Budget Mix-Up Provides Nation's Schools With Enough Money to Properly Educate Students - 1 views
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Phil Riddle on 11 May 11I know the class is over, but this is a good one.
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What I Learned at School - 0 views
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A good counter-narrative to the testing culture and teacher bashing we are witnessing in some circles.
Study Finds High Dropout Rates for Black Males in KIPP Schools - 0 views
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This article both highlights some of the flaws in the KIPP model as well as goes into a discussion about methodology in evaluating programs.
Justices Weigh Youths' Miranda Rights - 0 views
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An interesting article about the intersection of police work and school discipline. I like how they highlighted the administrator's line "do the right thing, because the truth always comes out in the end." I would be a liar if I said I have never used a variation of that.
After-School Program Offers Enrichment to Pupils - 1 views
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Seems like a great idea, but it might not be the best use of funds in a school district that has to cut back on programs that impact classrooms during normal school hours.
Why Blame the Teachers? Room for Debate - 1 views
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I don't know if the New York Times regularly does this for certain topics, but this link has articles from various op-ed columnists about the testing/evaluating culture in our schools.
Degrees and Dollars - 0 views
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Krugman argues that technological innovations actually hurt certain types of middle-class white collar positions the most, not lower paying blue collar jobs like many assume. He doesn't provide numbers to back up his claims, but he just might not of had the space.
Teach for America: Letting the Cream Rise - 0 views
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A very positive view of Teach for America and the ability of that organization to improve educational outcomes. George Will makes some bold claims and doesn't substantiate them. "Until recently...it seemed that we simply did not know how to teach children handicapped by poverty and its accompaniments - family disintegration and destructive community cultures. Now we know exactly what to do."
For superior teachers, reward excellence - 0 views
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An interesting article if only because Bennett glosses over the fact that many of the ideas he supports are highly controversial.
Cuomo Pushes for Changes in Teacher Evaluations - 1 views
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While occurring in New York, this back and forth between Cuomo and Bloomberg represents part of the larger debate about teacher evaluations.
Ken Robinson says schools kill creativity - 1 views
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An older talk, but it still has a lot of implications for education today.
Mixed Results on Wake County's Busing Policy - 0 views
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I was under the impression that Wake County had completely ended it's busing policies, but apparently important elements of the plan could be maintained. A lot of school districts across the nation will be watching.
Obama Unveils Education Research Initiative Modeled on DARPA - 0 views
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This initiative provides funding for applying technological innovations developed by the military to the world of education. There are certainly some ethical issues raised here, but I don't think we have to worry about an Ender's Game scenario.
Most New York Students Are Not College Ready - 0 views
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In New York, students are deemed "college ready" when they score at or above a certain level on the high school Regents Exams (their version of the SOL's). I took a quick look at the high school biology exam from 2001(I admit-not a scientific analysis at all), and apparently fact memorization is what you need to be successful in college.
Researchers fault L.A. Times methods in analysis of Calif. Teachers - 0 views
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Researchers at the University of Colorado have raised some concerns about the methods used by the economics team hired by the L.A. Times to apply a value-added metric to teachers' test scores. The central debate is over which variables to control for when running a value-added analysis.
With IBM's Watson on 'Jeopardy!,' how trivial is trivia? - 0 views
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While not technically about education, this article relates to the concept of connectivism and what we are teaching our students in our schools.
It May Be A Sputnik Moment, but Science Fairs Are Lagging - 0 views
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This article describes the disconnect between federal education policy focused on math and reading (and rote memorization in other subjects) and Obama's calls for greater emphasis on science education.
Low-achieving Va. high school turns crisis into challenge - 0 views
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This article is just about one high school but it represents the confluence of the many factors that impact public education; NCLB, Race to the Top, reform initiatives, and the achievement gap.
Texas Schools Face Deep Budget Cuts Amid Budget Crunch - 0 views
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I think Texas, like many states, are finding it more and more difficult to cut school budgets without letting go of personnel. They cannot skate around the issue any longer. In the words of the spokeswomen for the Texas Association of School Administrators, "There's no fat left."
Cheifs to Feds: Renew ESEA Soon or Help Us Innovate - 3 views
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This article takes a macro look at what education might look like in a post NCLB world. The fact that we are even talking about a post NCLB world seems like a fundamental shift to me.