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The case for human judgment
The education policy community is abuzz about the scoring irregularities that surfaced in the Race to the Top competition.
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Re: Excellent TNTP report on RTT
I'm going to say more about The New Teacher Project's very useful report in a bit (see Andy's take here), but let me lodge one complaint.
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A plug for pork
Over at the NewSchools Summit blog, Kevin Huffman defends Teach For America's annual federal appropriation. I'm still not crazy about it. -Mike Petrilli
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The case for human judgment
The education policy community is abuzz about the scoring irregularities that surfaced in the Race to the Top competition.
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RTT scoring of charter laws
I'm a sucker for charter schools, scatter plots, Google docs, and good Race to the Top??analysis, so this post by Nelson Smith over at NAPCS was right up my alley. If any of these things strike your fancy, you ought to check it out too.
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Excellent NTP report on RTT
The New Teacher Project has been following the RTT process closely. It was one of the first organizations to handicap the race, providing valuable analysis of state laws in light of RTT priorities.
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Excellent NTP report on RTT
The New Teacher Project has been following the RTT process closely. It was one of the first organizations to handicap the race, providing valuable analysis of state laws in light of RTT priorities.
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RTT scoring of charter laws
I'm a sucker for charter schools, scatter plots, Google docs, and good Race to the Top?analysis, so this post by Nelson Smith over at NAPCS was right up my alley. If any of these things strike your fancy, you ought to check it out too.
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California falls into same trap
California loses 163 points, blames lack of stakeholder support. --Andy Smarick
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Quotable and notable
???You just don't need this sophisticated assessment stuff. What you need is excellent teachers who stay in contact with their kids and work with them day after day. We've just gone test crazy.??? ???Dr. Nel Noddings, Stanford University education professor emerita
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Quotable and notable
?You just don't need this sophisticated assessment stuff. What you need is excellent teachers who stay in contact with their kids and work with them day after day. We've just gone test crazy.? ?Dr. Nel Noddings, Stanford University education professor emerita
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Explanations of gender achievement gaps are important to pursue, even if some are annoying
This month Center on Education Policy came out with a report on achievement gaps between boys and girls (see Janie's review of it here).
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Explanations of gender achievement gaps are important to pursue, even if some are annoying
This month Center on Education Policy came out with a report on achievement gaps between boys and girls (see Janie's review of it here).
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Serve some gin, others juice
The Harambee Institute of Science and Technology, a charter school in West Philadelphia, has forever changed the meaning of the phrase “School is Cool.” Until last week, the K-8 school’s cafeteria doubled on weekends as Club Damani, a nightclub and lounge serving alcohol off an expired liquor license.