Become the Elephant: How to Learn New Words and Never Forget Them," is for teachers looking for a way to help their students learn and remember new words--not for a week or a month, but for years. Of course no method works f…
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- Affiliation
- Martha's Vineyard Regional High School, Oak Bluffs, MA
- Position
- English department chair, summer school director, student newspaper adviser
- NCTE Member?
- Yes
- How long have you been a member of NCTE?
- 10 years
My teacher website: www.mvrhs.org/english/shark/
Comment Wall (3 comments)
- At 10:33am on August 8, 2009,
Richard Beach said… - Daniel, thanks for your excellent comments about the infusion of a neo-liberal, corporate agenda shaping school policies.
Another interesting issue has to do with potential conflicts of interest related to whether these Common Core Standards will lead to national testing, in which case testing firms such as ACT, well represented on the standards writing board, will definitely benefit. One interesting aspect of the standards writing guidelines is that the standards should be "measurable," i.e., have some potential likelihood of being tested. While many of our state tests are highly problematic, the idea of a national test (common in many countries of the world) driving a homogenized curriculum does not bode well for English teaching.
- At 9:39pm on April 27, 2009,
Jack said… - The link I sent is acting funny. Here it is again http://brainyflix.com/main/contest_rules
- At 2:49pm on April 25, 2009,
Jack said…
- Hi Daniel
MIT university is trying to build a free resource to help kids learn SAT/ACT thru the power of user-generated images and video. We are currently running a nationwide contest, challenging kids to make fun and memorable flashcards by pairing sentences and images to a common test word. There will be a small cash prize and iTunes giveaways. Due date is May 22.
More details at brainyflix.com/main/contest_rules. Do you have students or colleagues who would be interested?
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