Movies

Let's say it's an early dismissal day or there's a substitute. Know what that means? Movies!

My high school owned a 16mm print of Mutiny on the Bounty (with Clark Gable and Charles Laughton) that I must have seen ten times.

Here are some that I could watch over and over.

Meg Diaz on 3/17/10

Superintendent arrives AFTER public testimony concludes

A quick talk from Daniel Pink on incentives

Why Teacher Merit Pay is Tricky

Has anyone made other clips? These are fabulous.

Comments

Sahila said…
As far as I know, there are 18 videos uploaded currently... you can find them here:

http://www.youtube.com/user/auntyBROAD

If there are others, please let me know....
8/21/10, 8:21 AM
seattle citizen said…
School of Rock is fun! Is bass guitar on the WASL?
8/21/10, 9:11 AM
WenD said…
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8/21/10, 4:50 PM
Josh Hayes said…
I love the "why teacher merit pay is tricky" one. The fact is, people just don't get statistics - the "monty hall" problem illustrates that very well - and the idea that teachers, OUR teachers, should be judged on the basis of idiotic, non-reality-based "statistics" (Ugh. I AM a statistician, and the proposed policies just set my professional statistical teeth on edge!) is just absurd. Nobody could be stupid enough to fall for this. Could they?
8/22/10, 11:25 PM
Sahila said…
yes Josh, they do fall for it.... havent you read the comments in the Times etc...

Oh, and did you know that Crosscut, where Dick Lilly writes pro-deform articles, is funded by the Gates Foundation???? Last Donation: $400,000 - details coming to you in a "follow the money diagram" soon...

and see Crosscut on the 21 Aug.... pro-deform article brought to you by Our Schools Coalition member and city councilman Tim Burgess...
http://crosscut.com/2010/08/21/seattle-schools/20091/Let-s-not-miss-a-chance-for-serious-reform-of-our-schools/
8/23/10, 7:09 AM
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