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CNN Paints Misleading Picture Of Ryan Medicare Plan
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CNN's Sanjay Gupta claimed that the proposed changes to Medicare that Congressman Paul Ryan has offered would allow seniors to choose between "a voucher" system and "traditional Medicare," while keeping the system affordable. In fact, experts say the Ryan plan would threaten Medicare's long-term viability and potentially would increase seniors' medical costs by thousands of dollars.
CNN's Gupta: Ryan Plan Will Give Future Seniors Option To Retain "Traditional Medicare"
Sanjay Gupta Claimed Ryan's Proposal Will Give Future Seniors A Choice Between Voucher System And Traditional Medicare. On the September 28 edition of CNN's Early Start, CNN chief medical correspondent Sanjay Gupta reported on the differences between the Ryan Medicare plan and the Affordable Care Act and claimed that the Ryan plan would offer those under 55 "the option of getting a voucher to purchase private insurance, or they could stick with traditional Medicare":
GUPTA: Romney and his running mate Paul Ryan proposed to cap malpractice insurance, cut Medicaid by $810 billion dollars over the next 10 years, give states more control over their Medicaid funds, overhaul Medicare. The overhaul? People now younger than 55, when they reach retirement, would have the option of getting a voucher to purchase private insurance. Or, they could stick with traditional Medicare. [CNN, Early Start, 9/28/12]
But Experts Say Ryan's Plan Threatens Medicare's Long-Term Viability
CBPP: Ryan's Promise To Ensure "Traditional Medicare Remains An Option" Cannot Be Kept. Paul Van de Water, an economist and senior fellow at the Center for Budget and Policy Priorities, wrote in March that Congressman Paul Ryan's plans for Medicare in his latest budget could lead to the unraveling of traditional Medicare:
Chairman Ryan claims that his proposal "ensur[es] that traditional Medicare remains an option." Unfortunately, that's not the case. Under premium support, traditional Medicare would tend to attract a less healthy pool of enrollees, while private plans would attract healthier enrollees (as occurs today with Medicare and private Medicare Advantage plans). Although the proposal calls for "risk adjusting" payments to health plans -- that is, adjusting them to reflect the average health status of their enrollees -- the risk adjustment process is highly imperfect and captures only part of the differences in costs across plans that stem from differences in the health of enrollees.
Inadequate risk adjustment would mean that traditional Medicare would be only partially compensated for its higher-cost enrollees, which would force Medicare to raise beneficiary premiums to make up the difference. The higher premiums would lead more of Medicare's healthier enrollees to abandon it for private plans, very possibly setting off a spiral of rising premium costs and falling enrollment for traditional Medicare. Over time, traditional Medicare would become less financially viable and could unravel -- not because it was less efficient than the private plans, but because it was competing on an unlevel playing field in which private plans captured the healthier beneficiaries and incurred lower costs as a result. Ryan also would allow private plans to tailor their benefit packages to attract healthier beneficiaries and deter sicker ones, which only makes this outcome more likely. [Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, 3/28/12]
CBPP: Voucher Systems That Include Medicare Option Could "Threaten Traditional Medicare's Long-Term Viability." In a September 2011 report titled, "Converting Medicare to Premium Support Would Likely Lead to Two-Tier Health Care System," CBPP explained that under a "premium support" system such as the one in the Ryan plan that was passed by the House in April 2011, "inadequate risk adjustment" could lead to healthier seniors abandoning traditional Medicare for private plans. The report explained that could leave only the less healthy in the traditional Medicare program, which could "drive up its costs and threaten traditional Medicare's long-term viability." [Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, 9/26/11]
Brookings Institute: Financing For Ryan Plan Would "Throw Into Doubt The Very Survival Of The Program." Brookings Institute senior fellow Henry Aaron evaluated the Ryan Medicare plan and concluded that "the financing for traditional Medicare would become progressively less adequate, throwing into doubt the very survival of the program":
The claim that the Ryan plan leaves American's over age 55 unaffected is untrue because it is likely to raise the amount they have to pay out-of-pocket for insurance. The reason is technical, but easy to understand. The premium for those who stay in traditional Medicare under the Ryan plan would be calculated as under current law, but the average cost of serving those who remain in traditional Medicare would go up as private insurance companies market selectively to those with relatively low anticipated costs.
