Education Rebel @ Work

This morning I had the opportunity to speak with a lovely woman and career coach, Tracy Brisson. I “met” Tracy on Brazen Careerist, because she responded to one of my posts. Along with a few other career coaches that I’ve met online, Tracy has changed my opinion of career coaching.

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Hey - thanks for the follow! I'm always curious - how did you find us, your new fav unEMPLOYMENT club on the $405/week unemployment insurance? :-)

Mon, 23 Jan 2012 10:48:45 -0500

Recommended. As a career coach, I’m interested in hearing what you have to say!

The original Girl Scout Headquarters are right behind my new apt...

Thu, 12 Jan 2012 19:47:54 -0500

The original Girl Scout Headquarters are right behind my new apt in Savannah and put their cookie countdown up. I was looking for an excuse to buy Samoas and here it is. Totally support their acceptance of this young person. Way to go.

kicksandgiggles:

thinkbrit:

incognerdo:

daringdame:

Taken from the Honest Girl Scouts campaign. For a campaign trying to get people /not/ to buy cookies and /not/ support the GSUSA, this is doing an awful lot to suddenly make me want /to/ support the GSUSA. (and I’m saying this a a former Girl Scout of about 6 years who hasn’t bought cookies in years because they’re too expensive).

I (daringdame) have only one thing to say to this:

I agree. Get those little bastards over here and I’ll clean them out. I’m proud of the girl scouts.

Precisely.

WHAT’S UP. I need some Thin Mints & Samoas ASAP.

Study by Mindbloom on 2012 priorities divided by gender....

Thu, 12 Jan 2012 11:31:24 -0500

Study by Mindbloom on 2012 priorities divided by gender. Interesting both genders have finances low when you think about the economy. Biggest difference between genders is on where health ranks.

TEACHER'S DIARY: In Creating Successful Schools, One Size Does Not Fit All

Sat, 07 Jan 2012 12:26:00 -0500

TEACHER'S DIARY: In Creating Successful Schools, One Size Does Not Fit All:

This is a great read from Stephen Lazar, a NYC teacher whose Gotham Schools posts I like a lot.

I am totally borrowing the I Used to Think… and Now I Think structure for a future post on education.

Interesting chart. Rather than trying to get more people to go...

Thu, 05 Jan 2012 21:36:00 -0500

Interesting chart. Rather than trying to get more people to go into the high paying majors, tuition should be adjusted per major on the front-end.

350 Page Unit on The Hunger Games highest earning unit on TeacherPayTeachers

Wed, 04 Jan 2012 20:06:34 -0500

350 Page Unit on The Hunger Games highest earning unit on TeacherPayTeachers:

Amazing. Wish we’d had this when I was in the classroom.

I’ve been very open that as a recruitment consultant, I...

Fri, 30 Dec 2011 12:05:05 -0500

I’ve been very open that as a recruitment consultant, I find as many people on Facebook as LinkedIn and sometimes more because Facebook is definitely more about networks.

Key advice from the infographic-

Update your network on your job search via Status Updates. When your Facebook friend is out drinking and someone at the table mentions she is stressed because she can’t find anyone good for a new position, you’ll be in your friend’s subconscience, ultimately leading to a connection when everyone is sober.

Don’t assume an employer won’t see your profile. I know of a jobseeker who had a locked-down profile… but one of his Facebook friends showed a recent interviewer something controversial he had posted on the platform anyway. He was summarily rejected.

So I think this is awesome. Awesomesauce, in fact. But this...

Tue, 27 Dec 2011 18:46:06 -0500

So I think this is awesome. Awesomesauce, in fact. But this quote from Tulane is a little over the top. Really, 10 free slots for well-deserving students and some teacher training is the MOST comprehensive thing that any college/K-12 partnership has ever done in education reform? Really (said as much like Seth Meyers/Amy Poehler as possible)?

Officials on both sides are calling it a first-of-its-kind arrangement. “No one has done anything as comprehensive as what we’re thinking,” Tulane University President Scott Cowen said. “This is one more part of the puzzle of how we can improve education here in our community and for low-income students across the country.”

More in love the with quote at the end from one of my education heroes, Mike Feinberg. He’s a hero because he understands that education is really about what happens to students AFTER they leave us.

