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Monday, April 30, 2012

The State's Teacher Evaluation Plans

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A few months ago, the state legislature decreed that there should be a statewide teacher evaluation system. They asked Deborah Ball, Dean of...
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Friday, April 27, 2012

Sign of the Week

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Wednesday, April 25, 2012

"You showed me my first wildflower"

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Bill Browning in action At tonight's AAPS board meeting, Dave Szczygiel and Nancy Stone presented an award and thank you to Bill Bro...
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Monday, April 23, 2012

Title IX at 40!

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I have written fairly extensively about Title IX and women's athletics, so I was very excited to see this come into my email inbox: ...
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Policy Perspective: Share the Data

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A2Politico (Pat Lesko's blog) has an article up, AAPS Documents Reveal Middle and High School Classes Have 40+ Students . (Right now it...
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Sunday, April 15, 2012

Budget Tales (of Woe)

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It's not the most scintillating reading, but as Christine Stead notes , Michigan's Children has a decent overview of the budget pro...
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Monday, April 9, 2012

The Choosing, Looping, and Making of Teachers

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My friend's daughter co-writes a blog about Jewish texts. (You can find it here .) In a recent post , Maya writes: Our learning for t...
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Sunday, April 8, 2012

This Week: Lots Going On!

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The 99% Spring: April 9-15th Bob King--president of the UAW--has a really nice opinion piece in the Detroit News: You Only Get What You Ar...
Thursday, March 29, 2012

Testing vs. Instruction

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One of the main complaints that I've gotten from teachers about testing is that there is now so much of it that it cuts, significantly, ...
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Tuesday, March 27, 2012

Testing the Year Away: Ruth's Comments

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My friend Julie and I went to last week's school board meeting to raise some concerns about the amount of testing going on in the distri...
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Monday, March 26, 2012

Testing the Year Away: Julie's Comments

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My friend Julie and I went to last week's school board meeting to raise some concerns about the amount of testing going on in the distri...
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Sunday, March 25, 2012

School Board Meetings, Revenue Enhancements, and Customer Service

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This week I went with my friend Julie to speak at the school board meeting during public commentary. It was a good experience and I will be ...
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Thursday, March 22, 2012

Online Schools On Our Dime Should Really Concern You

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The state House of Representatives is considering online charter schools. And yes, under the proposal, those "schools" would get f...
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