The average cost of those who remain in traditional Medicare would therefore increase. As a result of this gap, the financing for traditional Medicare would become progressively less adequate, throwing into doubt the very survival of the program. [Brookings Institute, 8/20/12]
CNN Money: Ryan Plan "Won't Look Much Like The Medicare Of Today." In an article about the Ryan Medicare plan, CNN Money explained that while "Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan say senior citizens could opt to stay in traditional Medicare," "it won't look much like the Medicare of today." The article continued: "Instead, experts say it could wind up being more expensive and containing fewer doctors, hospitals and other providers." [CNN Money, 8/18/12]
CNN's Gupta Touted Ryan's Claim That His Plan Will Ensure "Affordable Medicare Coverage"
Gupta Amplified Ryan's Claim That His Plan Will "Guarantee" That "Seniors Can Always Afford Medicare Coverage." During the segment, although Gupta pointed out that with the Republican repeal of the health care law, seniors would pay more for prescription drug benefits under a Ryan Medicare plan, he nevertheless touted Ryan's claim that his plan ensures "seniors can always afford Medicare coverage":
RYAN [video]: This financial support system is designed to guarantee that seniors can always afford Medicare coverage. No exceptions.
GUPTA: While the repeal of Obamacare would get rid of the prescription drug benefit to seniors, Romney doesn't want to take out all of the law's provisions. [CNN, Early Start, 9/28/12]
In Fact, Ryan's Plan Would Drive Up Costs For Seniors
Public Policy Professor: Ryan's Plan Will Force Seniors To "Choose Between Paying For Better Coverage And Having More Money For Food." From an ABCNews.com fact check:
Even if Ryan's plan isn't a "cut," Ted Marmor, professor emeritus of public policy and management at Yale School of Management, and [Georgetown University professor of public policy Judy] Feder are worried Ryan's plan will burden Medicare beneficiaries by giving the government a smaller role in American social affairs.
"What Ryan is trying to do, and what I think more orthodox free market types have at the back of their minds is the view that medical care is actually just like a lot of other consumer services," Marmor said, but it's not.
He said providing Medicare vouchers to pay competing private insurance companies will shift the risk and increased costs for care from Medicare to the patient. Some patients would have to choose between paying for better coverage and having more money for food and other items.
"If the bill for the hospital turns out to be much higher than expected, and the Medicare client had opted for a larger cost-sharing plan in exchange for not paying for wider coverage, they will face much bigger bills," Marmor said. [ABCNews.com, 8/15/12]
Bloomberg Businessweek: Ryan Voucher System "Probably Wouldn't Keep Pace With Rising Health-Care Costs." According to Bloomberg Businessweek, "Ryan's budget would convert Medicare from a defined benefit program to a voucher system that would provide seniors with a fixed sum to buy private insurance, a sum that probably wouldn't keep pace with rising health-care costs and would therefore require seniors to pay more out of their own pocket." [Bloomberg Businessweek, 8/13/12]
CBPP: Ryan Would Divide Health System Into "Those Who Could Afford The Care" And Others Who Could Not. Center on Budget and Policy Priorities vice president Edwin Park wrote that the "Ryan budget would divide our health system into a distinct two tiers: those who could afford the care they need would get it; many others would not." He explained:
He would convert Medicare into a voucher to buy private insurance or traditional Medicare, and cap Medicare financing for the vouchers at levels that wouldn't keep pace with health costs. By 2050, the Congressional Budget Office says, federal funding for a 67-year-old beneficiary's health costs would be 35 percent to 42 percent lower than under current law. With vouchers growing more inadequate over time, beneficiaries would face much higher premiums and cost-sharing. Some would become uninsured; others would forgo care they couldn't afford.