“The ultimate goal for our kids is not to have them pass a state accountability test,” said Mike Feinberg, one of KIPP’s co-founders. “Nor is it getting them in or even through college. It’s that they have the freedom to do what it is in this world that they want to do. College is a ticket to be able to do those things.”

Obama (Good Cop) vs Duncan (Bad Cop) on College Costs

Tue, 27 Dec 2011 10:05:06 -0500

Obama (Good Cop) vs Duncan (Bad Cop) on College Costs:

This caught my attention. Does Duncan not know what power he has on college costs? All he has to do, like Mark Cuban has pointed out, is make it harder to get outsized student loans. Colleges would be forced to adjust their costs to meet the new market.

Rant… Sometimes I am not sure why I still read the National Journal Online Education Experts blog because they don’t let people comment and their experts don’t always say much. Imagine what could be done if a real conversation happened around these issues.

Lure of College for All: Follow-up on the Dreamers

Mon, 26 Dec 2011 11:23:03 -0500

Lure of College for All: Follow-up on the Dreamers:

Must read article on a class of students that were offered guaranteed college scholarships when they were in the sixth grade and what happened to them over 23 years later. This insight from the program director sums up exactly what we must understand about the lure of “college for all” as a measure of “success” in 2011. Right, Mr. Obama?

“What Proctor learned, he says, is that Dreamers’ achievements cannot be defined by a diploma, an attitude that he says Pollin and Cohen eventually embraced. The doctor and the pharmacist are successes, for sure. But so are the UPS driver and the Prince George’s police officer. They may not have college degrees, Proctor says, but they have a sense of purpose and ambition.”

Iowa Public Universities to Require 3.0 GPA to Become a Teacher

Mon, 26 Dec 2011 10:25:56 -0500

Iowa Public Universities to Require 3.0 GPA to Become a Teacher:

As usual, right sentiment.. worried about context. I meet so many 30-something teachers who are ready for the classroom and am not convinced they should be judged by how they did in school over ten years ago. That being said, they should have to demonstrate their content and that they have academic aptitude before they start their teacher training program. What might that look like that benefits the teacher and is affordable?

This information is alarming: “At UNI, 36 percent of Latino student teachers would be excluded under the proposal, vs. 21 percent of blacks and 18 percent of white students, officials said.”

Really? Over Newark, NJ? Huh. nycdigital: NYC won City of the...

Tue, 20 Dec 2011 17:37:25 -0500

Really? Over Newark, NJ? Huh.

nycdigital:

NYC won City of the Year and Best Use of Social Media in the 2011 GovFresh Awards and was the runner up for Best Open Data Platform.

Thank you for your votes and support!

The Great Education Hypocrisy: What's So Bad About For-Profit Teaching?

Tue, 20 Dec 2011 17:35:42 -0500

The Great Education Hypocrisy: What's So Bad About For-Profit Teaching?:

Given the urgency of improving the US education system, we can no longer afford to shut out an entire group of providers. In a time of declining state and federal revenues, policymakers should be stimulating, not stifling, the influx of private capital to our education system. When it comes to other crucial national challenges, policymakers do not ask whether they should engage for-profit companies, but how they should. It is time for education policymakers to follow suit.

EDUCATION, I’D LIKE TO INTRODUCE YOU TO ENTREPRENEURS

This is an infographic by Course Hero on the ROI of going...

Mon, 19 Dec 2011 12:03:00 -0500

This is an infographic by Course Hero on the ROI of going abroad. DISAGREE! Most of the career coaching clients I work with who are unable to do what they really want professionally because of student debt accumulated a significant amount of it during their semester abroad.

I don’t disagree that traveling abroad is certainly an amazing opportunity, but with their ROI arguments. There are lots of ways to gain the experiences detailed in the infographic in your own community.

The advice in Target Practice is the piece you should heed the...

Tue, 13 Dec 2011 22:37:31 -0500

The advice in Target Practice is the piece you should heed the most.

“The next Steve Jobs will totally be a chick, because...

Tue, 13 Dec 2011 14:28:37 -0500

“The next Steve Jobs will totally be a chick, because girls are No. 2—and No. 2 always wins in America. Apple was a No. 2 company for years, and Apple embodies a lot of what have been defined as feminine traits: an emphasis on intuitive design, intellect, a strong sense of creativity, and that striving to always make the greatest version of something.” -Louie C.K.