unqualified administrators (i.e., leadership training but no teaching
experience)
dumbing down of the curriculum
overcrowded classes in too small classrooms
teacher apathy
merit pay
On Jul 2, 2010, at 3:27 PM, Carol Lau wrote:
Thousands of teacher lay-offs
Increased class size
Legislation to ignore teacher seniority
Unpaid furlough days
Using test scores as teacher evaluation
Poor staff morale
----- Original Message ----- From: "Mena" <drmarinac...@aol.com>
To: <drmarinac...@aol.com>; <mosaic@literacyworkshop.org>
Sent: Friday, July 02, 2010 8:25 AM
Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] Here is my list of CURRENT Trends and issues
IN LITERACY PEDAGOGY TODAY?
I really appreciate the IRA resource but I find that nowadays
anything that is a trend or current issue cannot come from a
publication..it is already outdated...LOL. I have found some
issues and trends that are up-to-the-minute...
C
Content rich curriculum vs academic skills for ELLs
Charter schools
Boysin crisis in reading
Two-waymultiliterate or biliterate curriculums
Schooland classroom library research (Barack Obama's 2011 budget
eliminates the $19million for Libraries)
Digitalliteracy
Neuro-education on brain testing and fMRI research
Raceto The Top Funds/tests
NAEP Board Curbs Special Ed and El exclusions
Orallanguage and literacy
National or Core Common Standards
Public Education under Attack
Readingscores on the latest NAEP testing no growth since 2007
Techno-Reading and Teaching Power of the Internet
Value-laden teacher evaluation
Literacy and Poverty
Title One Inclusion
Arizona's English Fluency
Critical Literacy and critical reading
Summer school out of school factors
"If you choose the quick and easy path, you will become an agent of
evil."
~Yoda
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