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Why college matters
Taking a break from state politics, and a short piece in The Economist with some sharp points on why students need to be prepared for college, and have the fiscal and academic ability to attend: In 2007 graduates earned 77% more per … Continue reading
CSAP (in advance)
Students across Colorado finished their CSAP exams last week; results will not be distributed until late summer. Of course, most articles about the CSAPs are written after the results are public, where most people dissect the numbers and look for … Continue reading
Roundtable on Harlem charters
An interesting piece in the NY Times on the current debate over charter schools in Harlem, featuring four prominent voices. Try the one you disagree with most first. A brief sample: Geoffrey Canada: The real question of choice is for the public school … Continue reading
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Kansas City’s second act
The budget rumbles begin, but the story in KC has a lot more context. To start, from the Wall Street Journal (or try the NYT): The Kansas City Missouri School Board voted Wednesday night to shutter nearly half of its schools in an … Continue reading
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Can you teach teaching?
In this remarkably insightful article, Doug Lemov seems to think so: Central to Lemov’s argument is a belief that students can’t learn unless the teacher succeeds in capturing their attention and getting them to follow instructions. Educators refer to this art, … Continue reading
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Alternatives to seniority-based layoffs
In the discussion regarding direct placement of teachers, it is sometimes perceived that this system is the standard course of events — that our nation’s public school systems all have a similar process. A report from the National Council on Teacher Quality (NCTQ) finds that … Continue reading
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It goes to 11…
A state Senator in Utah has a plan that many in the state see as attractive given a $700M budget shortfall. The sudden buzz over the relative value of senior year stems from a recent proposal by state Sen. Chris Buttars that … Continue reading
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