Read Online I Got Schooled The Unlikely Story of How a Moonlighting Movie Maker Learned the Five Keys to Closing America Education Gap eBook M Night Shyamalan

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I Got Schooled The Unlikely Story of How a Moonlighting Movie Maker Learned the Five Keys to Closing America Education Gap eBook M Night Shyamalan Reviews

• I did not know that some school systems give different standardized tests to students with special needs. I work in a school system where SpED students and ESL students take the same standardized tests as all of the other students. SpED students may get extra time or have the test read to them, but all students take the same one, and the scores are included.
  
  I wish that VAM assessments were provided to teachers for free so that those in school systems that do not use them could self assess and target areas for improvement. Sure, teachers can pay $1500 for national board certification, but that only provides observation feedback from videos and portfolios.
  
  I am opposed to the practice that some school systems have adopted Publicizing the VAM scores of teachers online. This is a chilling practice. Somebody's union rep needs to be replaced. VAM scores should be in house measures that provide opportunities for growth. We don't publicize performance reports online for other professions, and we don't publicize individual student test scores or report cards online either.
  
  Could you imagine the outcry from parents?
  
  Movie reviews by critics, found in the author's own profession, would not compare to a publicized VAM since any one in the public can check out the movie to verify the accuracy of the critics review. Box office earnings wouldn't compare to standardized test scores since even the worst movies can make it rain.
• Read the teaser article for the book during an airplane flight. I've been interested in Education for a while. And it seems there are a number of things that could be done better, and things that aren't as bad as they've been pictured. As always the devil is in the details, and there are no simple, or universal solutions.
  Shyamalan and his team identify some things that really need to occur together. Putting everything together produces a synergy. Leaving any of the essentials out results in little or no benefit.
• I really admire Shyamalan for undertaking this project. Here's someone who has made a lot of money making movies and invests some of in and a lot of time doing a survey of a lot of the school reform research aimed at closing the so-called achievement gap and providing a framework for implementing the best of it. It is also written so that the layman can grasp it. Because Shyamalan is a professional storyteller he engages more than your intellect and makes I Got School remarkably readable. Congratulations, Mr. Shyamalan and thank you.
• I found what was written to be well thought out and provoking. I would like to see this book given to all Principles and to the Board of Education in each County of our State. I have always wondered about the necessity of requiring all Teachers to have a Masters Degree in Eduction. I have a long time friend who does substitute teaching in high schools in Northern Virginia, who would like to teach on a regular basis but was denied this. He graduated from West Point, had a Masters Degree in Business, but did not meet the county teacher requirements. One day in a coffee clutch morning meeting of teachers he was pointed out by another full time teacher as the one who was able to allow her understand mathematics for the first time such that she became a Mathematics teacher..
• I really liked the easy to read style of this book, but was frustrated with how long it was and the time it took to make key points.
  
  As a teacher with limited classroom experience, I also thought the research on class size was not accurate. His research did not seem to take into account dealing in one classroom with disturbed, learning disabled and /or autistic children. Class size matters much more then.
  
  In economically disadvantaged areas, there are more teen moms, and children with other severely troubling issues. Shy seemed to miss the gravity of such issues in his research.
  
  I did like the support for longer days and shorter breaks. Extra time in school is a very good way to help bridge gaps. It goes without question, that administrators and teachers have the greatest impact on learning.
  
  Thank you for researching and writing. I really found it interesting and valuable though I disagreed with the finding on class size,
• Great read the broken school systems for children of color has never been addressed. This books points out primarily our school systems work for whites and those few minority living in economically well established areas. It speaks to the disjointed teacher student belief systems poor. If I believe you can't succeed you will not. Teachers with low expectations create the world we see. Buy this book.
• Everyone who cares about our education system adn believes they understand our educational system should read this. It is well written, we researched and eye opening in a positive way in terms of debunking some common myths yet presenting a balanced perspective.
• I liked his explanations to effect size and other statistical measures in appendix B. His explanations of statistics are better than what I have seen in most text books. As a math teacher and part of my school's leadership team, I have come to many of the same conclusions on school improvement and it is nice to have validation. I only wish administrators, teachers, and politicians took the same view. We can improve our nation, it's people and it's economy, if we better educated everyone. It's only odd that I had to read a well-researched, thoughtful book from a Hollywood screen-writer. I hope people don't dismiss it because of its author.