He would turn Medicaid into a block grant program and give states less financing each year. States would get one-third less by 2022, which led the C.B.O. to conclude that unless states spent substantially more of their own money on Medicaid, they'd have to make substantial cuts to eligibility, benefits and/or provider payments. When Ryan proposed a similar system last year, the Urban Institute estimated states would cut 14 million to 27 million beneficiaries by 2021. [NYTimes.com, 5/7/12]
For more on media coverage of Paul Ryan's Medicare plan, see here and here.
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A layered columnar ciliated epithelium with goblet cells which is typical for the upper respiratory tract may occasionally occur in the skin or subcutaneous tissue as remnant of the second branchial cleft or as sequestrated respiratory anlage. Ectopic respiratory epithelium may present as cysts, fistulae or erythematous plaques with viscous secretion on pressure. Cases associated with congenital deafness, cardiovascular abnormalities and other malformations have been reported. There is an increased risk of malignant degeneration in ectopic epithelium of either origin.
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Tubular Toby wrote:I made a time line with important details for me to remember about Toby's outbursts and also his symptoms. I don't want to forget anything. I wish it was 2:30 already. Luckily, my mom is coming into town to go with me.
good luck...try not to worry *too* much... Glad you got the timeline done...that'll help a lot. Muzzle ready too? Treats? Deep calming breaths?


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At first, I thought to write down a script to capture ffmpeg conversions progress, in order to display it in percentage instead of the actual position (in seconds) inside the stream (not that great to have an idea of the actual progress). After the completion of that script (which will be published shortly here on Wikislacky), I made a similar one for mencoder.
mencoder shouldn't need a script like this which elaborates its output in order to display a percentage of the conversion progress, because it already does it. However, sometimes, the percentage shown by mencoder itself stays at 0% meanwhile the position inside the stream (in seconds) works everytime.
Given this, I made this script. It's automatically invoked by my other script toZenAviMencoder, being it also available here on Wikislacky.
This script screens the normal output on standard output (stdout) of mencoder to show, instead, the progress of the video conversion, using a percentage. If dialog is inside the PATH, it will be used. Otherwise, the progress will be shown using a normal echo.
Current Version
Current version is 1.01, released on 02/10/2008 (date is in dd/mm/yyyy format).
- GNU Bash
- Needed in order to execute the script.
- mencoder
- To produce the output to elaborate.
- awk
- Used to process/filter information.
The script must be piped with mencoder, so it can capture its output on standard output. A usage example:
mencoder <parameters> | mencoderprogress.sh 634 "Converting Doo da doo"
- 634
- Is the movie length in seconds. I was forced to put it as a command line parameter because the output of mencoder (contrary to that of ffmpeg) lacks this information. If not specified, the default value of "9999999" is used (not much sense...).
- "Converting Doo da doo"
- Is the message to be displayed during conversion. If not specified, the message "Converting video..." will be shown.
From version 1.01 a new user editable variable has been added:
- Tells how much seconds must pass before the percentage needs to be updated (in seconds). If not set, default value is 3 (seconds).
