This was the first Post for the REBEL Proposal. MY Island View: A Modest Blog Proposal

will definitely be participating...
tremendous idea...
Jeremy Lenzi

Schoolbinder will post a reform message with a REBEL yell.

I've had a post stewing in my brain about reclaiming the word achievement and this looks like as good a day as any to let it ride- will post on Sunday!

If you could require everyone involved in education reform to read 3 books what would they be?

Includes Google Form & Spreadsheet with many great suggestions.

Waiting for the Wizard of Oz - A more appropriate metaphor for school reform

"You have had the power within you all along"

My Inner Pollyanna's Ed Reform Blue Sky

The way things would be, if the daydreamer in me had his way.

Mentoring and #Edreform: Together At Last - Mentoring can change an entire school if done the right way. - TheNerdyTeacher

Reform is Happening

Free conference attracts over 400 passionate educators on a Saturday.

Chaging schools through sustainable leadership and teamworking.

My Ed Reform page. It is time to start working on The Twitter Academy

Re-thinking schools to be basecamps for our students futures
A metaphorical view of how schools could look like to meet the needs of students.

The green, the blue, the red and the pink schools, by @rosamariatorres

True educational reform is inspired by the minds of students connected on a global platform. That is why we are connecting classrooms in India and the US.

Reform IS Happening, One Classroom At A Time.

True Innovation Begins with School Leaders Exploring the Edges of the Adjacent Possible.

Our Only Charter Should Be Radical Invention:

DARPA-like model for educators, closing of school factories, national ed tech learning plan

Grass Roots School Reform: Keep it Local

Our best bet for effective school reform will start locally and grow nationally

A Rebel Math Curriculum

If the math curriculum could be redesigned from the ground up to meet 21st century needs, what might it look like?

All students are not created equal, why do we have to treat them as such?

@rodericksilva @schoolbinder

Can you spare some CHANGE?

Exams don't do all studets justice as even long term assessment. Why put them through short term hell?

Cavemen, Farmers, and Educators: How the Right Tools Make All the Difference

There'll Be New Dreams, Maybe Better Dreams...

Education reform will begin with collaboration

October 17 “Reforms from Educational Bloggers” Day

Change the culture!

A Key to Education Reform: Support

I am optimistic about the present and future of education. Not re-form, but constant improvement is what is required.

Read how students are "Wounded by School" and how we can help them heal. Here is an author approved summary of the book by Kirsten Olson.

REBEL: The Tao of Goals - what special education goal structures can teach us

REBEL: What is Excellence? The building blocks of a most excellent reality...

REBEL: Can Special Education Fix General Education?

Tom...Great idea. I look forward to reading other people's posts

A Challenge to ACT (and Be Your Best)

Just added my contribution to the Reform movement in Ed. How WfS can help teachers realize we must accept blame as well in order to achieve change.

Here are my five positive steps that I believe we need to take to bring about Educational reform
http://akevy613.posterous.com/positive-steps-for-educational-reform

When did America decide to follow instead of lead? There's a troubling reality in today's push (in the wrong direction) for education reform.

Needed: A goal for an ongoing revolution (where's #edreform taking us?)

Great idea Shelly and Tom!

We have to develop imagination, not memorization of content.

Tests should not write students.

Many "new reforms" are old ideas doomed to fail, AGAIN. Bloom's Taxonomy still exists, because it works.
Here: some other old ideas that might be useful.

Insist on Real, fundamental change. Via Politics, Teacher Education, Teaching, Parenting

Education Reform-An Inner City Perspective-

REBEL: My Island View:Year-Round School. An exploration of the possibility

REBEL: Be an Edupunk and avoid the negativity

Educational Reform - Critical Time For Change
Discussion on system thinking, second order change, change agents

Transformation involves taking the very best and making it even better! My very first post: Jukebox To iPod

What Twisted Sister Can Teach Us About Education Reform.

My post on ed reform:

What Rests in Our Hands - My blog post on Redesign...

Change the System, We Have Great Teachers.

Examples of teachers and the qualities that make them great.

Another Challenge to ACT

Superman is Already Here

An off-the-cuff podcast, thinking not just as a teacher but as a parent, too.

The Quagmire of Education Reform: http://ongoingquest.wordpress.com/2010/10/17/the-quagmire-of-education-reform/

Let's stop treating schools like factories...let's stop treating students like manufactured products...let's start a new educational revolution!

