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Education-reform savant looking for work?
Well, here’s something possibly even more hairy: WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Obama administration will name former Justice Department official Alan Bersin to oversee its policy on illegal immigration and drug-related violence along the U.S. border with Mexico, Politico reported on Tuesday.
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Choose your error
Everyone aspires to systems that have no errors, but in truth most systems we design choose which errors they prefer. The most basic difference is between Type I and Type II errors. A Type I error is a false positive – the … Continue reading
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DPS Grads and College
A new study, with coverage in the Denver Post and EdNews Colorado (longer and more detail). The take away: A first-of-its-kind study tracking Denver Public Schools’ students six years after high school graduation shows just 56 percent enrolled even briefly in college and far fewer … Continue reading
Stimulus money and teacher evaluations
Teacher evaluations have been a topic on these pages recently. Here’s what an editorial in the New York Times has to say: Mr. Duncan made a wise move by requiring states to finally publish data on their teacher evaluation systems — and … Continue reading
Fed schools chief says kids need more class time
From the Denver Post: “Our school day is too short,” Duncan said. “Our school week is too short.” Duncan says reform proposals coming from the Obama administration will include longer school years, plus Saturday school and longer days. Duncan says some … Continue reading
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Policy Discussion: School Leadership Team
The recent descent into labels (union-basher vs. union-apologist) seems deeply counter-productive. I personally would rather discuss specific policies, not people or entities. I don’t doubt that people on all sides of the issues have good intentions. So let’s look at … Continue reading
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Time to tell teachers the pension truth
It’s deeply discouraging to those of us who have been watching pensions – not just in regards to teachers, but for municipalities overall – to see the very people who will probably be most affected deceived by their elder peers. Such is the current … Continue reading
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