#!/bin/bash # # Script used to show the progress of a mencoder conversion. # Made for you by 414N <414N atATat slacky dotDOTdot it> # 02/09/2008 # Versione 1.01 # Parameters: # (stdin) : piped mencoder output # $1 : Movie length (in seconds) # $2 : Messagge to show # Arguments check DURATION=${1:-"9999999"} MESSAGE=${2:-"Converting video..."} # Variable which contains the last elaborated progress value. Used to save prints. OLDPROGRESS=0 # Variable containg the actual progress, elaborated time to time. PROGRESS=0 # Percentage refresh interval (to boost performance) # It is in seconds. REFRESH_TIME=${REFRESH_TIME:-3} # dialog presence in PATH check if [ -z "$USE_DIALOG" ] then if [ `which dialog 2>/dev/null` = "" ] then USE_DIALOG=0 else USE_DIALOG=1 fi fi # Function to output the progress to screen # # Parameters: # $1 = Actual progress (integer) function print_progress () { if [ "$USE_DIALOG" = 0 ] then echo -ne "$MESSAGE : $1%\r" else echo "$1" | dialog --title "mencoder video conversion" --gauge "$MESSAGE" 10 50 fi } print_progress 0 while read -e -d $'\r' INFO do ACTUAL_TIME=$(echo "$INFO" | awk -F's' '{gsub(/ */,"",$2); print $2}' | cut -d':' -f2 | awk '/^([1-9][0-9]*\.[0-9]*)$/') if [ $ACTUAL_TIME ] then PROGRESS=$(echo "$ACTUAL_TIME $DURATION" | awk '{printf "%.0f\n",$1 / $2 * 100}') if [ "$PROGRESS" -ne "$OLDPROGRESS" ] then print_progress "$PROGRESS" OLDPROGRESS="$PROGRESS" read -t "$REFRESH_TIME" fi fi done if [ "$PROGRESS" -eq 0 ] then exit 1 else print_progress 100 fi exit 0
You just need to put the script inside a path contained in the PATH enviroment variable, and grant it execution permission. I suggest to create a folder (bin, for example) inside your home folder and put it in your PATH, editing/creating the ~/.bashrc and ~/.bash_profile files with the following
export PATH+=":~/bin"
- 1.00
- initial version of the script.
- 1.01
- added a refresh interval in order to boost performance.
If you've got something to say/report, please do it here. It's an italian Slackware forum.


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Dhaka, Bangladesh (CNN) -- Dozens of people are missing after a ferry capsized on the river Meghna near the Bangladeshi capital, Dhaka, following a collision with a ship carrying sand, police said Friday.
The ferry, which had left Narayanganj Friday morning bound for Matlab, collided with the cargo ship about 22 miles south of Dhaka, Munshiganj district police chief Shahabuddin Khan told CNN.
Hundreds of people gathered at the scene in Gazaria, in the district of Munshiganj, in search of relatives missing in the accident.
Local police and witnesses said some 50 people made it to shore and others were pulled alive from the river. "Many passengers are still missing and we can be sure of casualties once we can retrieve the sunken ferry," Khan said.
Rescuers from the fire service, civil defense and police are continuing the search for survivors, he said. No casualties have been reported so far.
Ferry accidents are common because of the country's vast river network and a lack of monitoring of river transport.
At least 112 people were killed on the river Meghna in March last year when their boat collided with a cargo ferry.
World's 'most delightful commute' hit by ferry disaster
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Hawaiimkt necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 91 diseños de 23 diseñadores freelance.
HAWAII Supermarket
We sell an international selection of groceries and fine wines and spirits at extremely competitive prices.
We are a single location grocery supermarket and fine wines retailer located in the heart of the San Gabriel Valley in Southern California.
Our customer base is currently made up of mostly the first generation Asian community but we are looking to target the second generation of young Americans by revamping the corporate image to not only be seen as a deep-discount ethnic supermarket but also as a one-stop shop for the new generation who would like an alternative to the traditional (chain) markets.
We have no official trade logo but the 'Three Ladies' image has adorned our plastic shopping bags since the establishment's conception almost 20 years ago. We'd like to modernize the existing logo while maintaining the familiarity of the image as a reference.
We encourage you to play around with the image and update the illustration itself, perhaps bringing the ladies into the 20th century with some style! Please try to integrate the Chinese business name (夏威夷超級市場) within the logo as well.
Thanks for all your entries and we look forward to all the creative interpretations!
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Gimme a great logo needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 88 designs submitted by 20 freelance designers.
We turn every person into a pilot.
every sundeck into a runway
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We are about uplifting spirits, augmenting reality.
We want to broaden the appeal for the radio-controlled planes category, putting the user in the center and having a design approach to designing planes and service. This differentiates from the category that stretches into toys or unapproachable hi-tech equipment. We sell outdoor gear, not radio-controlled planes.
Swiss based, we are a self-entrepreneur venture.
We don't aim for mass sales but rather quality interaction with few customers.
Young professionals, male
They impulsively spend on new gear, technology to keep the X-factor. They are sociable. Don't have much free time, it is about providing them a carefree online experience.
