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Showing posts with label achievement gap. Show all posts
Showing posts with label achievement gap. Show all posts
Monday, August 26, 2013

Carol Burris: Common Core tests widen achievement gap in New York

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The time to “reform the reform” is long overdue.....In the coming months, the fruits of the poisonous tree will be much examined, sorted a...
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Sunday, April 18, 2010

Ernie Silva Show an Allegory for Why Achievement Gap and Teacher Quality Are Phony Issues, Updated

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UPDATE: Sunday, April 18, 2010, 11pm I updated this post today. I saw the show for the 2nd time on Thursday the 15th and it got better and ...
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Monday, August 3, 2009

Closing the Shoelace Tying Gap: UPDATED

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This item from Gotham Schools caught my eye: On the TA question, a teacher argues that leveling the playing field by lowering it isn’t grea...
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Wednesday, July 15, 2009

The Study That Should Make Milwaukee Famous

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Remember that much praised Milwaukee school system voucher program that got so many ed deformers salivating? (Check out this Rethinking Scho...
Thursday, September 11, 2008

The Achievement Gap and Civil Rights

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Is a dropping percentage of African-American teachers in urban areas contributing to THE DREADED ACHIEVEMENT GAP? An article in the Philade...
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Wednesday, August 6, 2008

Points of View in Today's Ed News

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Numbers, stats mean nothing when you tell half the story. Leonie Haimson comments on this NY Times piece , August 5, 2008 In this account,...
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Saturday, August 2, 2008

Credit Recovery: The Civil Rights Issue of Our Time

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If the NY Times says education is a civil rights issue, it must be so. In 10 Things I Learned in Summer School Credit Recovery , Learners...
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Tuesday, June 17, 2008

Henry Closes Eliza's Achievement Gap

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Just watched "My Fair Lady" and it looks like Teach for America grad Henry Higgins managed to close the vast achievement gap of on...
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Friday, June 13, 2008

The Story of A and E

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A story to illustrate why the simplistic "close the achievement gap and all will be well" zombies out there make longtime teachers...
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Sunday, June 1, 2008

What have YOU done to close the achievment gap today?

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A little satire from The Eggplant at Susan Ohanian: My neighbor is teaching her two-year-old to read the Wall Street Journal It all began wh...
Wednesday, May 28, 2008

I went up to Teachers College for an interview ...

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... last week where Simon Doolittle asked me many of the same questions Charlie Rose asked Randi Weingarten (her video here ). I think I di...
Monday, May 26, 2008

Find Out More about The Education Trust and...

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Amy Wilkins at the Education Policy Blog . Oh, did I tell you it is funded by Bill and Melinda? An excerpt: To varying degrees, THE TRUST en...
Wednesday, April 2, 2008

Mind the Gaps

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Philip Kovacs at the Educator Roundtable posted this video about gaps beyond the bogus ed reformers' fav expression - Drumroll please -...
Friday, February 22, 2008

The UFT/AFT and Rothstein

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If you've read the post previous to this one on Richard Rothstein's appearance at Columbia on closing the achievement gap, one thin...
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Rothstein Rocks, Rangel Rambles

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A large crowd attended Richard Rothstein's appearance at the Campaign for Educational Equity event at Columbia yesterday (Feb. 20) wher...
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Sunday, December 9, 2007

NY Times Buries Winerip

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Mike, we miss ya Mike Winerip , one of our favorite commentators on education, is back in the NY Times today laying waste to the No Excuses ...
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