Inspired by a 10 month Old

This is a post from a few weeks ago, a short one about how a 10 month old learns, and some inspiration for classroom change

My post:
What could be better than Eating Honey?

Reclaiming "Student Achievement"

http://afowles.blogspot.com/2010/10/rebel-post.html

Look Deeper, Listen and Watch More Intently, Collaborate and Learn

karenszymusiak

Thinking about why we teach math will help us think about how we might teach it, if we could change the world, and offer students a fulfilling, mind-nourishing

What Matters Most ... My REBEL yell regarding ed reform

Who's responsible for failing students? Everyone...we all need to work together...

What does ed tech bring to the #educaitonreform conversation?

Arts Ed also needs to be reformed: Arts Education and Civilization: This Isn’t Child’s Play

Let's get our classrooms to reflect the 21st Cent, not the 19th. Not just the tools we use, but in how we ask our students to think and interact with the world.

Kid Power - why reform will work this time.

Economically: School districts need more accountability and oversight in how they spend their money. They hire district budget analysts and then don't listen.

Teacher Leaders can lead the way to reform

A teacher's dream for observations - what observations would really look like

Content Matters! We cannot continue to teach reading. writing and math skills in a vacuum. Save science and social studies!

Celebrating the incredible team of teachers in my school...creating a positive ripple effect to combat the negative.

Students learn at different rates - WHy Power of "I"

RANDOM THOUGHTS: on #EdReform

Student-centered thought leads us toward where instruction needs to go. NEEDS should LEAD instruction.

The best way to reform education is by focusing on the teacher.

To whom are we accountable?

"I am accountable to my students and their families. I am accountable to myself. I need no other accountability."

aka MissShuganah

Waiting For Hannibal Smith

Here this rebel yell, "Joy! Joy! Joy!"

really like the way Corrie describes what the focus of instruction should be : )

Responding to Samuelson in Newsweek: Don't Blame Students for Failure of Ed. Reform, blame schools, standards, and testing

Is the question, "Why can't this kid handle school?", or, "Why can't school reach this kid?" Can joy provide all the rigor & relevance we need to teach & learn?

Building Castles in the Air

Quick post about moving beyond the minimum

A list... for REBELS Day.

Passion-Based Learning

The wisdom to solve this problem is already in this room. - Nancy Mohr

Nothing builds community like meaningful work- Peter Eppig

Write your message here: Student engagement comes from self-direction. Engaged students of all sorts can learn!

save the learner
(our most valuable resource)

One Size Fits All? | PHSdirectoryBLOG

Teachers must speak up!

My REBEL post. I wrote it last week.

Change for these kids - The Principal of Change

What do I say about Ed Reform? I say, "okay."

Start Listening to Those on the Ground

("The Rebel Alliance is too well equipped; they're more dangerous than you realize.")

Here's my 2 cents -

Aren't We Done with Waiting? | About a Teacher

Blogging about teaching students Eng/LA in the 21st Century (@jpsteltz) jsteltz.wordpress.com

How many Mooneys do you know?

My Thoughts

It's about student learning and it begins w vision.

A recipe for change!

Curriculum and technology admin positions should be merging (from August)

Why I Left Teaching: A Personal Example for the Ed Reform Movement

I believe that edu-reform starts in the home. My friend and colleague is the perfect example!

How A Whisper Becomes A Roar!
If every educator in our PLN shared, shared, shared their best practices on social media we wouldn't be a voice we'd be a roar

Beg to differ. Go ahead, BEG.

A mentality of "Correcting My Mistakes"

Be The Change - Avenue4Learning.com

Change comes from individuals, not policy, and by individuals selflessly sharing with others.

Blog post on 'Our children transforming education in action' How to learn from our kids about the transformation needed in education, with a few examples

The People Factor

What if teachers and administrators really had time to think and reflect?

Let's create a movement that ends awards ceremonies and recognizes ALL students for the talents they bring to our school!

Are we preparing developers or producers?

I am a experimental Teacher!

From Good to Great @KathyPerret

Apples, Oranges and Ed Reform

Duty, Power, and Responsibility - Promises to students

Students, parents and teachers want more. I'm so pleased to notice that things are changing and it was woth it. I believe we are reaching others' interests too.

Video.

Authentic Assessment that measures 21st century skills and involves "the community" - local, national, global