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Rhee faces renewed scrutiny over depiction of students' progress when she taught - 0 views

www.washingtonpost.com/...AR2011021007240.html ADMS707 Niemeyer Test Scores Rhee
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  • REL N on 16 Feb 11
     
    The principal for whom Rhee worked said that there was "clear evidence of actual, knowing falsehood" in statements Rhee made about the magnitude of improvement in test scores for her students. Frederick Hess, who was not involved with that school or its faculty said : "There's simply no way with these data to say anything, good or bad, about Rhee's teaching performance,"
  • REL N on 16 Feb 11
     
    The principal for whom Rhee worked said Rhee's statements about the magnitude of improvement in test scores for her students were "clear evidence of actual, knowing falsehood." Frederick Hess, who was not involved with the faculty or school responded "There's simply no way with these data to say anything, good or bad, about Rhee's teaching performance,"
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D.C. schools to use data from teacher evaluation system in new ways - 0 views

www.washingtonpost.com/...AR2011021302584.html ADMS707 Evidence-based Decision-making VAModels Niemeyer
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  • by matching teachers' ratings to the universities they attended, officials are deciding which pipelines deliver the best, or worst, talent.
  • "We'll just stop taking graduates from institutions that aren't producing effective teachers."
  • Teacher ratings from one cluster of schools might be compared with those from another cluster to assess how a particular instructional superintendent is faring. Principals will be judged in part by the number of "highly effective" teachers they are able to retain from year to year. Instructional coaches will be held accountable for the ratings of the teachers they coach.
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  • Critics of value-added evaluation models, who have objected to using the data to fire teachers, say that expanding their use is unwise at this point. "The core problem with these data is the creation of incentives to narrow the curriculum," said Richard Rothstein, a research associate with the Economic Policy Institute and one of the authors of a recent report critical of value-added evaluations.
  • "It's never been piloted, never been tested," Saunders said. "And the conclusions made using IMPACT as a basis will be just as flawed as the instrument they rely upon."
  • REL N on 16 Feb 11
     
    DC is expanding the use of the data from value-added evaluation models. "And the conclusions made using IMPACT as a basis will be just as flawed as the instrument they rely upon."
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School Boards Circa 2010--Governance in the Accountability Era - 0 views

www.aei.org/103116 ADMS707 Niemeyer Governance Empirical Research
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  • the National School Boards Association, the Thomas B. Fordham Institute, the Iowa School Boards Foundation, and the Wallace Foundation have joined together to support new research on school boards and their members.
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      REL N on 15 Feb 11
       
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  • little empirical research on national board practices has been conducted since the passage of the No Child Left Behind Act in 2001.
  • survey sample was drawn from the National School Boards Association's database of school boards and superintendents from 7,100 districts throughout the United States. The sample was stratified,
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  • At least one response was received from 80.1 percent of the districts surveyed.
  • When asked what they consider the most important objectives for schooling, the most popular board member responses are to "prepare students for a satisfying and productive life" and to "help students fulfill their potential."
  • nearly two-thirds also see an urgent need to dramatically boost achievement.
  • Board members think a number of much-discussed reforms hold little or no promise, with 40 percent saying they attach little or no importance to recruiting nontraditional teachers. More than 50 percent feel that way about increasing within-district school choice, more than 60 percent about a year-round school calendar, and more than 80 percent about the creation of new charter schools
  • REL N on 15 Feb 11
     
    Posted 03-Feb-2011: Empirical research on school boards
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Highlights of Obama's 2012 spending plan - CNN.com - 0 views

www.cnn.com/...index.html ADMS707 Niemeyer Budget
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  • REL N on 15 Feb 11
     
    Obama requested $77.4billion for education. The latest republican cuts included reductions in Pell Grants and other education line items.
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Obama's budget: A play for the center? - CNN.com - 0 views

www.cnn.com/...index.html ADMS707 Niemeyer Budget
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  • While it's absolutely essential to live within our means ... we can't sacrifice our future in the process," he told reporters while touting some targeted new education spending. "We have a responsibility to invest in those areas that will have the biggest impact in our future" while "demanding accountability."
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Hampton School Board vs. Patrick Russo trial scheduled for March - dailypress.com - 3 views

www.dailypress.com/...-0214-20110214,0,2382190.story school board hampton ADMS707
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  • Jonathan Becker on 14 Feb 11
     
