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How real school reform should look (or explaining water to a fish) By Valerie Strauss http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/answer-sheet/post/how-real-school-reform-should-look-or-explaining-wat...
****************************** From The Los Angeles Times, Saturday, February 4, 2012. See http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-hiltzik-20120205,0,639053.column .. Our appreciation to Monty Neil, ...
From the River to the Sea- and Ocean Literacy By bonniebraceysutton The Chesapeake Bay Today, the Chesapeake yields more fish and shellfish than any other estuary in the countr...
A few clippings. The Save Our Schools March http://www.washingtonpost.com/local By Valerie Strauss "I don't know where I would be today if my teachers' job security was based on how I performed o...
By Valerie Strauss http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/answer-sheet/post/the-facts-that-school-reformers-ignore/2012/01/23/gIQABWQRMQ_blog.html This was written by Richard Rothstein, a research...
The Real Lessons of PISA By Diane Ravitch on December 14, 2010 9:13 AM Dear Deborah, When the results of the latest international assessment-the Program for International Student Assessment, or P...
http://blog.fedcan.ca/2011/05/20/equity-and-social-justice-from-the-inside-out-ten-commitments-of-a-multicultural-educ Equity and social justice from the inside-out: Ten commitments of a multicultu...
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/answer-sheet/post/the-war-on-teachers-why-the-public-is-watching-it-happen/2012/03/11/gIQAD3XH6R_blog.html The war on teachers: Why the public is watching it hap...
By Valerie Strauss This was written by Mark Naison, professor of African and African American Studies at Fordham University in New York and chair of the department of African and African-American S...
http://www.hongkiat.com/blog/25-free-3d-modelling-applications-you-should-not-miss/ Visuals at the web site. Technically, 3 Dimensions refers to objects that are constructed on three plans (X, Y a...
NEA goes after Education Secretary Arne Duncan By Valerie Strauss The Answer Sheet http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/answer-sheet/post/nea-goes-after-education-secretary-arne-duncan/2011/07/...
Former D.C. schools chief busy lobbying, helping politicians By Greg Toppo, USA TODAY Updated 5d 10h ago http://www.usatoday.com/news/education/story/2011-12-29/michelle-rhee-lobbying/5227693...
What teachers don't need (but are getting anyway) By Valerie Strauss This was written by Paul Thomas, an associate professor of education at Furman University in South Carolina. A version of th...
Plate tectonics is one of the more difficult science concepts to have a lab in. However, it's not necessary to have labs in every topic. Labs, beyond elementary school, are really for understandi...
"It is a miracle that curiosity survives formal education." -- Einstein Learn what's really happening in the world of education with veteran education writer Valerie Strauss and her guest ...
Keeping Special Ed in Proportion Experts say improvements in school instructional cultures can keep some struggling minority kids out of special education. http://www.edweek.org/tsb/article...
By Valerie Strauss This was written by John Jackson, president of the Schott Foundation for Public Education, and Pedro Noguera, the Peter L. Agnew professor of education at New York University. ...
The 2012 Brown Center Report on American Education View online: http://www.brookings.edu/newsletters/browncenter/2012/0216.aspx ► Brookings.edu February 16, 2012 Brown Center on Education Poli...
Globaloria Creator Idit Harel Caperton Discusses Her Recent Visit To East Austin College Prep http://blog.swkey.org/2012/03/12/idit-harel-caperton-interview/ Posted by Southwest Key on Mar 12, 201...
Education and the income gap: Darling-Hammond http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/answer-sheet/post/education-and-the-income-gap-darling-hammond/2012/04/26/gIQAHn0LkT_blog.html By Valerie Strau...