We want:
- standalone logo in color (black and orange are our corporate colors) and black and white
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Guidance on what we like, don't like in the file attached.
Uplift your mind, unleash your creativity!
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…However, it is super bizarre and a little bit unsettling thing to see something so enormous! Of course this was seen… wait for it… in Russia!
Considering that i have not the first clue to what something like this could be used for!
Can you figure it out? Or are you in some super engineer position that recognizes what this thing could be for??
I am very curious to hear your ideas so, dont be shy! Put in your 2 cents or your guess!
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When the time to winterize your system rolls around, you will need to first shut off your water at the main valve.
Depending upon which type of controller you have you will either need to set the controller to
�rain mode� or disconnected the power completely. There are two types of controllers Solid State Controllers and Mechanical Controllers.
Solid State Controllers usually have digital displays and use very little electricity. You will not want to unplug this controller completely because you will have to reprogram the controller. Therefore the easiest option is to turn them to �
rain mode�. This will allow your controller to maintain the programs and settings.
Mechanical Controllers have a dial on them which resembles the dial found on an analog clock. Unlike Solid State Controllers these controllers use up a lot of electricity. The best bet is to unplug this controller completely. Make sure if you have a pump to disconnect it so that if the controller kicks on by mistake it won�t damage your pump.
Manually turn on all of your valves. This will prevent pressure from building in your pipes.
You may want to create a checklist so that you don't forget anything. For this step you will need to drain water out of any irrigation part that might freeze when subjected to freezing conditions. Make sure and check rotors, risers, spray heads, backflow devices, and valves.


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felizzo needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 92 designs submitted by 13 freelance designers.
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We work in the media/online business and want to create a platform about climbing. The page is going to inform about where to go for climbing and what accessories you will need. Additionally you will get technical tips and test of the gear.
Anybody who is into climbing (from beginner to expert) and is looking for useful and high quality content about the topic.
We are looking for a logo to represent our homepage http://www.klettern-aktuell.de. The requirements are as followed:
- Logo should contain some kind of graphic / character plus typo (klettern aktuell)
- Logo should consist of natural colors that fit the topic without looking old fashioned
- Logo should have a modern look including fresh colors like blue, green and grey.
Here's an example of a logo that we like concerning colors and style:
The logo and typo should look professional like any big magazine/portals, no comic styles.
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This collection of activities is based on a weekly series of space science mathematics problems distributed during the 2012-2013 school year. They were intended for students looking for additional challenges in the math and physical science... (View More) curriculum in grades 5 through 12. The problems were created to be authentic glimpses of modern science and engineering issues, often involving actual research data. The problems were designed to be one-pagers with a Teacher's Guide and Answer Key as a second page. (View Less)
Learners will build an open spectrograph to calculate the angle the light is transmitted through a holographic diffraction grating. After finding the desired angles, the students will design their own spectrograph using the information learned. The... (View More) activity is part of Project Spectra, a science and engineering program for middle-high school students, focusing on how light is used to explore the Solar System. (View Less)
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I have been granted the White Tourney Field between the hours of 4pm and 5pm during War Week (Sunday, Aug 14 – Friday, Aug 19).
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Freshkills Park Tour
Saturday, May 3, 2014
10:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m.
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At 2,200 acres, Freshkills Park will be almost three times the size of Central Park and the largest park developed in New York City in over 100 years. The transformation of what was formerly the world's largest landfill into a productive and beautiful cultural destination will make the park a symbol of renewal and an expression of how our society can restore balance to its landscape. In addition to providing a wide range of recreational opportunities, including many uncommon in the city, the park's design, ecological restoration and cultural and educational programming will emphasize environmental sustainability and a renewed public concern for our human impact on the earth.
The Freshkills Park tour will depart from the St. George Ferry Terminal in Staten Island, and will take you by bus to see behind the scenes at Freshkills Park. Freshkills Park staff will be on hand to guide you through the history of the site as the Fresh Kills Landfill and share with you the development of new capital programs at Freshkills as part of the Draft Master Plan for the site designed by James Corner Field Operations. The tour lasts roughly one and a half hours and will return to the ferry.
