MEAP "proficiency" cutoff scores are being revised. Think it will help...ANYTHING?
The Myths of International Comparisons (yes, it's also about test-taking).
Dexter Schools are thinking about all-day kindergarten.
Whitmore Lake student Jesse Burkitt dies in a car accident.
Kids Count is out. Kids Count is "part of a broad national effort to measure the well-being of children at the state and local levels, and use that information to shape efforts to improve the lives of children." You can find the data center here. Nearly 30% of Washtenaw County kids are eligible for free and reduced price lunch. (Random factoid pulled from Kids Count; really, not so random--it's a good indicator of poverty and near-poverty.)
Information, news, and ideas about Ann Arbor, Washtenaw County, and Michigan schools; thoughts about education; and occasionally other stuff too.
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