Maybe the Regional School should seek an opportunity to present to the Rochesterr Business Alliance and or other business groups, to share research, theory and experiences on what works & how they could help. --- On Sun, 3/6/11, Ellen Weber <eweber1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: From: Ellen Weber <eweber1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Subject: [regional_school] Re: Diane Ravitch on Daily Show Tonight To: regional_school@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Date: Sunday, March 6, 2011, 3:43 PM _filtered #yiv893305500 { font-family:Helvetica;} _filtered #yiv893305500 { font-family:Cambria Math;} _filtered #yiv893305500 { font-family:Calibri;} _filtered #yiv893305500 { font-family:Tahoma;} _filtered #yiv893305500 {margin:1.0in 1.0in 1.0in 1.0in;} #yiv893305500 P.yiv893305500MsoNormal { FONT-SIZE:12pt;MARGIN:0in 0in 0pt;FONT-FAMILY:"serif";} #yiv893305500 LI.yiv893305500MsoNormal { FONT-SIZE:12pt;MARGIN:0in 0in 0pt;FONT-FAMILY:"serif";} #yiv893305500 DIV.yiv893305500MsoNormal { FONT-SIZE:12pt;MARGIN:0in 0in 0pt;FONT-FAMILY:"serif";} #yiv893305500 A:link { COLOR:blue;TEXT-DECORATION:underline;} #yiv893305500 SPAN.yiv893305500MsoHyperlink { COLOR:blue;TEXT-DECORATION:underline;} #yiv893305500 A:visited { COLOR:purple;TEXT-DECORATION:underline;} #yiv893305500 SPAN.yiv893305500MsoHyperlinkFollowed { COLOR:purple;TEXT-DECORATION:underline;} #yiv893305500 SPAN.yiv893305500apple-style-span { } #yiv893305500 SPAN.yiv893305500EmailStyle18 { COLOR:#1f497d;FONT-FAMILY:"sans-serif";} #yiv893305500 .yiv893305500MsoChpDefault { FONT-SIZE:10pt;} #yiv893305500 DIV.yiv893305500WordSection1 { } Thanks for the chance to hear from a genuine champion of students and learning Bill. Here are 5 questions that did not yet get answered - and that might help us all to move forward for students' sake. 1). How can we avoid attacking people in business or people in education - in favor of working together to benefit more learners? 2). How can we support more of what really does work - to gain higher motivation and achievement for all learners? 3). How can we use more of the kinds of tests teachers in Finland design to win for all kids, and show excellence in more schools? 4). What learning designs really do work, and how can we work across differences for learners' sake - rather than vent about failures? 5). What risks could each of us take for great learning approaches -- even when that means personal cost or personal sacrifice? The horrid problems in education have also presented amazing opportunities for an innovative future in learning. Let's band together to make schools like the Regional School - a living reality where collective wins leave students at the peaks! Imagine if we were to show the world another way -- much like Finland is doing! That takes launching answers to all 5 questions, and taking the doable steps of making it happen - as I see it. Others? Ellen Weber (PhD) Director - MITA International Brain Based Center PO Box 347, Pittsford, NY 14534 eBook: MITA in the Classroom and Beyond - at http://mitaleadership.com/buyonline.html MITA Brain Leaders and learners blog: www.Brainleadersandlearners.com MITA Brain Based Center Web Site at www.mitaleadership.com Forbes Blog http://blogs.forbes.com/mindmakeover/ Twitter = @ellenfweber LinkedIn = Ellen Weber PhD ----- Original Message ----- From: William Cala To: regional_school@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Friday, March 04, 2011 7:15 AM Subject: [regional_school] Re: Diane Ravitch on Daily Show Tonight For those who don’t have cable and/or couldn’t watch last night, here is the full ½ hour episode of the Daily Show which was pretty much all on education. http://www.thedailyshow.com/full-episodes/thu-march-3-2011-diane-ravitch Bill From: regional_school-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:regional_school-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Kristin Rapp Sent: Thursday, March 03, 2011 10:27 PM To: regional_school@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [regional_school] Re: Diane Ravitch on Daily Show Tonight I don't have cable, does anyone know if this can be watching streaming live online?? Kristin A. Rapp, LMSW Founder / Executive Director ArtPeace, Inc. Neighborhood of the Arts 277 N. Goodman Street, Suite H209 Rochester, New York 14607 585-802-2293 www.artpeace.org ArtPeace is... Arts, Recreation & Technology Promoting Education and Creative Entrepreneurship ArtPeace educates and employs through arts, technology and entrepreneurship toward the goal of social change. all things are possible... On Mar 3, 2011, at 4:39 PM, William Cala wrote: Diane Ravitch will be on The Daily Show tonight. (11:00 Comedy Central) __._,_.___