Please sign up for this tour on the Freshkills Park Events Page. Email firstname.lastname@example.com with questions. There is limited space on this tour, registration is required.
Meet at the Information booth across from Au Bon Pain and we will walk to the bus together.
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John Burbank oversees Nielsen's global corporate development and strategic innovation. In this role, John leads mergers and acquisitions activities for the company, and the development of Nielsen joint ventures around the world. Additionally, John leads the development of strategies, products and partnerships that help Nielsen and its clients harness digital technology and consumer data.
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Former California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and the late Jack LaLanne headline the inaugural class of the International Sports Hall of Fame.
The VIP event will take place March 3 in Columbus, OH, as part of the Arnold Sports Festival. LaLanne's widow, Elaine LaLanne, will be on hand to accept the award on her husband's behalf.
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It will be a busy few months for Elaine LaLanne. On Feb. 26, she will present the California Association for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance (CAHPERD) Jack LaLanne Lifetime Achievement Award to Richard Simmons at the CAHPERD conference in Pasadena, CA. In July, LaLanne will present the second annual Jack LaLanne Award to Jane Fonda during the opening ceremonies of the IDEA World Fitness Convention in San Diego.


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The French edition of The Invention of Nature has won "Le Priz du doyen Jean de Feytaud" from the Académie nationale des sciences, belles-lettres et arts de Bordeaux. Yeah!
The Invention of Nature. Alexander von Humboldt's New World (published in the UK and the US in 2015 and in 21 other countries in 2016/17).
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Chasing Venus. The Race to Measure the Heavens (2012 published in the UK, US, Italy, Germany, the Netherlands, Sweden, Japan and Brazil.
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The Founding Gardeners. The Revolutionary Generation and the Shaping of the American Nation (2011, published by Knopf and William Heinemann)
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The Brother Gardeners. Botany, Empire and the Birth of an Obsession
UK paperback February 2009
Winner of American Horticultural Society 2010 Book Award
Longlisted for the Samuel Johnson Prize for Non-Fiction
US edition 30 March 2009
This Other Eden Seven Great Gardens and Three Hundred Years of English History
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A former public school principal, Dr. Portin has spent the last decade focusing on current roles of school principals, teacher leaders and how roles are changing to meet learning needs for all students. In addition, he has been co-principal investigator for two Wallace Foundation-funded studies and co-authored a number of monographs including Making Sense of Leading Schools: A Study of the Principalship (2003, Portin, DeArmond, Gundlach, and Schneider), Roles, Responsibilities, and Authority of School Leaders: Patterns in Current Research, Theory, and Practice (2006, Portin, Knapp, Alejano, and Marzolf, 2006), and Leading, Learning, and Leadership Support (2006, Knapp, Copland, Plecki, Portin, and Colleagues). Dr. Portin maintains extensive links with researchers internationally in their efforts to expand preparation, support, and research for school leaders. Dr. Portin is on the editorial board for the journal, Educational Assessment, Evaluation and Accountability and has held visiting professorships in Norway, England, and the United Arab Emirates.
Dr. Portin also holds appointments as an Adjunct Professor for the UW Seattle College of Education, and as an Interdisciplinary Faculty member for the UW Seattle Museology Program.
Curriculum and Program Development
Dr. Portin most recently participated as faculty member in design and implementation of new three-year, cohort-based doctoral program in school district and systems-level leadership called the Leadership for Learning Program in the College of Education, University of Washington, Seattle.
From 1995-2009, Dr. Portin participated in the School District Leadership Program at UW Seattle for the preparation of school district leaders (e.g. superintendents and assistant superintendents).
From 1995-1999 he also participated as a faculty member in the Danforth Educational Leadership Program, at the UW Seattle College of Education. (The Danforth Educational Leadership Program prepares experienced teachers, school counselors, etc., to become future leaders in the K-12 school system for Principal and Program Administrator certification.)