    The Hampton School Board's lawsuit against former superintendent Patrick Russo is back on the court docket. A two-day jury trial has been scheduled for March 21-22 in Hampton Circuit Court. The board is suing Russo for the $102,220 it paid into a retirement account before he resigned in February 2009 to leave for nearby Henrico County Public Schools, where he is still at the helm.
  • Phil Riddle on 14 Feb 11
     
    Dr. Becker, if you had to guess, what do you think will be the result?
  • Jonathan Becker on 15 Feb 11
     
    Hmmm...Philip. I wish I had some insight here. This is a contract issue and the worst grade I got in law school was in Contracts class :-)
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Rejecting Standardized Testing with The Bartleby Project - 0 views

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  • Georggetta Howie on 15 Feb 11
     
    An open conspiracy to not participate in standardized testing for March of 2011.
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State Superintendent Says Gov. Walker Goes Too Far - 1 views

www.wsaw.com/...er_Goes_Too_Far_116191589.html ADMS707 education finance states governor superintendent politics
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  • Jonathan Becker on 15 Feb 11
     
    Always tricky when the chief state school officer takes on the governor...
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Re-reading A New Culture of Learning - Jay Cross's Learnstream - 0 views

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  • Jonathan Becker on 14 Feb 11
     
    This post nicely summarizes key points from a book that partly informed the way I designed this course.
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Focus on Governance in K-12 Education - 1 views

publications.sreb.org/...S01_Focus_Local_Governance.pdf ADMS707 school boards
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  • Victoria Schnettler on 14 Feb 11
     
    In elementary and secondary education governance, the need to build an effective system of public education is the driving force behind the selection of a state's key education leaders. This paper provides a snapshot of what state K-12 governance looks like in SREB states. - abstract
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Trying to Hold Down Blue Language on a Red-Letter Day - 2 views

www.nytimes.com/...13swearing.html ADMS707 education states politics
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  • stephlennon on 14 Feb 11
     
    $5000 for no cursing initiative...really? We can't even get new textbooks!
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Most New York Students Are Not College Ready - 0 views

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  • Phil Riddle on 13 Feb 11
     
    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.
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Researchers fault L.A. Times methods in analysis of Calif. Teachers - 0 views

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  • Phil Riddle on 13 Feb 11
     
    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.
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The Black-White Achievement Gap: Do State Policies Matter? - 0 views

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  • Angela Winston on 13 Feb 11
     
    Investigates to find out if there is a relationship between state education policies and changes in the black-white achievement gap.
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With IBM's Watson on 'Jeopardy!,' how trivial is trivia? - 0 views

www.washingtonpost.com/...AR2011021102681.html Memorization Connectivism
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  • Phil Riddle on 13 Feb 11
     
    While not technically about education, this article relates to the concept of connectivism and what we are teaching our students in our schools.
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63% Say It's Too Hard To Get Rid of Bad Teachers - 0 views

www.rasmussenreports.com/...ard_to_get_rid_of_bad_teachers ADMS707 Niemeyer Tenure Student Achievement
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  • REL N on 13 Feb 11
     
    New poll captures discontent for teacher performance and public schools.
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House GOP Looks to Slash Education Spending - 2 views

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  • REL N on 13 Feb 11
     
    GOP proposes numerous cuts in federal education spending. Significantly reduces or eliminates programs that the President proposed in his recent State of the Union speech.
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Top State Education Policy Organizations Form Expert Advisory Group on International Be... - 1 views

www.achieve.org/1029 State Advisory Group Winston ADMS707
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  • Angela Winston on 13 Feb 11
     
    Advisory group helps create state benchmarks and compare US academic success with other countries
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Ruling: Fired D.C. teachers must be offered jobs, back wages | Lisa Gartner | DC | Wash... - 2 views

washingtonexaminer.com/...ust-be-offered-jobs-back-wages ADMS707 education reform tenure teaching due process leadership
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  • Jonathan Becker on 09 Feb 11
     
    Ruling: Fired D.C. teachers must be offered jobs, back wages Yeah, due process is kinda important...
  • stephlennon on 11 Feb 11
     
    Maybe DC can use her share of the profits from "Waiting for Superman" to pay for this!
  • Phil Riddle on 13 Feb 11
     
    Such a contrast to Virginia. Here you can be let go during your first three years in a school system with no explanation whatsoever.
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