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The film Two Million Minutes made news by claiming that even the best U.S. high schools leave their students unprepared to compete with the academic whiz kids who brandish heavy calculus textbooks on every Chinese street corner. Now comes a new documentary, Race to Nowhere, which depicts U.S...
Teachers should fend for themselves. May the best ones win. That seems to be the guiding philosophy behind so many school reform ideas lately. No one can shake the really incompetent teachers out of the system, reformers tell us, and gifted teachers can't rise to the top...
The book Nurture Shock is making big waves in parenting and education circles. Authors Po Bronson and Ashley Merryman are not afraid to tip parents' and teachers' sacred cows. They use science to question the received wisdom about issues such as self-esteem, self-control and IQ...
Beware those who claim to break with conventional wisdom. They're often most deeply in its thrall. That's one big lesson I drew from Meet the Press last Sunday...
Robert Pondiscio unearthed this story about the U.K.'s plans to grade student essays by computer. It turns out that the computer doesn't much like writers like Churchill and Hemingway. Hemingway's prose was too simplistic. Churchill's stirring call to "fight them on the beaches"...
Some school reform advocates are in a bit of a tizzy about changes to the Race to the Top guidelines. Here's what Jeanne Allen has to say: The teacher reform piece was performance pay, they’ve muted that. ...
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How is the economic downturn impacting school districts? A recent survey from the American Association of School Administrators shows that districts from all over the country are making budget cuts that directly impact student learning. While funds from the federal government have provided some relief and saved some ...jobs, most districts have made personnel cuts. And 83% of respondents reported that federal funds did not represent a funding increase, suggesting a "shell game" in which states cut education funds after they found out the federal government was providing some.
Check out the report on AASA's website if you are interested in learning more.Read More
Check out the report on AASA's website if you are interested in learning more.Read More
AASA :: 2009-10-27 New Study Finds School Districts Struggling in Response to Economic Downturn, Bra
Source: www.aasa.org
ARLINGTON, Va. – The economic downturn continues to threaten the capacity of school districts nationwide, even in light of federal stimulus funds, according to a study released today by the American Association of School Administrators. ...
Stanford professor Linda Darling-Hammond is holding two free webinars on international standards and assessments. Standards and assessments are all the rage. So is talk of our standing in international tests of student performance. Seldom do we seek tolearnfrom the countries we so admire...
Hear this posting (~6:55) ...
A few months ago, the blogosphere was abuzz with news that American students are shockingly ignorant of U.S. civics and history...
Charter school opponents often forget that charter schools are in fact public schools. Charters cannot charge tuition or create selective admissions policies. Ironically, we might have charter boosters to blame for some of the biggest misconceptions about charter schools...
Yesterday I spent the morning at Viers Mill Elementary School In Maryland. You might know the school. President Obama paid it an unexpected visit a couple of weeks ago. If ever you want to renew your spirits in these dismal days, visit a school like Viers Mill...
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For those who missed it when it came out a few days ago, a new federal study confirms what many had suspected: Many states (nearly a third) have lowered their academic proficiency standards in recent years.
You can read the federal government's report at http://nces.ed.gov/nationsreportcard/stu
Or the New York Times has an easy to read summary.
Source: www.nytimes.com
A study shows that nearly a third of the states lowered their academic standards to avoid the penalties under the No Child Left Behind law.
Consider, for a moment, the following three quotations, which I drew from various media sources: "The candidate said he will build more public schools if the charter schools do not step up to the plate and improve." "Traditional public schools can be a mixed bag, but the best of them are achieving...
A while back, I suggested we pay pundits for their performance. Now is as good a time as any to start. First up for evaluation: Jonathan Alter. He should brace himself for a pay cut. Let's review his most recent performance in this week's Newsweek magazine...