Recent Courses Taught
EDLPS 502-504 Leadership (Instructional module for Danforth Educational Leadership Program)
EDLPS 502-504 Supervision for Instructional Improvement (Instructional module for Danforth Educational Leadership Program)
EDLPS 544 Comparative Methods of Educational Research
EDLPS 561 Educational Policies and Leadership in Political Context
EDLPS 565 Power and Politics in Organizational Leadership and Decision Making
EDLPS 570 Critical Views on Educational Leadership
EDLPS 601 Field Based Studies: Conflict Management in Educational Organizations (Instructional module for School District Leadership Program).
EDPSY 586/587 Qualitative Methods of Educational Research (teaching team)
EDLPS 546 Leadership Inquiry I: The design of research on Local Problems of Practice
EDLPS 547 Leadership Inquiry II: Developing Useful Quantitative and Qualitative Evidence
EDLPS 548 Leadership Inquiry III: Refining the Design and Analysis of Research that Informs
Professional Affiliations
2009-Washington Association of Colleges of Teacher Education
2006-National Society for the Study of Education
2005-Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development
2002-International Congress for School Effectiveness and Improvement
1996-University Council for Educational Administration
1995-Politics of Education Association; AERA Division L
1994-American Educational Research Association; Division A
1987-Phi Delta Kappa
Honors and Awards
2007 Visiting Professor, University of Oslo and University of Tromsø, Norway
2006-07 Visiting Professor, Zayed University, United Arab Emirates
2003-04 Visiting Scholar, Cambridge University Faculty of Education, United Kingdom
2003-04 Visiting Fellow, Hughes Hall, Cambridge University, United Kingdom
2003-04 Research Associate, National College of School Leadership, Nottingham, United Kingdom
1993-95 Overseas Research Award. Scholarship awarded by Committee of Vice-Chancellors and Principals, United Kingdom
1995 Doctor of Philosophy, Educational Studies
University of Oxford
Department of Educational Studies
Jesus College
Oxford, England
Thesis: Primary headship in a time of systemic change: Conceptions of leadership. Case studies of three Oxfordshire primary headteachers
1987 Master of Education, School Administration
Seattle Pacific University
Seattle, Washington
Thesis: Comparison of role perceptions of elementary school principals as perceived by principals, teachers and parents
1978 Bachelor of Arts, Business Education & Elementary Education
University of Washington
Seattle, Washington
Portin, B., & Knapp, M. (2008). Supporting leadership for learning in schools and districts. Chapter in Leadership for Learning: International Perspectives. Editors: Professor John MacBeath (University of Cambridge), Professor Yin Cheong Cheng (Hong Kong Institute of Education). Rotterdam: Sense.
Portin, B., & Shen, J. (2005). The changing principalship. In, J. Shen, (Ed.), School Principals. New York: Peter Lang.
Portin, B., Beck, L., Knapp, M., & Murphy, J. (Eds.). (2003). Self-reflective renewal in schools: Local lessons from a national initiative. Westport, CT: Greenwood.
Murphy, J., Beck, L., Knapp, M., & Portin, B. (2003). KEYS and the Larger School Reform Movement in the United States. In, B. Portin, L. Beck, M. Knapp, & J. Murphy (Eds.), Self-reflective renewal in schools: Local lessons from a national initiative. Westport, CT: Greenwood.
Portin, B., & Knapp, M. (2003). Finding Meaning in the Mirror: Self-Reflective Improvement in Two Washington State Schools. In, B. Portin, L. Beck, M. Knapp, & J. Murphy (Eds.), Self-reflective renewal in schools: Local lessons from a national initiative. Westport, CT: Greenwood.
Portin, B., Beck, L., Knapp, M., & Murphy, J. (2003). The School and Self-Reflective Renewal: Taking Stock and Moving On. In, B. Portin, L. Beck, M. Knapp, & J. Murphy (Eds.), Self-reflective renewal in schools: Local lessons from a national initiative. Westport, CT: Greenwood.
