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Monday, August 30, 2010

New Kid On the Block

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Welcome to Kyle Feldscher , the new K-12 annarbor.com reporter. And good luck to David Jesse , who moves on to cover higher education for an...
Wednesday, August 25, 2010

Ethics Question of the Week

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Are you cheating, if you let someone else copy off of your paper? Or are only they cheating?
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Books, Books, Books: Racing to the Top, Middle, Bottom

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Hat Tip to Assorted Stuff , who pointed me to Diane Ravitch's column in the Washington Post, where she comments on the Race to the Top, ...
Wednesday, August 18, 2010

Jones School Documentary: Request for Help

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I recently got this email, and I am excerpting it because (besides saying nice things about my blog), Charlotte Young Bowens is doing a docu...

Overheard

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New York City public school teacher to New York City (public) charter school teacher: Public school teacher: So is the pay scale the same?...
Tuesday, August 17, 2010

Dog Days of August

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Why are they called dog days? I have no idea--I thought maybe because of the idea that dogs lie around and don't do anything? In any c...
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Monday, August 9, 2010

Michigan Radio, Michigan Schools

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All this week, Michigan Radio is doing a series on Paying for Michigan Schools . I'm linking to the first piece in the series. (Dependi...
Sunday, August 8, 2010

Six Things I Learned about the College Application Process Last Year

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Note: The audience here is presumed to be the parent, although the information is good for students too... 1. There is a college for every...
Thursday, August 5, 2010

Assorted Notes

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Schools of Choice Ann Arbor has a limited schools of choice open enrollment period again. That's because they didn't have enough k...
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Just Do It: Democracy In Action

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Yes folks, that's right--it is time for you to consider running for school board.  In fact, it is almost past time! The filing deadline ...
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Monday, August 2, 2010

If You Think Education Matters...

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Then please remember to vote Tuesday, August 3d! Information about the Saline Schools bond issue is here . Information about the gubernato...
Sunday, August 1, 2010

The Valedictorian's Unschooling Speech

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You may find it ironic that a valedictorian speaks out against schooling (I did), but it is a compelling speech . The speaker was Erica Gol...
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Sunday, July 25, 2010

Thinking About News: Part III

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This is Part III of Thinking About News . Find Part I here . Find Part II here . Parts I and II : What do I think about the evolution of ...
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Thinking About News: Part II

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This is Part II of Thinking About News . Find Part I here . Find Part III here . Parts I and II: What do I think about the evolution of a...
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Thinking About News: Part I

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It's been about a year since the Ann Arbor News closed. In its last few years, the News had been the subject of much disinvestment, an...
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Saturday, July 24, 2010

Ancient Knowledge, Modern Knowledge

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You may remember that I have been following the happenings at the landslide-created Attabad Lake on the Hunza River in northern Pakistan (Gi...
Wednesday, July 21, 2010

To I.B. or Not to I.B., That Is the Question

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I've been reading that International Baccalaureate programs may be coming to Washtenaw County. I wrote about the programs before here . ...
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Tuesday, July 20, 2010

The Online Learning Question

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In my last post I expressed some concerns about online learning. John Sowash asked why, and I started to respond, but my answer got too lon...
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Thursday, July 8, 2010

The Long Tale: A Few Links I Missed

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I posted a few links, but in the last two days I remembered (or discovered) a few more that I wanted to share. Just for fun: Summer cartoo...
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Tuesday, July 6, 2010

Links to Make You Think

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An analysis of special education issues in New Jersey . I know, it's not Michigan, but what I found especially interesting is just how v...
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