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One new idea, and two old ones, for moving beyond age-based grouping of students
A child’s age is only a crude proxy for their academic readiness, yet it’s the primary means by which we group children in school. More age variety in classrooms could allow for greater academic consistency; grade retention and grade acceleration could help us get there. So too could a new idea from Petrilli: transitional kindergarten–5.
Michael J. Petrilli 6.6.2024
NationalFlypaper
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To Whitney Tilson on Damon: Civility urgently needed
8.12.2011
NationalFlypaper
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Education news nuggets
8.12.2011
NationalFlypaper
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Putting Dayton's back-to-school season in context
Terry Ryan 8.12.2011
NationalBlog
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Quotable & notable
8.12.2011
NationalFlypaper
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PODCAST: Real-life Breaking Bad
8.12.2011
NationalFlypaper
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Ed Reform Idol 2011 Replay
8.12.2011
NationalFlypaper
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Quotable & notable
8.11.2011
NationalFlypaper
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The lesson from Education Reform Idol: Elections matter
Michael J. Petrilli 8.11.2011
NationalFlypaper
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More claptrap about sex education
Peter Meyer 8.10.2011
NationalBlog
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Ed Reform Idol is tomorrow: Register now--and do your homework
8.10.2011
NationalFlypaper
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Like It or Not, Matt Damon Has a Relatively Nuanced Perspective on Charter Schools
8.9.2011
NationalFlypaper
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What our Education Reform Idol contestants accomplished this year on teacher effectiveness
8.9.2011
NationalFlypaper