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Shhhhh. Don’t talk about quality.
The Denver Post’s article yesterday focuses on schools trying to attract students. It talks about marketing, fliers, door-to-door recruiting, money, branding, promotion, etc. Absent, except for one indirect instance, is any mention of school quality. Quality not only matters, in choosing schools … Continue reading
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…the edge of the world and all of Western civilization…(fn)
Nothing like kicking a dead-broke state right smack in the wallet: California could lose out on millions of federal education dollars unless legislators change a law that prevents it from using student test scores to measure teachers’ performance, Secretary of Education … Continue reading
As goes Detroit Public Schools, so goes…
Well, probably more school districts. From the Wall Street Journal (may be gated); this is a remarkable read: DETROIT — Detroit’s public-school system, beset by massive deficits and widespread corruption, is on the brink of following local icons GM and Chrysler into … Continue reading
Posted in District Performance, Fiscal & Economic
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D.C. Defaults
Somewhat ironically, after my post yesterday about the academic success in the DC school system, it seems that their financials are a particular mess. The District missed a $103 million payment due to its 60 charter schools this morning, triggering serious cash flow … Continue reading
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Results from D.C.
DC is so far ahead of pretty much every other city in their school reform efforts, their results bear watching. Here is an early indication of how they are doing: D.C. public school students continue to improve their reading and math … Continue reading
Cows: sacred. Oxes: gored
The Harvard economist Roland Fryer did a recent study on the Harlem Children’s Zone (HCZ). The NYT’s usually reliable David Brooks sort of botched it. That’s a shame, as it is worth an unfiltered read. To whet your appetite for original (in … Continue reading
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Roads to somewhere
In contrast to the blabble in the usually excellent NYT, a colleague alerted me to an article in the Chronicle of Higher Ed which also addresses some of the difficulties facing higher ed — particularly with the economic crises: Is it possible that higher … Continue reading
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