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Ben Levin

@BenLevinOISE

Professor, OISE, U of Toronto, interests in how research connects with practice and policy; poverty and equity; large scale change

 OISE Toronto
webspace.oise.utoronto.ca/~levinben/
Joined February 2012
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Have you heard a child recently say “school is boring”? @cea_ace gives tips on how to change that goo.gl/ZkfTS #edchat @OISENews
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Insightful new analysis of policy andn practice by S Ball, M Maguire and A Braun - How Schools Do Policy. goo.gl/JhIJr
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New #KMb Journal Club: To know is not enough: research knowledge and its use bit.ly/1aMtpEV via @BenLevinOISE
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Very sensible blog on better policy argument in education and other fields by David Weston (@informed_edu) in UK. bit.ly/13mbvGY
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Teacher Professional Development in Shanghai blogs.edweek.org/edweek/top_… via @educationweek
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New book looks at education research impact and universities in 9 countries. Policy Press in UK and U Chicago in NA goo.gl/PTmN9
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15 summaries of research for elementary teachers -goo.gl/GHuC9 through partnership with Elementary Teachers Federation of Ontario
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How can research best contribute to policy and practice? youtu.be/zQiAFiaVZHg via @OISELibrary youtu.be/zQiAFiaVZHg
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One key but underestimated reason to celebrate on #CanadaDay: our JK-to-PSE public ed system+publicly-funded research capacity
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Really good read on challenges of urban ed - Chares Payne, So Little Reform...hepg.org/hep/book/82. Also see goo.gl/YExRU.

Book Details - Harvard Education Press

hep.gse.harvard.edu
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Good news for #KMb: goo.gl/N7OQp. Data show that educators believe research can help improve teaching and learning #RSPE
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IEE@IEE_York19 Jun 2013
Past experience matters most to schools, but research evidence is catching up NFER/Sutton Trust survey in latest BEiB york.ac.uk/iee/news/beib/ind…
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Message to OECD yestday: improve ed by building capacity and trust, using evidence, rather than starting with structural or org'l changes.
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Ben Levin #effectivegovernance we are victims of our own success expectations rise faster than performance bit.ly/11FRzY3 – at Paris, France
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Education needs broader, more inclusive stats - just like sports. blogs.edweek.org/teachers/te… @AlmaHarris1 See also andyhargreaves.weebly.com/up…
Baseball Sabermetrics and the 'Effective Teacher'

Baseball Sabermetrics and the 'Effective Teacher'

In a blog post for The Brown Center on Education Policy, Thomas Kane proposes a new definition for an "effective" teacher: one whose "predicted impact on students exceeds that of the average novice...

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2/2 but for this to work, unions must respond to particular needs of principals as well as teachers. This works in many parts of Canada.
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Norway principals can belong to teachers union or principals' organization. My view its best if princinpals are part of teacher union.
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Norwegian education, trying to coordinate efforts of 400+ municipalities in service of better schooling. Fascinating governance issues.
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High performing Ontario's policies more inclusive of whole child than US. wholechildeducation.org/blog… @BenLevinOISE @WholeChildAdv @pasi_sahlberg
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Technology “doesn’t seem to have dramatically changed the nature of schooling.” NYT reports new study. nytimes.com/2013/06/14/educa… @philmcrae
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