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Chris Harrow

How About Better Parents? - NYTimes.com - 0 views

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  • Parents more focused on their children’s education can also make a huge difference in a student’s achievement.
  • There’s no question that a great teacher can make a huge difference in a student’s achievement, and we need to recruit, train and reward more such teachers.
Chris Harrow

"Fallor ergo sum" - St. Augustine, 1200 years prior to Descartes « It's About... - 0 views

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  • Do we structure school in such a way that we truly promote and achieve that intricate balance between: 1) wanting to know and to understand and 2) keeping perspective that we have to be wrong quite a bit in order to gain deep knowledge and understanding?
Chris Harrow

Things I Know 273 of 365: Value added isn't at Autodizactic - 1 views

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  • there is a natural spread to knowledge and growth that is beyond the influence of a teacher or the fact that different combinations of teachers in the life of a student in a given year could have varying effects on achievement.
  • Estimates of value added are unstable across models, courses that teacher might teach, and years.
Robert Ryshke

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    Join me for a one or two- day workshop on Whole Brain Thinking: Cultivate 21st Century Creativity and Leadership at Royal Roads University, Victoria, BC Wednesday & Thursday, November 30 - December 1, 2011 or Thursday, May 31 or Thursday & Friday, May 31 - June 1, 2012 Times: 9 am - 5 pm Cost: One day $225 or Two days $350 (both are tax exempt) Recent surveys indicate skills in critical thinking, creativity, communication, collaboration and innovation are crucial for achieving success in a global economy.
Robert Ryshke

Education Week: Improving Teaching and Learning When Budgets Are Tight - 0 views

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  • Robert Ryshke on 01 Sep 11
     
    Published Online: September 1, 2011 By Allan Odden and Lawrence O. Picus, Phi Delta Kappan Education budgets are imploding at the fiscal seams. A sluggish economy and falling property values are shortchanging public education budgets across the country. At the same time, there are growing expectations for improved student performance, better teachers and closing the achievement gap. Interesting article about changing the face of schools and teacher performance in the absence of or with declining revenues. A good article to review with some other good resources.
Chris Harrow

APS officials want erasure analysis thrown out | www.wsbtv.com - 0 views

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  • The lawyer for four high-ranking Atlanta Public Schools officials told Channel 2 Action News he will ask a judge to throw out an erasure analysis that is key to many of the allegations against his clients in the CRCT cheating scandal.
  • Lawson told Winne regarding the 2009 and 2010 CRCT erasure analysis ordered by the Governor’s Office of Student Achievement, “it’s not sound, scientifically and statistically.”
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