(* indicates peer reviewed publication)
Johnson, Greer Cavallaro, Møller, Jorunn, and Portin, Bradley S. (2009). Editorial: An orientation to researching ledership for learning. International Journal of Leadership in Education: Theory and Practice, 12 (3), 217-222.
Portin, Bradley S. (2009). Cross-national professional learning for school leaders. International Journal of Leadership in Education: Theory and Practice, 12 (3), 239-252.
* Portin, B. S. (2006). Cultivating leadership in schools: Connecting people, purpose, and practice (2nd Edition) [Book review]. Teachers College Record.
Portin, B. S., Knapp, M. S., Alejano, C. R., Marzolf, E. (2006). Roles, responsibilities, and authority of school leaders: Patterns in current research, theory, and practice. State of the field monograph published by the University of Washington Center for Teaching and Policy and The Wallace Foundation.
Knapp, M. S., Portin, B. S., & Feldman, S. (2006). Assessment of leadership performance and results. State of the field monograph published by the University of Washington Center for Teaching and Policy and The Wallace Foundation.
Knapp, M. S., Copland, M. A., Plecki, M., Portin, B., & Colleagues. (2006). Leading, learning, and leadership support. Monograph published by the University of Washington Center for Teaching and Policy and The Wallace Foundation.
* Portin, B. (2005). School-based leadership in the US in an age of reform: What does it take? Educational Research and Perspectives, 32(2), 1-23.
Portin, B. (2004). The role that principals play. Educational Leadership, 61(4), 14-18.
Portin, B. S., DeArmond, M., Gundlach, L., & Schneider, P. (2003). Making sense of leading schools: A national study of the principalship. Center on Reinventing Public Education, University of Washington, Seattle.
* Portin, B., & Knapp, M. S. (2001). Finding Meaning in the Mirror: A Self-Reflective Improvement Process in Two Washington Schools. The International Journal of Educational Policy Research and Practice, 2(2), 103-125.
* Portin, B. (2000). The changing urban principalship. Education and Urban Society, 32(4), 492-505.
Portin, B. (2000). "Nurturing the soul "of leadership [Review of the book In the shadow of excellence]. Multicultural Education, 8(1), 45.
Portin, B. S. (1999, January). What shapes my leadership? Primary Practice, (18), 4-6.
Gehrke, N., & Portin, B. (1999). Teacher leadership and collaboration in preservice professional preparation (NCATE technical report). Seattle, WA: University of Washington, College of Education.
* Portin, B. S. (1998). Compounding roles: A study of Washington's principals. International Journal of Educational Research, 29(4), 335-346.
* Portin, B. S. (1998). From change and challenge to new directions for school leadership. International Journal of Educational Research, 29(4), 381-391.
* Portin, B. S. (1998). International challenges and transitions in school leadership. International Journal of Educational Research, 29(4), 295-298.
* Portin, B. S., & Shen, J. (1998). The changing principalship: Its current status, variability, and impact. Journal of Leadership Studies, 5(3), 93-113.
* Portin, B. S. (1998). Developing a critical eye. [Review of the book Research on educational innovations (2nd ed.)]. Kappa Delta Pi Record, 34(3), 119.
Portin, B. S., Shen, J., & Williams, R. C. (1998). The changing principalship and its impact: Voices from principals. NASSP Bulletin, 82(602), 1-8.
Portin, B. S. (1997). New conceptions of leadership for headteachers. The Jesus College Record. Jesus College, University of Oxford, Oxford, England.
Portin, B. S., Halverson, T., & Williams, R. C. (1997). What others can teach us about reform. The Principal News, 24(3), 6-7.
Portin, B. S., & Williams, R. C. (1997). Challenges to leadership: The changing role of the principal in Washington state (Research Report). Olympia, WA: Association of Washington School Principal.
Portin, B. S., & Williams, R. C. (1996). Perspectives from new administrators. The Principal News, 24(2), 12-13.
Portin, B. S., & Williams, R. C. (1996). Changes and challenges: The role of the principal. The Principal News, 24(1), 2-3.